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  • Trade Deadline groundwork beginning in earnest

    MINNEAPOLIS -- White Sox general manager Rick Hahn met with the media Wednesday as talk of the July Trade Deadline already dominated the conversation. Hahn noted that he has already started to receive some calls -- as is usual once the First-Year Player Draft is over -- and especially with the position the White Sox are in, nine games out of first in the American League Central at the start of ...

  • Ventura looking to give Alexei a break

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez continues to be an everyday feature of the White Sox lineup, as he made his 69th start in the team's 69 games this season. Ramirez hasn't missed a game all year but before the first half is over, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said he'd like to give his shortstop a day off, but he can't positively say when or if it ...

  • White Sox bullpen back at full strength

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- After working with a short bullpen by choice Tuesday, the White Sox had their full set of relievers available Wednesday. White Sox manager Robin Ventura decided to give right-handers Jesse Crain and Nate Jones a rest after some extended outings in recent games. In 29 appearances this season Crain has thrown 31 2/3 innings with a 0.57 ERA. Jones has 33 appearances with 36 ...

  • Cubs dont expect carryover from interference call

    Email ST. LOUIS -- Shortstop Starlin Castro may have feared for his life when pinch-runner Shane Robinson came charging at him in the ninth inning Tuesday night, but the Cubs didn't expect any repercussions after the game-ending play. The Cardinals trailed 4-2 in the ninth and had runners at first and second with one out. David Freese hit a grounder to second baseman Darwin Barney, who ...

  • Castillo eager to learn from watching Cards Molina

    Email ST. LOUIS -- Manager Dale Sveum called Yadier Molina the "MVP of the league," and the Cubs are hoping Welington Castillo can learn from watching the Cardinals catcher. Castillo's conversations so far with the St. Louis backstop have consisted of in-game comments between the two during their at-bats, and that's it. "I would like to [talk to him]," Castillo ...


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Movie Review

Thirteen Days [DVD]

Thirteen Days [DVD]

In a lean, tense two and a half hours, Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days tells the story of the inner workings in the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis, one of the most severe political moments of the 20th century and likely the closest the world has ever come to engaging in actual nuclear exchange. The script by David Self condenses and dramatizes some 23 hours of recorded mee ... ...

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  • Hitting third for Cubs suits Schierholtz just fine

    Email ST. LOUIS -- Anthony Rizzo was back in the Cubs lineup Wednesday, after getting a one-day "breather," but stayed in the No. 5 spot instead of returning to No. 3. Nate Schierholtz seems pretty comfortable batting third. In four games, Schierholtz is 4-for-13 (.308) with one home run, one double and two RBIs. He entered Wednesday's game with a career-high 10-game hitting ...

  • UPDATE 2-Actor James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies in Italy

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:44pm EDT (Adds career details, HBO statement, died on Wednesday) By Piya Sinha-Roy and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, the network ...

  • 9 Students Hospitalized After Being Pepper Sprayed At School

    CHICAGO (STMW) — Nine students at a Near North Side bilingual public elementary school were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a student accidentally discharged pepper spray. The student was apparently playing with a can of pepper spray when it went off about 3:20 p.m. at the Ruben Salazar Bilingual Center in the 100 block of West Wendell Street, authorities ...

  • Group Petitions Gary Mayor To Close Down Animal Shelter

    GARY, Ind. (CBS) — A group of animal lovers in Indiana are petitioning the Gary mayor to close down the local animal shelter. Charlene Swift of the Indiana Save a Dog Rescue started a petition on Change.org because she thinks the Gary animal control unit has had problems for ...

  • Trustee prods Kane to be business development hub

    If a business wants to relocate to Sugar Grove but the deal falls through, there is no one stepping in right away to refer that company to a comparable piece of land or vacant storefront in North Aurora or anywhere else in Kane County. "Each municipality is only interested in themselves," Sugar Grove Trustee Kevin Geary said. "There's no further referral to a neighboring ...

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