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Markham man pleads guilty in NIU student death

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In this March 11, 2014 photo, artist Miranda Munns paints giraffe spots on the wall of her client Taylor Mayer's future son's nursery in Mayer's Somonauk, Ill. home. Munns, a Plano, Ill., resident who graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting, said she is struggling to find an art-related job while working her full-time job at a gas station. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Danielle Guerra) MANDATORY CREDIT

EXCHANGE: NIU art graduates seek many career paths

By ANDREA AZZO - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2014 photo, Laky, left, a retired Baltimore County Sheriff K-9, and Zander, a retired Massachusetts State Police K-9, relax with their respective handlers Dave Crawford and Kevin Finizio, both disabled Navy veterans, after a presentation given by Northern Illinois University students on the Save-A-Vet program in Dekalb, Ill. NIU chose to help Save-A-Vet in January because the organization is the only one in the nation that saves decommissioned service dogs. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Monica Maschak) MANDATORY CREDIT

EXCHANGE: Uniting veterans with service dogs

By ANDREA AZZO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 file photo, Northern Illinois University Police Chief Donald Grady gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in DeKalb, Ill. Grady, who was fired from his post in February 2013 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, saying he wants to be reinstated to his post and get an apology from administrators. Grady, who is black, filed the lawsuit, saying he was fired without being given a fair hearing and was treated differently than white employees who were implicated in a scheme to use proceeds from off-the-books sales of scrap metal. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Ex-NIU police chief sues school in federal court

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NIU looking to attract international students

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PTSD-gene link found in students after shootings

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press