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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • Flushing with delight at Naperville ceremony

    In Naperville, ribbon-cuttings aren't only for new stores and offices. They're also ripe for facilities where people do business of a more personal nature.City and Park District officials held what they called a "potty party" Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new permanent restroom facility at Central Park in downtown."It's been a project that is actually very ...

  • Jury finds in favor of Trump in Chicago luxury hotel lawsuit

    Donald Trump boldly proclaimed last week to a federal jury that he had the right to do whatever he wanted at his luxury Chicago high-rise hotel - in spite of a federal lawsuit he faced from an 87-year-old Evanston woman. Observers could have chalked it up as typical Trump trash talk. On Thursday, though, the jury in Chicago agreed with the billionaire celebrity, awarding not a single dollar to ...

  • Corrupt cop gets 12 years

    For five years, federal authorities had been chasing leads on two Chicago police officers believed to be conspiring with leaders of the Latin Kings to rob the gang's rivals of cash, drugs and guns, but they never had enough solid information to make a case. Finally, in July 2010, an FBI agent approached one of the corrupt officers, Antonio Martinez Jr., and laid it on the line. "I ...

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