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Illini lineman Buchanan suspended after weekend arrest for alleged DUI. Illinois has indefinitely suspended defensive lineman Michael Buchanan after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving over the weekend.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL '10: The coolest, craziest and most intimidating mascots in college football.. Fuzzy or fierce? Sweet or scary? Goofy or graceful?

AP IMPACT: Laws governing sports agents contacts with student athletes are rarely enforced. When sports agent Jason Paul Wood met a pair of Miami baseball players in 2006 to talk about turning pro, his failure to notify the university and register with the state of Florida cost him a $2,500 fine.

Governments using satellite images to peek at pools and additions, raising privacy concerns. On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. Some in law enforcement use it to supplement reconnaissance of crime suspects.

New Illinois QB says new coordinators have brought fire to a team searching for improvement. Juice Williams is gone and the guy who's being asked to replace him at Illinois after two bad seasons was barely a blip on the roster a year ago.

Federal agent from Bonds doping probe looking into pro cycling, where Armstrong is big name. He's been called high-minded, a trailblazing lawman and "America's top steroid cop."

US Energy Department changes FutureGen plans in Illinois, won't build new plant. The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday dropped its long-running plans to build a futuristic power plant in eastern Illinois and said it will instead use the site for the storage of carbon dioxide produced by another power plant across the state.

Illinois-based Caterpillar to open engineering design center in Rapid City with up to 100 jobs. Caterpillar Inc. said Tuesday it plans to open an engineering design center in Rapid City, employing as many as 100 people.

Unemployment rises in three-quarters of largest metro areas as many students seek summer work. The unemployment rate in about three-quarters of the nation's largest metro areas rose last month as nearly one million teenagers entered the work force looking for summer jobs.

Omaha's KeyOn Communications says it's buying broadband business of TS Wireless in Illinois. KeyOn Communications Holdings Inc. of Omaha says it has bought nearly all the wireless broadband assets of TS Wireless in Illinois.

For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came.

AP Enterprise: Disease-ridden inmate died in agony while pleading for help from guards. For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came.

AP Enterprise: Disease-ridden inmate died in agony while pleading for help from guards. For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came.

Feds invest millions to keep groceries open as many rural residents face long drives for food. Craig Chancellor tried everything he could, but last November he finally closed the Turkey General Store, leaving the small Texas Panhandle town without a grocery.

Labrador retriever rescued after somehow getting stuck in water treatment plant. You've heard of a cat stuck in a tree? How about a dog stuck in a tank? The latter is what firefighters found Sunday after people walking by an old water treatment plant in Charleston reported hearing barks from inside. The town is about 45 miles south of Champaign. It wasn't clear how the Labrador retriever got into the empty concrete tank but it was obvious to firefighters he couldn't get out.

Ind. residents flee by boat as thunderstorms spew funnel clouds, flash floods across Midwest. A wave of severe storms crashed through the Midwest Tuesday, forcing residents in central Indiana to flee their homes because of rising floodwaters and frantically ease the pressure on an earthen dam before a new band of storms came rumbling through.

University of Illinois trustees approve tuition increase, $620,000 salary for new president. University of Illinois trustees voted Thursday to raise tuition for new students by 9.5 percent and approved a contract that pays the school's incoming president approximately $620,000 a year ? about $170,000 more than the man he'll replace.

Former 6-term Virginia congressman Stan Parris, active in politics for 4 decades, dies at 80. Stanford E. Parris, a former Virginia congressman who served six terms and was an Air Force pilot during the Korean War, has died. He was 80.

Chicago man gets 60 years in prison for eastern Illinois crime spree that left deputy dead. A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's deputy dead.

Ill. high court: Hospital doesn't provide enough charitable services to get tax-exempt status. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an Urbana hospital doesn't provide enough charitable services to qualify for a property tax exemption, a decision hospitals in Illinois worry could lead local governments to try to overturn other exemptions in a hunt for badly needed cash.