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A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 Media Criticism, Chicago-Style : The campaign to stifle journalists in Cook County and the White House The Wall Street Journal reports: Who is a journalist? Ordinarily, that's something for readers and viewers to decide.

It was two-and-a-half days before Illinois Gov. George Ryan was to leave office in 2003.

Illinois Valley Community College will recognize Constitution Day with a student sponsored "Death Penalty Debate" from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

According to research completed by sociologists at the University of North Carolina and Northwestern University , even when politically misleading comments are made by public officials a ' like U.S. Sen.

Two white Northwestern University students are in hot water after photos of them wearing blackface for Halloween surfaced this week on Facebook and sparked campus-wide outrage.

Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What's next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management? Such was the blogosphere's snarky tone last week when Washington & Lee University in Virginia announced Blair would speak Friday at a journalism conference there.

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: Two experienced radiologists have joined Lake Forest Hospital's newly restructured Diagnostic Imaging Department.

Why earthquakes might happen in unexpected places. Jane Qiu There were precious few warning signs before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake hit.

The Dow Chemical Company recently recognized the inaugural winners of its Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge - an awards competition established to encourage and promote solutions to the world's most pressing social, economic and environmental problems.

Anthony McKinney got a life sentence for running down the street. The suburban Chicago street down which he ran, on Sept.

EVANSTON, Ill. - The Federal Railroad Administration will award $8 billion in stimulus money to develop high-speed-passenger-rail service to various state applicants this winter, "hopefully in January," Joseph Szabo, administrator of the U.S. railroad oversight agency said following a presentation Monday.

ASNE has sent a letter of protest to Illinois State Attorney Anita Alvarez over the subpeona of investigative records by students in the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University and over the request of academic records that appears to be harrasment of these students.

Blackboard Inc. and Northwestern University have partnered on an integration to make Google Apps Education Edition available to students within the Blackboard Learn platform with a single sign on.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 6:39 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Flannery A public health researcher says a program he founded could cut Chicago's murder rate in half and save hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process.

Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 Compared with veteran doctors, recent medical school graduates are more likely to refer chronic kidney disease patients for kidney transplantation before their patients require dialysis, according to a paper being presented at the American ...

Cisplatin is one of the most powerful and effective drugs for treating a wide variety of cancers, but serious side effects ultimately limit the drug's use and effectiveness.

Kidney transplant consent forms are often written at a level that makes it difficult for many kidney patients to fully understand them, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

Recently it was brought to my attention that some novelty item manufacturers make simulated electric chair executions.

Sixty-one years ago, Maurie and Flaurie Berman bought a hot dog stand wagon, rented a small plot of land near the intersection of Milwaukee and Devon avenues, and opened their very own Superdawg.