http://majorchampionshipnews.com/topic/illinois2010-12-20T14:01:53Z2010-12-20T14:01:53ZAP Newstag:majorchampionshipnews.com,2010-12-20:/photo/supermans-hometown-labor-strife-2400316p/

In this Dec. 9, 2010, photo white crosses lset up by locked-out union workers at a <a title="Honeywell International Inc." href="/topic/Honeywell+International+Inc." >Honeywell</a> plant in <a title="Metropolis" href="/topic/Metropolis" >Metropolis</a> _ the adopted southern <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a> hometown of Superman _ represent former workers the union says died of cancer. The plant, which helps turn radioactive uranium into eventual fuel for nuclear power. lo...

2010-12-08T19:32:34ZAP Newstag:majorchampionshipnews.com,2010-12-08:/photo/oakland-mich-illinois-basketball-2394549p/

<a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a>' guard <a title="Brandon Paul" href="/topic/Brandon+Paul" >Brandon Paul</a> (3) loses the ball after a block by <a title="Oakland" href="/topic/Oakland" >Oakland</a> (<a title="Michigan" href="/topic/Michigan" >Mich.</a>) guard <a title="Reggie Hamilton" href="/topic/Reggie+Hamilton" >Reggie Hamilton</a> (23) during the first half of an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Associatio...

2010-12-07T13:01:52ZAP Newstag:majorchampionshipnews.com,2010-12-07:/photo/casino-competition-2393792p/

This March 16, 2005 file photo shows the Alton Belle Casino, left, on the <a title="Mississippi River" href="/topic/Mississippi+River" >Mississippi River</a> in <a title="Alton" href="/topic/Alton" >Alton</a>, Ill. <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a>, desperate for relief from its budget woes, is considering a massive casino expansion that experts say could leave neighboring states playing for smaller stakes and could even squeeze out some of the competition from within. Ill...

2010-12-01T19:33:53ZAP Newstag:majorchampionshipnews.com,2010-12-01:/photo/unlv-illinois-st-basketball-2390795p/

<a title="UNLV Rebels (Basketball)" href="/topic/UNLV+Rebels+(Basketball)" >UNLV</a>'s <a title="Derrick Jasper" href="/topic/Derrick+Jasper" >Derrick Jasper</a> (5) and <a title="Tre'Von Willis" href="/topic/Tre'Von+Willis" >Tre'von Willis</a> (33) race to a loose ball ahead of <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois State</a>'s Tony Lewis (34) during the first half of an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCA...

2010-11-26T20:31:48ZAP Newstag:majorchampionshipnews.com,2010-11-26:/photo/purdue-southern-illinois-basketball-2387942p/

Southern <a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a> head coach <a title="Chris Lowery" href="/topic/Chris+Lowery" >Chris Lowery</a>, right, talks to <a title="Mamadou Seck" href="/topic/Mamadou+Seck" >Mamadou Seck</a> against <a title="Purdue University" href="/topic/Purdue+University" >Purdue</a> at the 5th annual <a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" >Chicago</a> Invitational (Basketball) Challenge in <a title="Hoffman Estates" href="/topic/Hoffman+Estates" >Hoffman Estates</a...