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  • White Sox eye fifth straight win behind Santiago

    The Angels have only seen two-thirds of an inning out of White Sox starter Hector Santiago, and that came in 2012. But Santiago's screwball was enough to leave a lasting impression on manager Mike Scioscia. "It's like a changeup, a fade changeup." Scioscia said. Santiago will start the third game of a four-game series against at Angel Stadium on Saturday. He was added to ...

  • Lawmakers split as Senate OKs medical marijuana

    SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will get the final say on whether Illinoisans should be allowed to use medical marijuana to help cope with pain and other symptoms caused by serious diseases. The Illinois Senate approved the controversial proposal Friday after a lengthy debate over whether its tight controls would keep the drug out of recreational users' ...

  • Sale shuts downs Angels for second time this week

    Rios launches solo homer off Wilson in first ANAHEIM -- Any thoughts about a second straight perfect-game bid by Chris Sale against the Angels were dashed with the second batter of Friday's 3-0 White Sox victory before 37,546. Sale walked Mike Trout, who broke up the left-hander's perfect game bid last Sunday night in Chicago with a single to center after 19 straight had been set ...

  • IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way

    The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration - the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives - certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is about more than partisanship. It's bigger than whether the Republicans win or the Democrats lose. It's even bigger than President Barack Obama. ...

  • Weed law in Chicago sends native plant gardeners to court

    Recent columns "If my award-winning garden got a ticket for weeds," Cummings said one sunny day last week, standing in the small yard outside her West Town three-flat, "how safe is any garden?" This question has nagged at her so hard and so long that she has now set out to reform Chicago's weed ordinance. But let's back up. Last fall, as my ...


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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance [DVD]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance [DVD]

The tensions between wilderness and civilization, personal justice and the legal system, the individual and the community have always fueled the Western genre, but they have never been laid quite so bare as in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. ...

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  • Casino bill would give city unparalleled control

    Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, center, is congratulated by Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan, right, after a vote on gambling expansion last year. Lang, a House sponsor of this year's expansion bill, waves aside concerns the legislation could shut the public out of the decision of who runs a casino in ...

  • Addict shoots for bigger things now

    For more than two decades, Timothy Gulley walked through life under the suffocating cloud of drug addiction. The 52-year-old electrician was in and out of jail and struggled to hold onto a job as he chased his next high. Many nights his mother refused to let him in their West Side home, forcing Gulley to sleep on a bench in nearby Columbus Park. "I thought I was going to be doing drugs ...

  • Illinois concealed carry bill stalls

    SPRINGFIELD— - The push to pass a more restrictive concealed carry measure stalled late last week as support began to drop off before a key vote in the Illinois Senate. The legislation represents the latest attempt to address a federal appeals court order setting a June 9 deadline for Illinois to fashion a new law that would allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in public. Illinois ...

  • Cullerton Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans

    SPRINGFIELD— — As Illinois lawmakers weigh a pair of competing pension reform plans this spring, a big factor they're considering is how much each approach would save the beleaguered state treasury.Illinois already spends more on government worker retirement benefits than on elementary and high schools. That trend line once again has legislators contemplating more cuts to ...

  • Burger King murder trial set to begin in Lake County

    Richard Dean has waited more than six years for the suspect in his daughter's slaying to stand trial. But whatever the outcome of the case against James Ealy, whose trial is due to start Monday in Lake County, Dean isn't expecting any closure. "I don't really think he's going to get what he deserves, because he's still breathing and Mary isn't," Dean ...

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