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  • Model of Suns magnetic field created

    Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have reported that they have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is ...

  • Batavia entrepreneurs take Wifflot to next level

    Batavia High School students Ryan Pawlowski, left, and Andrew Martinez have created and built "The Wifflot," a Wiffle ball field complete with a fence, scoreboard, outfield advertising and an American ...

  • Wheeling settles PhilHaven lawsuit apartments will be built

    The village of Wheeling has reached a settlement with the developers of PhilHaven, a proposed apartment building for people with mental and physical disabilities, that will permit the controversial project to be built. PhilHaven, a 50-unit building to be erected at 2418-2422 W. Hintz Road, was unpopular with neighboring homeowners and twice rejected by the Wheeling village board. The developer, ...

  • Newly expanded Bartlett Aquatic Center opens Saturday

    Workers with Elliot Construction Corp. prepare the splash pad area at the newly expanded Bartlett Aquatic Center. The center will open to the general public at 11:30 a.m. on ...

  • Detroit force Chicago on brink of elimination

    (47 mins ago) Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination. After losing Game 1, the seventh-seeded Red Wings have surged into ...


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Howards End [Blu-Ray]

Howards End [Blu-Ray]

Howards End is generally considered the high point of the decades-long collaboration between American-born director James Ivory and Indian-born producer Ismail Merchant, who together produced 27 films that spanned multiple genres and covered much of the globe. When one hears the na ... ...

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  • Detroit Red Wings Top Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 Take 3-1 Series Lead

    DETROIT - Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination. After losing Game 1, the seventh-seeded Red Wings have surged into ...

  • Evanston Township High School investigates sexting accusation

    Evanston Township High School officials investigated a report of "sexting" among female students and varsity baseball players, according to a letter sent to parents and guardians in the school district.According to allegations made to the district, girls sent "inappropriate photos of themselves to ETHS boys who were members of the varsity baseball team, and some of the boys, in ...

  • CPS suspends employee seen pushing student in video

    Chicago Public Schools has removed a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee from his job after a video was posted online that appears to show him pushing a female student down a flight of stairs.The 16-year-old student's family released a statement through an attorney saying that it intends to "pursue all available avenues" of legal recourse in response to the employee's ...

  • Man found shot dead in Zion parking lot

    A man was shot to death Thursday afternoon in a parking lot in Zion, according to police.In a statement released Thursday night, police said they responded about 4:35 p.m. to a 911 call for shots fired in the Aldi store parking lot in the 2800 block of Sheridan Road.Police found "a single deceased adult male gunshot victim in the front seat of a vehicle on the lot," the statement ...

  • With last-minute reprieve school gets chance to mend divided neighborhood

    Manierre Elementary School lives squeezed between worlds. Black and white. Rich and poor. Chicago's past and its ambition. Walter Burnett, the neighborhood's alderman, lives squeezed between those worlds as well, and on Thursday, the day after Manierre was granted a stay of execution, he met me ...

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