Just a few minutes of your time and one pint of blood is all it takes to save a life. The Huskie 4000, however, will not kill any of its donors. The Huskie 4000 is sponsored by Heartland Blood Centers and is one of the safest ways to give blood. There...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JAMES ANDERSON LOS ANGELES (AP)—Fresh details of bitter jury talks in the Reginald Denny beating trial emerged Tuesday as transcripts of juror proceedings were released. One juror accused another of being too stupid to reach...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHRISTOPHER CONNELL WASHINGTON (AP)—President Clinton's health reform proposal will fall $33 billion short of the budget savings predicted earlier, an administration official said Tuesday as the White House readied the plan for...

"Free time" is a phrase that does not appear in the vocabulary of one NIU student. That student is senior economics major Collin Halliman. Halliman's time is consumed by his involvement in the Student Association, Alpha Phi Alpha, the Organization of...

What do Monopoly, Dungeons and Dragons and Old Maid have in common? They're all games, which is the focus of a fairly new NIU club. The Gaming Guild is starting its third year at NIU and involves the members getting together to play games. The club has...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP)—Buried deep in a once-secret Navy report is this chilling account of how the end came for a U.S. submarine and its 99 men: ‘‘The torpedo was released from the tube, became fully armed, and sought...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BOB THOMAS LOS ANGELES (AP)—Vincent Price, with insinuating voice and menacing face, used warm humor against his warped reputation as the horror king of Hollywood. Price died Monday at age 82 of lung cancer he fought for five...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHRISTOPHER WILLS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—State leaders might end today's gridlock in Chicago public schools by changing tomorrow's rules for running the school system, Gov. Jim Edgar said Tuesday. The Chicago Board of Education...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOM RAUM WASHINGTON (AP)—President Clinton proposed a major overhaul of government buying Tuesday, requiring that the Pentagon and other agencies order items off the shelf when possible rather than custom-made, super-expensive...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BOB EGELKO SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Prisoners executed by cyanide gas experience ‘‘suffocation and air hunger and intense physical stress'‘ before they die, a witness testified Monday in a lawsuit seeking to shut down California's...

The city of DeKalb will help the new Target department store become a reality with $2.48 million in grants and loans as incentive to build the store. The city council approved a resolution Monday night for a development agreement between the city and...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education is considering a moratorium on new programs, but that could hurt Illinois public universities, according to NIU President John La Tourette. If the IBHE decides to implement a moratorium it would mean that no new...