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  • Home Minister Shinde in Washington India seeks access to Rana Headley

    India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of undergoing sentence awarded by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges. While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently ...

  • For Reinsdorf and Urlacher time is relative

    */ One day, longtime White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf remarked that he plans to still be in his position in 20 years. The next day, longtime Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher announced that he won't be around for another season of pro football. No matter how many years an athlete has leverage in contract negotiations, in the end the game will determine his fate. Urlacher earned a ...

  • Cubs May RBI leader the pitching staff

    Email PITTSBURGH -- It is not a good sign when the players with the most RBIs for the month are a team's pitchers, but that is the case with the Cubs. Cubs pitchers combined for 13 RBIs in May and were batting .316 (12-for-38) with two home runs for the month entering Wednesday's game against the Pirates. Outfielder Alfonso Soriano had also driven in 13 runs in May with three home ...

  • Cubs executives visit potential Draft pick Gray

    Email PITTSBURGH -- The Cubs are finalizing prep work for the First-Year Player Draft, to be held June 6, and Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations, led a group of front office executives to Oklahoma to meet Wednesday with right-handed pitcher Jonathan Gray. The Cubs have the second overall pick in the Draft, and they are expected to take Gray or Stanford right-hander Mark Appel -- ...

  • Barney hitting harder following midnight chat with Sveum

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Darwin Barney matched his career high with four hits Tuesday, and he was batting .440 in his last seven games. The difference may have been a talk with Cubs manager Dale Sveum that lasted well into the early morning. Barney went to Sveum's apartment after the May 7 night game against the Cardinals. "We ended up talking about hitting and approach," Barney ...


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Movie Review

Salvatore Giuliano [DVD]

Salvatore Giuliano [DVD]

Franceso Rosis Salvatore Giuliano is an Italian JFK, but without Oliver Stones criticism-inducing visual and theoretical hyperbole. Unlike Stone, Rosi is a more nuanced and rigorous political filmmaker. What they have in common, though, is that they are both inter ... ...

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  • Wanted McHenry County Fugitive Nabbed In Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE (STMW) — The list of Top Ten fugitives in McHenry County got shorter after a man wanted for the sexual abuse of a girl was captured by police and federal agents in Milwaukee. On Nov. 8, 2012, Algonquin police obtained an arrest warrant for Brandon A. Williams of Milwaukee for sexually abusing and choking a juvenile girl, a statement from the McHenry County Sheriff's office ...

  • Ingleside school wins $25000 in recycling contest

    PepsiCo executive Tom Mooradian, left, applauds after handing a $25,000 check to St. Bede Catholic School PTA President Gretchen Renlund and Principal Charles Pinto during a celebration Wednesday. The Ingleside school won a grand prize in the Dream Machine Recycle Rally ...

  • Glenbard students view mock DUI crash

    A student-actor playing a victim in a mock DUI crash is removed from a car Wednesday as part of the annual Operation Safe Celebration staged by the Carol Stream police and fire departments at Glenbard North High ...

  • Outrage at Chicago school board decision to close 50 schools

    In the biggest mass public school closing in U.S. history, the Chicago Board of Education is closing schools they say are under-used. NBC's Brian Williams ...

  • Cannes Foursome Team Up for Chicago Crime Boss Film Hubris

    Charles Gillibert, Scott Stuber, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert are joining forces for the thriller, which will mark French director Olivier Assayas' first film shot in the United ...

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