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  • Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

    CHICAGO -; A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park ...

  • Navy Pier Staffer’s 2-Day Ferris Wheel Ride Breaks Guinness World Record

    CHICAGO (STMW) – It didn't seem right to Clinton Shepherd that the birthplace of the Ferris wheel didn't hold the record for the longest Ferris wheel ride. "I thought Chicago should have that title," he said Sunday, after spending a record-shattering 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds awake riding Navy Pier's iconic attraction. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that ...

  • Charred Body Found In Dumpster After Fire Extinguished

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Firefighters discovered a charred body after extinguishing a dumpster fire on the Northwest Side late Sunday night. About 11:05 p.m. firefighters were called to the 3100 block of North Kimball Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood after receiving a report of a dumpster blaze in a nearby alley, police ...

  • Restaurant Cook Skips Court Again On Charges Of Filming Woman In Restroom

    who was arrested and charged with using his cell phone to surreptitiously film a woman in a restroom has failed for the second time to appear in court to answer charges in that case. Meliton Andrade, of Woodridge, was freed on $1,500 bond following his arrest. He did not appear as scheduled on April 3 or last Wednesday in Will County Circuit Court in Joliet. A bond forfeiture warrant was ...

  • Chicago to be Fifth Third Banks top market outpacing Cincinnati

    Chicago is expected to overtake Cincinnati as Fifth Third Bancorp's top market, CEO Kevin Kabat said in a recent interview. Chicago is expected to overtake Cincinnati as Fifth Third Bancorp's top market, CEO Kevin Kabat said in a recent interview, according to a report by Columbus Business First citing Crain's Chicago Business. The Chicago/northern Indiana market accounts for about ...


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Movie Review

Sullivan's Travels [DVD]

Sullivan's Travels [DVD]

Preston Sturges' fourth film as a director, Sullivan's Travels, has often been described as "Swiftian," and, indeed, its satire is as much akin to Jonathan Swift's incisive sensibilities as its title is purposefully evocative of Swift's satiric masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels. ...

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  • No lock for Lakers Howard intrigued by Houston MAY 20

    Lakers hoping for a swift decision from [Howard] on his free agency this summer, the All-Star center has given no indication he will rush the process and has privately indicated that he plans to give strong consideration to multiple teams, league sources told CBSSports.com. [Word] already has spread to multiple levels of his support staff that Howard re-signing with ...

  • Teal-and-purple returning to Charlotte MAY 20

    Hornets ' old look. The source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, would not comment on whether the popular teal-and-purple color scheme would return to ...

  • Sampson Snyder on multiple wish lists MAY 20

    07:03 AM ET 05.20 | Kelvin Sampson, more than five years after leaving the college head coaching ranks, has become a hot property on the NBA circuit. [Sampson] is in the mix for four of the six NBA head coaching openings. Sampson, 57, has interviewed for the vacant positions at both Milwaukee and Charlotte, and is expected to interview for the openings in Philadelphia and Phoenix this week, a ...

  • Flood journey continues for those displaced from Lisle apartments

    Floodwater and floating debris remained April 19 on the lower level and garage at the Towers at Four Lakes in Lisle, a day after flooding rains soaked the ...

  • CLC would be part of test program meant to create jobs

    College of Lake County President Jerry Weber said a job-training program proposal being considered by the General Assembly would be another tool for the state to use in attracting business. CLC and three downstate 2-year schools would be part of the test ...

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