The third annual Redbirds 4 Relief, an event aimed at raising money for crisis relief around the world, will take place this Wednesday, Nov. 15. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. This year's event will take the form of a benefit concert and will raise money for Oxfam International's Middle East Crisis Fund.… Post the First Comment

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) - President Bush, appearing at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a memorial honoring slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said the National Mall monument will "preserve his legacy for ages." Under overcast skies, Bush joined former President Clinton and a host of civil rights figures and members of Congress to celebrate the monument to be built not far from where King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.… Post the First Comment

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain edged closer to a 2008 White House run, Democrat Russ Feingold took himself out and Sen. Barack Obama said he's still weighing whether to enter the wide-open race to succeed President Bush. The end of the congressional midterm election traditionally marks the start of the presidential campaign season, and several prospective nominees wasted no time signaling their inclinations.… Post the First Comment

Students in Leslie Sloan Orr's playwriting class will be presenting staged performances on Nov. 15-17 in the Allen Theatre. The 10-minute plays, all written by ISU students, are all part of the fall 2006 Playwright Workshop. All students in Sloan's class are required to be part of the workshop.… Post the First Comment

You might feel like you have eaten your weight in food this holiday season, but studies show the average person only gains one to two pounds from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. The most recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, followed a group of 200 men and women.… Post the First Comment

Sunday, Nov. 12 At 2:34 a.m. a dry erase board was set on fire in Hamilton Hall. Hall staff was able to extinguish the fire before it spread. No suspects are known. At 6:30 p.m. a male ISU student reported he was robbed after being approached by three male ISU students outside of Watterson Towers.… Post the First Comment

According to data from the Census Bureau, on average students with a bachelor's degree make about $23,000 more a year than people with high school diplomas. The most recent figures available show college graduates made an average of $51,554 in 2004 compared to the $28,645 for adults with high school diploma's.… 1 Comment

(U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. - A 24-foot chain-link fence placed on the Glenn Terrell Mall on Nov. 2 by the Washington State University College Republicans has become something of a battleground in recent days. WSU faculty, College Republicans and other students allegedly fired racist and derogatory comments toward each other, groups said.… 4 Comments

(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Even though he is bound to his wheelchair, Keith Cavill, one of the stars of the award-winning documentary "Murderball," maintains he is not restricted to it. Speaking to an audience of more than 50 people in the Whittenberger Auditorium Friday, Cavill shared his story about being a quadriplegic rugby player.… Post the First Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - President Bush, after meeting Monday with a bipartisan group seeking consensus on a new approach for the war in Iraq, said "I'm not going to prejudge" the report the panel soon will issue. "I'm not sure what the report is going to say.… Post the First Comment

More than a year after the celebrated opening of the Shoppes at College Hills in Normal, four storefronts remain vacant while three planned outbuildings await development. The mall still has its sights on more restaurants and possibly a bank, but at least one retailer has already dropped plans to build there.… Post the First Comment

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Pekin man died Monday from injuries suffered when his ex-wife rammed him with a car in what relatives say was an alcohol-fueled jealous rage. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said Dennis McGlothlin, 26, was pronounced dead at OSF St.… Post the First Comment

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb tore through a minibus in a largely Shiite Baghdad neighborhood Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 18. Gunmen killed at least 10 people, including a television cameraman, a city councilman and a Sunni sheik, in executions and assassinations around Iraq.… Post the First Comment