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  • Samardzija looks to give Cubs bragging rights vs. Sox

    It has long been a city divided. For the next four days, those sides will clash. North Side vs. South Side: A Windy City war. A battle between black and blue. "Any time we play against the Cubs, it doesn't really matter what the records are or previous performances," said White Sox general manager Rick Hahn. "It's an exciting time and sort of quasi-playoff atmosphere ...

  • Fujikawa likely headed to DL with forearm injury

    CINCINNATI -- Cubs reliever Kyuji Fujikawa appears headed to the disabled list for the second time this season. The right-hander had to leave Sunday's 5-4 victory over the Reds in the ninth inning with soreness in his right forearm. It's similar to what put him on the disabled list earlier this season. He landed on the DL on April 13 with a muscular strain of his right forearm and was ...

  • Authorities 6 people killed in separate shootings over holiday weekend in Chicago

    CHICAGO - Chicago authorities say at least six people have been killed in weekend violence and at least another 11 wounded. Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man who was shot in the head early Sunday. The county medical examiner says Charles Jones was pronounced dead at around 3:30 a.m. The shooting stemmed from a crash and a woman was taken to the hospital. Also killed ...

  • Streamwood ceremony honors the fallen

    A large crowd silently watches the Streamwood Memorial Day ceremony Sunday. The ceremony included speeches, flag presentations, a moment of silence, a 21-gun salute, the playing of Taps, and the placement of wreaths at the memorial's ...

  • White Sox plan special Memorial Day activities

    CHICAGO -- The White Sox celebration and honoring of Memorial Day actually started on Sunday with a pregame parade featuring military members and their friends and family. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Army paratrooper staff sergeant Al Mampre to Chris Sale. Mampre was one of the original members of the Heroic 101st Airborne Company that later became the subject of the book and ...


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Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck

George Clooneys Good Night, and Good Luck has the visual feel of a chamber drama, with the majority of its action taking place in a handful of offices in the CBS building in New York, but the emotional gravitas of a morality play. Set in the early 1950s amid ... ...

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  • Man Stabbed Critically Wounded In Austin Domestic Incident

    CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was critically injured in a domestic-related stabbing Sunday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The domestic incident happened about 2:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Monitor Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss ...

  • Quintana aims to give Sox upper hand against Cubs

    It has long been a city divided. For the next four days, those sides will clash. North Side vs. South Side: A Windy City war. A battle between black and blue. "Any time we play against the Cubs, it doesn't really matter what the records are or previous performances," said White Sox general manager Rick Hahn. "It's an exciting time and sort of quasi-playoff atmosphere ...

  • LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... MAY 25

    I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.Do you even know their roster...? Ohthere you go to google ...

  • Cubs rally capped by Castillos game-winner in 10th

    CHC@CIN: Soriano's two-run shot ties game in eighth CINCINNATI -- Welington Castillo hit a game-winning RBI double with two outs in the 10th inning Sunday to power the Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Reds and snap a six-game losing streak. With the game tied at 4 and two outs in the 10th against J.J. Hoover, Scott Hairston walked. Castillo then hit the ball along the left-field line and ...

  • Police Seek Help Identifying Elderly Woman Found On South Side

    The confused woman was located in the 7300 block of South Bennett Avenue and does not know her name or address, police said. She is described as 80-85 years old, 5-foot-5, 100 pounds with gray hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion. She is wearing a black Calvin Klein jacket, a red turtleneck sweater, black pants and black gym shoes. Anyone who may known the woman's identity should ...

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