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  • Garza slated to return on Tuesday

    Email CHICAGO -- Right-hander Matt Garza will return to the Cubs' rotation on Tuesday in Pittsburgh and make his first Major League start since last July. "I'm excited and just happy that I don't have to rehab again," said Garza, who opened the season on the disabled list with a strained left lat. "This actually means something, and I can't wait. It's ...

  • Cubs looking to eliminate defensive lapses

    Email CHICAGO -- The Cubs made two more errors in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Mets at Wrigley Field, upping their season total to 33 entering Saturday, the second-most in the Major Leagues. One of them was a simple lack of miscommunication, when first baseman Anthony Rizzo and catcher Welington Castillo ran into one another on a ninth-inning popup in foul territory. Fortunately for the Cubs, ...

  • Chicago commuter headache as L train line shut for five months

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two ...

  • Man Charged With Videotaping Women In Hospital Washroom

    WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A poorly secured cell phone in a west suburban hospital washroom that a man had allegedly set up to secretly videotape women in the toilet area was discovered by a woman when the phone fell to the washroom floor on Friday. She alerted police, who then arrested and charged a 49-year-old Franklin Park man with unlawful videotaping. That man, Salvador Perez, of the ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Chicago Cubs: 1. ...


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Movie Review

Taking Lives

Taking Lives

Taking Lives is a flat, derivative psycho-thriller that suffers badly from having no chemistry between its two leads. Director D.J. Caruso and cinematographer Amir M. Mokri, who worked together on 2002s The Salton Sea, complicate it further by bathing most o ... ...

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  • Garza Slated To Start For Cubs On Tuesday

    Matt Garza pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on September 27, 2011. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty ...

  • Chicago Teachers Union Begins 3-Day Citywide March

    CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Teachers Union is launching a three-day march around the city in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to close dozens of schools. It starts Saturday and organizers are billing it as a march for ';education ...

  • Man Shot Outside Old Orchard Shopping Center

    SKOKIE, Ill. (STMW) — A young man was wounded in a shooting in north suburban Skokie Friday night, outside the Old Orchard Shopping Center. Skokie police responded about 9:45 p.m. to a 911 call of shots fired near the 4800 block of Golf Road, a release from police ...

  • Stalberg Officially Out In Game 2

    UNITED CENTER (CBS) As expected, Viktor Stalberg will not play in Game 2 against the Red Wings today as Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville will likely stick with the same lineup that worked in Game 1. Stalberg was benched in the first game against the Wings as Quenneville looked to spark his team, while also asking his third-line winger for more intensity. It’s possible Stalberg is ...

  • Chicago Teachers Kick Off Three-Day March Against Mass School Closings

    Chicago Teachers are taking a stand once again in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to close dozens of schools in low income Chicago communities-this time with ...

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