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  • Konerko recalls World Series matchup against Qualls

    Email CHICAGO -- The game was on the line Friday night when Miami reliever Chad Qualls faced Paul Konerko leading off the ninth with the score deadlocked at 3. Of course, this particular matchup also evokes historic memories for White Sox fans and players, with Konerko having launched a seventh-inning grand slam off Qualls in Game 2 of the 2005 World Series between the White Sox and Astros at ...

  • Danks hopes to be a better pitcher after long layoff

    Email CHICAGO -- There were nothing but smiles coming from John Danks after his six-plus-inning, 76-pitch season debut for the White Sox in Friday night's extra-innings victory over the Marlins. Danks struck out five and didn't issue a walk, hitting as high as 91 mph with his fastball and showing off a strong changeup. But Danks knows the pitcher he was Friday might be different than ...

  • Sale plays catch will throw bullpen session Sunday

    Email CHICAGO -- Chris Sale played catch from 100 feet in the outfield before Saturday's contest with the Marlins at U.S. Cellular Field and proclaimed himself ready to go for Tuesday's home start against the Cubs. Sale will throw a bullpen session on Sunday as one final hurdle, after his scheduled start this past Wednesday was skipped because of a mild case of tendinitis at the back ...

  • Gimenez starts again in place of injured Flowers

    Email CHICAGO -- Tyler Flowers was out of Saturday's White Sox starting lineup because of back spasms, meaning reserve Hector Gimenez picked up a second straight start. "He feels pretty much the same as he did yesterday. He's still out getting treatment," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Flowers. "He says he can catch, but I think doing anything else probably ...

  • Wood uneven as Cubs drop sixth in a row

    CHC@CIN: Soriano singles home Rizzo in the third CINCINNATI -- The Cubs ended two streaks on Saturday, but unfortunately, they kept another going as they lost their sixth in a row. Todd Frazier drove in two runs, including a game-tying RBI single in a four-run sixth, and Brandon Phillips scored the go-ahead run on a squeeze to spark the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Cubs, who set a season ...


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Movie Review

In America

In America

There are so many ways in which Jim Sheridans In America could have gone wrong. The intensely personal story of an Irish immigrant family trying to make it in New York City against all odds, it has all the elements of sappy sentimentalism, including a third act that takes place almost entirely inside a hospital and features not just one main character dying, but two others who are, at vari ... ...

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  • Cubs Lose To Reds 5-2

    CINCINNATI (AP) -- Todd Frazier drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and a single, and the Cincinnati Reds used another big inning to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory. The Reds have won 13 of their last 16 games, surging to a season-high 13 games over .500 at 31-18. It’s their best start since 1995, when they reached the NL championship series ...

  • Fears of a copycat Uniformed French soldier is stabbed in throat outside Paris

    Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside ...

  • Public education fight heats up in Chicago

    The largest round of school closures in American history hit Chicago this week as 50 schools were shut down. Ed explains who the real heroes are and John Nichols of The Nation Magazine breaks down all the ...

  • Two Charged With River North Burglaries

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people have been charged with burglary in connection with a spate of robberies this month in the River North neighborhood. Stacey Yearby, 41, and Lamont Gordon, 46, were arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of burglary each, according to police News Affairs. They gave their address in the 1400 block of South Canal ...

  • A happy surprise for one mom at Elgins Fox Trot

    Cynthia Munoz, Lulu Santibanez, Kayla Veal and Takeyla Irby stand for the singing of the national anthem Saturday during the 36th annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot. All four girls were representing the Elgin High School dance team in the 2-mile ...

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