WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday scrutinized an icon of American law it created 23 years ago - the famous Miranda warnings police are required to give to criminal suspects. To be decided by July is the validity of a warning used by Hammond,...

On a July evening seven years ago, I was a few hundred feet in the air headed south from Rockford in a small, four-seater plane. It was a trip I had been anticipating for months, arranged by a neighbor of mine whose friend owned the little plane. Knowing...

In keeping with a national trend, NIU's Department of Journalism will pare down its course requirements and eliminate the department's major emphases effective this fall. The four emphases in the department—news/editorial, photojournalism, broadcasting...

The man responsible for designing and landscaping most of the NIU campus and volunteering his landscaping skills to other organizations for the past 39 years will retire Friday. Anthony Lorusso, Physical Plant campus planning coordinator, was hired in...

Seven out of every ten Illinois residents would like to see Illinois Commerce Commission members elected by the public rather than appointed by Gov. James Thompson, according to a survey conducted by the Citizens Utility Board. CUB and the Illinois Public...

WASHINGTON (AP) - High-fiber diets that are low in fat and cholesterol might be healthy for adults but not for babies, according to infant dietary guidelines released Wednesday by a major baby-food maker and endorsed by federal nutrition officials and...

Krzyzewski: NCAA should share wealth with lesser conferences (AP)—The Final Four coaches, aware of their own precarious job security, were critical Wednesday of athletic directors who succumb to pressure and fire coaches before there is a chance to...

DeKalb's mayoral candidates responded to NIU student concerns, including gay rights, during an open forum Tuesday night. Sponsored by the Student Political Education and Action Committee, the forum included mayoral candidates Nick DeGraffenried, Adolph...

A "speak-out" where participants can express their opinions on higher education issues has been planned for April 5 as a part of Day Of Action III. At two joint meetings between the John Lennon Society and the Student Political Education and Action Committee,...

Intended as an experimental effort to deter crowding in the Campus Recreation Center weight room, the movement of some weight machines to a racquetball court has met with disapproval from the SA Recreation Committee. Betty Montgomery, director of the...

Sen. John Maitland, R-Bloomington, will introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly today proposing that the Illinois Board of Higher Education's college admission requirements be made advisory rather than mandatory. The requirements, which are...

Although it's been four months since football season ended, something in the air at Tuesday's NIU spring practice opener might have led the squad to believe it had picked up where it left off. Dark, drizzly skies and a sloshy field had set the scene Nov....