SIU approves raises, new staff and center upgrades
SIU plans a 45000 dollar raise for all employees for 2007. SIU President Glenn Poshard adds two staffers and Rex Duncan will lead Connect SI with the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity. Michael Ruiz becomes communications director as campus safety upgrades and student activity fee increase funded Rainbow's End Child Development Center. Trustees hear Touch of Nature concerns about moving reporting lines and ask for review before next meeting.
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Illinois governors share gay rights support at pride parade
Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and GOP challenger Judy Baar Topinka show near identical backing for gay rights with no call for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Blagojevich extended domestic partner benefits. Topinka opposes more benefits citing cost. Gay voters may sway turnout as both court the bloc ahead of November in Chicago events.
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Red Cross honors longtime donor Edelman on volunteer efforts
Edelman, a career nurse, receives recognition for promoting blood donation. She describes recruiting high school students to spread the message and overcoming fear of needles with real life examples. She has donated regularly since the 1970s and plans to continue after retirement. No age limit stops her.
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Judge allows Israeli statements in Hamas laundering case
A federal judge ruled prosecutors may use Muhammad Salah statements given to Israeli authorities years earlier. The 138 page ruling found most statements were voluntary amid hearings on torture claims. Salah faces racketeering charges tied to funding Hamas and planned violence. The judge allowed some statements to be admitted while excluding one to an Israeli officer.
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University of Chicago to sell Yerkes Observatory site
The University of Chicago plans to sell the Yerkes Observatory property in Williams Bay to Mirbeau Cos. for a resort and 72 homes. A village district would own the observatory, operated by a nonprofit, with proceeds funding outreach and astronomical research while preserving Yerkes as a historic site.
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Priest pleads innocent in new abuse charges
A Chicago priest who earlier denied abusing three boys pleaded not guilty to two additional counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a 10-year-old and an 11-year-old. Prosecutors say the 11-year-old was fondled almost daily for five months starting in September at Our Lady of the Westside School Presentation Campus. The 10-year-old was abused once in the rectory of St. Agatha between August 2003 and June 2004. The Archdiocese had assigned a monitor to him in August after initial molestation allegations.
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