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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 ...

  • From foster parent to full-on mom

    Cedra Watson plays with Jalaya, 5, and Joshua, 7, as Jeremiah, 6, sorts through coloring pages in their Hyde Park home. Watson was a foster parent who adopted the ...

  • Donald Trump may have met his match in Evanston grandmother

    Donald Trump seems to relish an image as a no-nonsense businessman and boss, some might even say a bully. But the real estate mogul might have met his match in an Evanston grandmother who had humble beginnings growing up in a children's home. "Someone had to stand up to him," Jacqueline Goldberg testified Monday at a trial in Chicago that has drawn national attention because of ...

  • Former Chicago police officer gets 18 years for drug conspiracy

    With prosecutors seeking a 30-year prison term for him, former veteran Chicago narcotics cop Glenn Lewellen closed his eyes tightly and held his palms together in prayer Monday as the judge was about to announce his sentence on federal drug conspiracy charges. A smile cracked his lips as Lewellen heard his sentence: 18 years in federal prison. Moments later, as he was led away by deputy ...

  • More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities report says

    Once considered the definition of the middle-class American dream, the suburbs are now home to a larger, faster-growing poor population than urban areas, according to a new analysis. During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64 percent - more than twice the 29 percent growth rate in cities. Overall, 16.4 million poor people consider suburbia home, compared with 13.4 ...


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Movie Review

War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

In a seemingly benign, yet ultimately ominous line of dialogue early in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, the ex-wife of Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a New York dock worker and generally deadbeat dad, says to him after dropping off their two kids for the weekend, "Take c ... ...

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  • Summer vacation time not equal across Chicagoland

    While many of her friends are stuck in school into June, Wauconda eighth-grader Alexandra Hayden plans to take advantage of her district's early summer break to beat the crowds at Six Flags Great America. "I'm going to party," said Alexandra, who is finishing her last year at Matthews Middle School. "The good part is, Great America is open, so there will be no lines ...

  • Red Line rides out first weekday of construction project

    CTA commuters talk about their public transit experience now that Red Line is closed from Cermak/Chinatown through 95th Street, until October ...

  • Chamber honors small businesses

    h annual Small Business of the Year Awards gala. The overall winner this year was Naperville Dental Specialists and General Oral Health Care, which also took home the award in the Professional category. In other categories Paul Gregory Media won for Business-to-Business, Players Indoor Sports won for Business-to-Consumer, Giving DuPage won for Not-for-Profit and Le Chocolat du Bouchard won for ...

  • Schaumburg cop suspended investigated for gun missing heroin

    A Schaumburg police officer has been suspended with pay for allegedly keeping a gun that had been turned in to the department, and the same officer also faces scrutiny for a case involving heroin that allegedly went missing from a crime scene, police said. The officer, who was not identified by police, was on front-desk duty April 23 when two people came in to turn in a .22-caliber revolver, ...

  • Tim West reporter 1946-2013

    A versatile journalist, Tim West spent his entire career covering Naperville for the Naperville Sun. Mr. West covered local government bodies, took photos, wrote columns and immersed himself in the life of his community. "Tim cared deeply about quality journalism, and he understood the importance of the press being a responsible community watchdog," said Judy Hostert-Harvey, managing ...

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