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  • Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record

    A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...

  • Samardzija hopes to extend domination of Bucs

    Jeff Samardzija finally picked up his second win of 2013 in his last outing. His next start will come against the team he beat for victory No. 1. The Cubs right-hander is scheduled to toe the slab at PNC Park on Wednesday opposite Pirates lefty Francisco Liriano. On Opening Day, Samardzija dominated the Bucs -- as he's been known to do -- allowing two hits and striking out nine over eight ...

  • Rookie Chicago cops walking tough beats www.privateofficer.com

    Flashlights in hand, the five rookie Chicago cops were walking along a darkened stretch of the gang-infested South Side neighborhood on a recent night when their radios crackled with a call of a battery in progress. One behind the other, the five jogged the next block over, joining up with four other young officers already huddled around a man who said the two mothers of his children had just ...

  • Auditioning for rotation job Santiago eyes sweep

    When John Danks returns to the White Sox rotation, there will be room only for Hector Santiago or Dylan Axelrod -- not both. With ace Chris Sale scratched from Wednesday's series finale as a precautionary measure because of mild tendinitis in his left shoulder, Santiago will pitch on three days' rest as the White Sox look to sweep aside the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Boston will ...

  • White Sox clarify Reinsdorfs plans for future

    Jerry Reinsdorf, pictured with manager Robin Ventura, has run the White Sox since January 1981. (Getty Images) CHICAGO -- At 77 years old, Jerry Reinsdorf is going strong and plans to be around for quite a while longer. In an article this week in the SportsBusiness Journal, Reinsdorf speculatively mentioned that he recommended that his sons keep the Bulls but sell their interest in the White ...


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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) [Blu-Ray]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) [Blu-Ray]

Over the past decade, at least since the Michael Bay-produced remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), we have been inundated at the multiplex with remakes of horror classics. This is not necessarily a new development, as the horror genre has ... ...

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  • Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox

    Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday ...

  • Bullpen spoils Garzas stellar 2013 debut

    CHC@PIT: Garza knocks in a pair with an RBI double PITTSBURGH -- Before Tuesday's game, manager Dale Sveum was asked about the importance of having Matt Garza back in the rotation. "To have the ability to have guys who have no-hitter type stuff going out there is always a nice asset to have," Sveum said. Garza nearly lived up to the pre-game hype, but Travis Snider spoiled ...

  • Chicago Communities Wary of Chicago School Closures

    Tzia Ford, 9, at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, on the West Side of Chicago. It is one of 53 "underutilized" public schools set to be ...

  • Des Plaines Police Looking For Cop Impersonator

    DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — Police in the northwest suburbs tonight are searching for a man impersonating a police officer. Yesterday morning a female student at Maine East says the fake cop stopped her near River and Ballard roads, and that’s not ...

  • Garza’s Return Not Enough As Cubs Fall To Pirates 5-4

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Travis Snider hit a pinch-hit grand slam during a five-run sixth and the Pittsburgh Pirates spoiled a strong return to the mound for Matt Garza with a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Garza allowed one hit over five shutout innings in his first outing in 10 months, but the Pirates pounced on a Chicago bullpen that is 10th in the National League in ERA by ...

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