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A new study analyzing the impact of hand-held cell phone legislation on driving safety concludes that usage-ban laws had more of an impact in densely populated urban areas with a higher number of licensed drivers than in rural areas where there are fewer licensed drivers, according to a University of Illinois researcher.

After millions of years encased in the rock of a volcano outside Mexico City, the giant scorpions are riled and ready to rumble when they finally emerge. So too are the vicious, multi-legged marine monsters, called trilobites, which assault the crew of an Antarctic research station after they are freed from the ice. These are the rampaging stars of this years Insect Fear Film Festival.

Allowing gays to serve openly in the military could jump-start a decades-old push to expand rights for same-sex couples, according to a University of Illinois expert on sexual orientation and the law.

Journalism in the U.S. needs government support, preferably tens of billions of dollars and soon, says Robert McChesney, a University of Illinois communication professor and co-author of a new book making the case.

llinois is mired in a deep employment recession that could linger for years unless the state unravels the roots of its nearly decade-long job slump, a new study by a University of Illinois economist warns.