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  • IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

    IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...

  • Former Chicago Police Officer and Two Members of Latin Kings Street Gang Sentenced in Indiana for Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Crimes

    WASHINGTON-A former Chicago Police officer and two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced to prison today in Hammond, Indiana federal court for racketeering conspiracy and related crimes. Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana made the announcement following the ...

  • Fewer making the great escape this Memorial Day

    More Americans will be hanging out around home this Memorial Day weekend. AAA predicts that 34.8 million people will hit the road, airports, boat docks, train and bus stations this ...

  • Prosecutors rest their case in Lindenhurst Burger King trial

    James Ealy, 48, of Lake Villa looks to his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Keith Grant, during his trial in the 2006 strangulation murder of Mary Hutchison of Trevor, ...

  • Bail lowered for monk accused of trying to lure girls

    A monk accused of trying to lure teenage girls into his car in Antioch last month has been freed on bail, but he cannot return to his Wisconsin religious compound. Bail for Thomas Chmura, 57, was lowered by Lake County Judge Christopher Stride from $150,000 to $50,000 late last week. Chmura had been held in the Lake County jail since May ...


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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Blu-Ray]

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Blu-Ray]

Much like Robert Zemeckiss The Polar Express (2004) and Spike Jonzes Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs takes a relatively simple childrens book and expands it into a massive action-adventure juggernaut, alth ... ...

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  • Cubs affiliates to raise money for tornado victims

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Double-A Tennessee will join outfielder Ty Wright in his efforts to raise funds for the tornado victims in Oklahoma. The Smokies will hold several events throughout the current homestand with proceeds going to the American Red Cross relief efforts. "After watching the coverage of the tornado, it was tragic to see," Wright said. "I played baseball for Oklahoma ...

  • Local lawyer named to corruption fighting Chicago prosecutor job

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has nominated Chicago attorney Zachary Fardon to be the U.S. prosecutor in Chicago, which has seen the indictments of many top local politicians and mob figures, the two U.S. senators from Illinois announced on ...

  • Maywood mom boyfriend plead not guilty in death of 1-year-old

    A Maywood mother and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they beat and killed the woman's 1-year-old son before disposing the child's body in the Des Plaines River.Clad in yellow jumpsuits, Lakeshia Baker, 22, and Michael Scott, 21, showed no emotion during a five-minute hearing before Cook County Judge Paula Daleo at the Cook County courthouse in Maywood.But ...

  • Parents Have Options If Their Child’s School Is Closing

    (CBS) — Now what? That's the question thousands of Chicago parents are asking as they face the reality of their child's school being closed. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a look at the options available to families. The countdown to the end of children playing at Emmett Elementary and 48 other schools around the city begins today. There is uncertainty, confusion and ...

  • Urlacher Wanted To Play For Cowboys Now Open To TV Gig

    according to the Chicago Tribune. ';If I could have picked a spot, it would have been Dallas,'; Urlacher told the newspaper. ';They run our defense. They took our d-coordinator (Rod Marinelli). That would have been ideal. But they have two really good young ...

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