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  • At least 37 dead from tornado in Oklahoma City suburb

    MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. At least 37 people were reported killed. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city. Block after block of the ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 20

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the ...

  • Man Shot In Parking Lot Of Merrillville Planned Parenthood

    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (CBS) — A police-involved shooting occurred in the parking lot of a Planned Parenthood office in Merrillville, Ind. Monday afternoon. One man was shot and taken away in an ambulance while a police officer was hurt but not shot. Merrillville Police have not yet identified what happened and have said no shooting took place in the actual office. The conditions of the man ...

  • Illinois headed to limiting high-capacity ammo magazines

    Nicole Hockley, a parent who lost her child, Dylan Hockley, 6, in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, testifies on assault weapon legislation during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Monday, May 20, 2013, in ...


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Gimme Shelter [DVD]

Gimme Shelter [DVD]

After December 6, 1969, critics, pundits, and journalists rushed to declare that the '60s were officially dead. ...

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  • Manti Te’o Off-Limits To Media But Not Maxim Party

    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The San Diego Chargers are keeping Manti Te’o off-limits to the media -- for now. The star linebacker was barred from speaking with reporters at the Chargers’ second open session of organized team ...

  • Calvin Johnson Confirms He Had Injured Fingers During Record Season

    Johnson caught 122 passes for an NFL-record 1,964 yards last season, putting up incredible numbers despite the fact that the rest of the offense was inconsistent. The Lions went 4-12, but after signing Reggie Bush in the offseason, they hope Johnson will have a little more help this year. Johnson met with reporters Monday. He was coy when asked how badly his fingers were hurt last year, saying ...

  • Illinois Senate Panel OKs Ban On High-Capacity Ammo Clips

    (CBS) — An Illinois Senate Committee has approved a measure that would limit the size of ammunition clips sold in the state. By a vote of 12-3 Monday, the Senate Executive Committee banned the future sale and purchase of so-called high capacity ammunition clips - magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The vote came after Newtown, Conn. parents of grade-schoolers killed by gunman Adam ...

  • Overheard in Chicago ‘Three pork-brain tacos please’

    features a bit of braised tripe, skin and stomach folded in with the customary pork meat."I'll take that, and three pork-brain tacos, please," I said, to my wife's visible dismay.According to local chef Rick Bayless, the best-know proponent of Mexican cookery in the United States, and the owner and executive chef of the Michelin-recommended Frontera Grill, his city offers ...

  • Defense attorney Victim recants statement in human trafficking case

    A downstate woman who told police she was the victim of human trafficking, has recanted her statements against two Chicago men charged in the case, a defense attorney said Monday. Defense attorney Eric F. Rinehart told Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti that the unidentified female now says in video and on her Facebook page that she was never forced to work as a prostitute by Aaron Thurmond, ...

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