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  • Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the ...

  • Antioch Rescue Squad village splitting up

    Antioch Rescue Squad, which became embroiled in controversy about a year ago, and Antioch village government are ending their longtime marriage in a dispute over contract length. Village officials say they were surprised and upset to learn the rescue squad — a privately operated, nonprofit entity — declined a six-month extension to continue providing emergency medical services for ...

  • Annual concert becoming more popular in St. Charles

    It was difficult to find worthy recipients of the Tyler Brett Caruso Memorial Scholarship in the early years of the award. This year, Marilyn Caruso said there were not only a record number of applicants, but many of them more than fit the qualities of a graduating senior the scholarship seeks to honor. And it's those qualities Caruso is looking forward to honoring at the annual Tyler ...

  • Rabbi author to speak Thursday in Hoffman Estates

    Rabbi Laibl Wolf will tackle the topic in "The Seven Habits of De-Stressed People," a seminar Thursday night in Hoffman Estates. This is the first large event organized by ...

  • Chicago Jesuits hid sex crimes

    Internal church records released Tuesday show that Chicago Jesuits consciously concealed the crimes of convicted sex offender Donald McGuire for more than 40 years as the prominent Roman Catholic priest continued to sexually abuse dozens of children around the globe. One letter written in 1970 by the Rev. John H. Reinke, then president of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, described McGuire's ...


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Austin Powers in Goldmember [DVD]

Austin Powers in Goldmember [DVD]

The first of the Austin Powers movies was a moderate theatrical success in 1997, but it became a smash hit on video, where millions more discovered its quirky spoofing of swinging '60s British culture and spy-movie conventions. I would argue that the reason for this is because this particular brand of comedy works best through repetition and familiarity, when you know the lines and have se ... ...

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  • Samardzija hopes to extend domination of Bucs

    Jeff Samardzija finally picked up his second win of 2013 in his last outing. His next start will come against the team he beat for victory No. 1. The Cubs right-hander is scheduled to toe the slab at PNC Park on Wednesday opposite Pirates lefty Francisco Liriano. On Opening Day, Samardzija dominated the Bucs -- as he's been known to do -- allowing two hits and striking out nine over eight ...

  • Rookie Chicago cops walking tough beats www.privateofficer.com

    Flashlights in hand, the five rookie Chicago cops were walking along a darkened stretch of the gang-infested South Side neighborhood on a recent night when their radios crackled with a call of a battery in progress. One behind the other, the five jogged the next block over, joining up with four other young officers already huddled around a man who said the two mothers of his children had just ...

  • Auditioning for rotation job Santiago eyes sweep

    When John Danks returns to the White Sox rotation, there will be room only for Hector Santiago or Dylan Axelrod -- not both. With ace Chris Sale scratched from Wednesday's series finale as a precautionary measure because of mild tendinitis in his left shoulder, Santiago will pitch on three days' rest as the White Sox look to sweep aside the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Boston will ...

  • White Sox clarify Reinsdorfs plans for future

    Jerry Reinsdorf, pictured with manager Robin Ventura, has run the White Sox since January 1981. (Getty Images) CHICAGO -- At 77 years old, Jerry Reinsdorf is going strong and plans to be around for quite a while longer. In an article this week in the SportsBusiness Journal, Reinsdorf speculatively mentioned that he recommended that his sons keep the Bulls but sell their interest in the White ...

  • Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox

    Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday ...

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