Architecture firm allies with international firm
INDIANAPOLIS — Ratio Architects has formed a strategic allegiance with a Chicago-based firm that brings Ratio not only into the Chicago market but also into the international arena.read more
View ArticleJapan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste...
View ArticleUI might establish branch office in China to cement presence
URBANA — The next branch office for the University of Illinois will likely be out east — as in Far East.With one of the largest Chinese student populations in the United States, 65 academic...
View ArticleGreece heading for crucial loan as markets rally
ELENA BECATOROS and GEIR MOULSON,Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Greece will receive its next batch of bailout loans in time to avoid a disastrous default, the country's finance minister said Tuesday, as...
View ArticleUI joins effort to raise funds for earthquake through Japan House
URBANA – The University of Illinois has launched an effort to raise money for disaster relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami there last week.read more
View ArticleClinton nuclear facility similar to one under duress in Japan
The crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan are the same type and are of the same design as the single nuclear reactor at the Clinton nuclear site in DeWitt...
View ArticleMoney for Japan quake aid will go to UI scholarships
A University of Illinois fund established earlier this year to help victims of the Japan earthquake has been reworked and instead the money will be used for scholarships for students.read more
View Article19-year fugitive from Hoopeston, Ludlow caught in Thailand
DANVILLE — Authorities in Thailand have arrested a former Hoopeston man and Ludlow superintendent who fled the United States about 19 years ago to avoid prosecution on charges that he sexually abused a...
View ArticleTyphoon rains flood Philippine capital, kill 16
HRVOJE HRANJSKI and JIM GOMEZ,Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the...
View ArticleNo U.S. personnel missing after Japan quake
Department of Defense spokesmen said Monday that no military or civilian personnel are missing as a result of last weekend's tsunami in the Pacific Ocean."We are not aware of anybody missing to date,"...
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