Echoes awake, fan base cheers
Sister Mary Ann Mueninghoff knows violence when she sees it, and she sees it on the football field. "I actually hate football," she said. "I find it to be a...
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Cameras roll for 1st major case in Illinois
The man accused of murdering eight people in a two-state killing spree is gaining another measure of notoriety as his trial in one of the slayings becomes the first prominent...
Inventor with cancer to give away home if he can stay there until death
The colon cancer physicians found in Don Coleman this past spring has spread to his liver. His doctor says he probably has three years to live. "I kind of look...
Wearing Livestrong wristbands problematic amid Armstrong doping scandal
The epic, complicated fall of Lance Armstrong — from world renown as an athlete and cancer-fighting tsunami to international disgrace — is working its way through Jeremy Treister's psyche. Treister,...
Wearing Livestrong wristbands problematic amid Armstrong doping scandal
The epic, complicated fall of Lance Armstrong — from world renown as an athlete and cancer-fighting tsunami to international disgrace — is working its way through Jeremy Treister's psyche. Treister,...
Badger State opens first wolf hunting season
Dan Treml was among the 20,272 people who tossed their names in the running to be part of a historic group, Wisconsin's first state-sanctioned wolf hunters. He missed landing one...
Mystery, master artist, high-tech science, love and eBay
When I heard about the Picasso CSI work from Argonne folks, it rang all the bells in my newspaper reporter's story-meter. It brought together a mystery surrounding a master artist,...
Physicists and X-ray help solve Picasso mystery
Some call the collaboration between the Art Institute and Argonne National Laboratory "Picasso CSI." It lacks a heart-pounding chase scene of a TV drama, though, and nothing explodes in flames....
Mystery, master artist, high-tech science, love and eBay
When I heard about the Picasso CSI work from Argonne folks, it rang all the bells in my newspaper reporter's story-meter. It brought together a mystery surrounding a master artist,...
Missing Alma Mater: University’s beloved icon takes a sabbatical at the sculpture spa
It's safe to say that the 13-foot, 10,000-pound bronze sculpture that stood at Green and Wright streets is something akin to the University of Illinois' Statue of Liberty or the...