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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Road Test 2014 Kia Cadenza

    SAN DIEGO, CA (KDKA) – The folks at Kia — who have, by the way, been doing nothing but a bang up job at rolling out vehicles that give you bang for the buck — say that after the top of the line Optima sedan, their customers who want more have nowhere to go but another brand. That’s why the Cadenza was born. A little bigger and much more upscale, the Cadenza is ...

  • Emanuel Quinn snipe over regulating a Chicago casino

    Pat Quinn, governor of Illinois, said he wants to address the state's pension crisis before any plans for a Chicago casino. In November, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn appeared together and said they had resolved their differences over how to regulate a Chicago casino. But now those differences appear to have ruptured once again, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times. At ...


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Movie Review

Derailed

Derailed

Part Hitchcockian exercise in ruthless wrong man at the wrong time tension and part pseudo-film noir, Derailed tells the story of a beleaguered suburban father/husband who makes one fatally bad decision and then spends the rest of the movie suffering for it. Because his bad decis ... ...

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  • Report Danks To Start Friday

    (CBS) According to a report from CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, White Sox left-hander John Danks will make his first start of the season Friday against the Marlins. Danks has made four rehab starts in the minors while working to recover from shoulder surgery he underwent 10 months ...

  • History Of Tornadoes In Chicago Area

    CHICAGO (CBS) — The massive EF-4 tornado to hit Moore, Okla., is rare, but twisters with that kind of force have hit the Chicago area in the past, and have been extremely deadly. There have been eight EF-4/5 tornadoes to hit the Chicago area between 1950-2010, the latest official data available from the State Climatologist Office For Illinois. (Unofficially, we could find no evidence of a ...

  • Matt Kemp To Donate $1000 For Every Home Run To Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    We’ve seen this type of behavior from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp before. Earlier this month, Kemp gave his jersey, shoes and glove to a disabled Dodgers fan after a game, and now, he’s at it again. In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado that has taken dozens of lives, Kemp has pledged to donate $1,000 to relief efforts for every home run hit between now and the All-Star Game. Kemp, ...

  • Local Storm Chaser Describes ‘Sickening Deafening Roar’ Of Oklahoma Tornado

    Cars lie around the northeast corner of Plaza Towers Elementary school after it was damaged by a tornado May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The town reported a tornado of at least EF4 strength and two miles wide that touched down yesterday killing at least 24 people and leveling everything in its path. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty ...

  • Blackhawks Unhappy With Goaltender Interference Call

    (CBS) Immediately after the Blackhawks fell 3-1 to the Red Wings in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals, the team was clearly upset with falling down 2-1 in this best-of-seven series. Adding insult to injury, the Blackhawks were also forced to deal with questions surrounding the goalie interference call that took away what would have been the game-tying goal in the third period. Just ...

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