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  • Top pick Long Bears agree to contract

    Chicago Bears first round draft Kyle Long, is introduced to the media during an NFL football news conference, Friday, April 26, 2013, at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, ...

  • Your Chicago Student Activists At Reilly Elementary School

    (CBS) - What do you do when you’re a seventh-grader and you want a nicer, safer park near your school, a place for the neighborhood kids to go? Why, you embark upon a letter-writing campaign, naturally, to convince adults that it's a good idea. CBS 2's Rob Johnson reports. Reilly Elementary School seventh-graders Jessica Llangari, Christian Urena and Victor Francisco sent a ...

  • 28 Years Later Man Supports Second Chance For His Grandmother’s Killer

    (CBS) – It was a beautiful day in May 1985.Sunday School teacher Ruth Pelke may have welcomed the girls into her home. The 78-year-old was stabbed to death for $10 and her car keys. ';It was unbelievable,'; says Pelke’s grandson Bill, now in Anchorage, Alaska. ';As the time progressed it got worse and worse. We found out she had been stabbed 33 times with a 12 inch ...

  • Get Ready For The Headache-Inducing Road Projects Of Summer

    (CBS) — It’s a rite of summer: road construction throughout the Chicago area. CBS 2 traffic reporter Derrick Young takes a look at a few of the biggest projects that will affect your commute. As sure as flowers bloom every spring, orange barrels appear and traffic backs up. Among the major projects: the widening of Willow Road through northern Cook County, from Illinois 43 to ...

  • Another Schaumburg Cop Under Investigation

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Schindler's List [Blu-Ray]

Schindler's List [Blu-Ray]

The unlikeliest heroes are often the greatest, and Oskar Schindler, the central figure of Steven Spielbergs masterful and devastating Schindlers List, was one of the unlikeliest of all. A greedy German industrialist, womanizer, heavy drinker, shamelessly adulterous husband, ... ...

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  • Reed channels closer Percival in return to boyhood home

    Email ANAHEIM -- Addison Reed entered the ninth inning of Thursday's contest to protect a one-run lead and finish off a third straight victory. But as the White Sox closer ran in to preserve his 13th save in 14 opportunities, Reed admitted to thinking about his childhood hero, Troy Percival, who was one of the reasons Reed always wanted to be a closer and who picked up all but 42 of his 358 ...

  • Raised hands help elevate Dunns average

    Email ANAHEIM -- The story behind Adam Dunn's 6-for-15 run on the current White Sox road trip, including seven RBIs and five runs scored, centers on a swing change worked on before last Sunday's home game in which the designated hitter raised his hands. At least, that's what Dunn remembers it to be after all the variations tried during a rare night off. "I don't even ...

  • Viciedo progressing with glove and bat

    Email ANAHEIM -- The defensive improvement shown by Dayan Viciedo in left field doesn't necessarily have to be measured statistically. Simply look at Viciedo's reaction to Howie Kendrick's go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning of Thursday's victory to judge those increased expectations. Viciedo had the ball bounce off of his glove after not taking a great angle to the ...

  • Santiago concerned with contributing not future

    Email ANAHEIM -- With John Danks potentially one Saturday night Minor League rehab appearance away from returning to the White Sox, a couple of options await Hector Santiago following Saturday afternoon's big league start against the Angels. Santiago could remain in the starting rotation, giving the White Sox four left-handers to go with Jake Peavy. He also could move back to the bullpen, ...

  • Bears Sign Four-Year Deal With Draft Pick Kyle Long

    (CBS) — The Chicago Bears have reached a four-year deal with their first-round draft pick, offensive lineman Kyle Long. The arrangement includes an option, according to a Tweet from the team’s media Twitter ...

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