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  • Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record

    A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...

  • Three Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting

    Three bottlenose dolphins from left, Spree, 10, Tapeko, 31 and Allie, 26, at the Brookfield Zoo. Officials at the zoo say all three dolphins are pregnant and due to give birth this summer and ...

  • Defense Stolberg was trying to protect wife from herself

    A Lake County prosecutor told a jury that Ronald Stolberg intentionally asphyxiated his wife in their Vernon Hills home in 2011 because she was bothering him and he needed to sleep. However, defense attorney William Hedrick of Skokie explained during opening statements Tuesday that Stolberg, 49, was trying to prevent his 54-year-old wife, Rachel, from hurting herself while she was having a ...

  • Guns Money Stolen From Ray Rice’s Home

    TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Baltimore County police say the Reisterstown home of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 and two guns were ...

  • Kevin Durant Donates $1 Million To Tornado Relief

    (CBS/AP) The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area. Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, has vowed to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in ...


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Movie Review

Excess Baggage

It has long been said that kids will do anything to get a little attention, and 18-year-old Emily Hope, the heroine of "Excess Baggage" played by Alicia Silverstone, is a perfect example. Of course, she can't really be blamed. Her filthy rich and icily distance father, Alexander T. Hope (Jack Thompson), pays her far less attention than any of his illegal business dealings. He's the kind of ... ...

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  • Top 10 Family Cars Of 2013

    IRVINE, CA (WWJ) – Kelly Blue Book’s list of the 10 Best Family Cars includes mid-size cars, minivans and small SUVs. It’s also a mix of brands, foreign and domestic. ';This is a great year for family cars,'; said Jack Nerad, Kelly Blue Book’s executive market analyst. ';There are some new entries in the marketplace that are terrific. Some of the old ...

  • Chicago Sky lands broadcast TV deal with Weigel

    Chicago Sky is getting wider exposure as its games air this season on and ESPN, WCIU, The U and The U Too. WNBA franchise Chicago Sky has signed a five-year broadcast contract with Weigel Broadcasting Co. Chicago-based Weigel will air 24 regular-season games this season on its local stations WCIA and The U Too, beginning with the May 31 home opener at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, according to the ...

  • Schaumburg Trustee Frank Kozak and wife survive Oklahoma tornado

    A fallen water heater may have been all that saved Schaumburg Village Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, when the home they were visiting in Oklahoma City disappeared around them as a massive tornado passed through the city and its suburbs Monday. Both were staying at the home of Char's brother while visiting him and other family in the area when the tornado hit, killing at least two ...

  • Eve from Days still a tough girl from suburbs

    On television, Charlotte Ross is often cast as tough or manipulative. The Winnetka native got her start on "Days of Our Lives" as Eve Donovan — a troubled teen prostitute turned sultry soap vixen. That launched her into several other hard-as-nails roles, including the feisty detective Connie McDowell on "NYPD Blue" and Quinn's uptight mother on ...

  • Chicago-area public pension funding gap rises 16.7 pct in 2011 -report

    CHICAGO | Tue May 21, 2013 1:11pm EDT CHICAGO May 21 (Reuters) - The funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from fiscal 2010, heightening the risk of tax increases or service cuts for residents, a report by a civic watchdog group said on Tuesday. The Chicago-based Civic Federation also found that pension funding ...

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