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  • Mt. Prospect OKs $1.75 million in flood-related sewer work

    This is an example of the damage wrought by flooding in the July 23, 2011, storm. Robert Zapfel spray-painted a sign to warn scavengers away from sewage-contaminated furniture he left alongside the road of his Mount Prospect residence on Emerson ...

  • Trustees Housing plan too dense for Vernon Hills

    The former Opa! restaurant in Vernon Hills is one of many restaurants that have failed at Lakeview Parkway and Hawthorn Parkway. A developer now is pitching plans for a residential development on the ...

  • Deen Says She Used Racial Slur But Doesn’t Tolerate Hate

    SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behavior. In a court deposition filed Monday in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the ...

  • Bosh To Fans Who Left Early ‘Don’t Come Back For Game 7′

    who left American Airlines Arena early in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. After all, the Heat were down by four points with 28 seconds left and the Spurs at the ...

  • Parents Occupy Classroom To Protest School Closings

    CHICAGO (CBS ) — Parents took over a classroom at Lafayette Elementary to protest the city’s plan to shut down the school after this year. Wednesday was the last day of classes at the school, 2714 W. Augusta Blvd. Nine parents occupied one of the classrooms, demanding that Mayor Emanuel and the school board reverse their decision. Some school-age children were also inside the ...


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Scary Movie 2

It seems like only a year ago that I was writing a review of the Wayans Brothers' horror spoof Scary Movie. Oh, wait, it was a year ago. ...

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  • Michael Curry a favorite in 76ers coaching search JUN 19

    05:10 PM ET 06.19 | The Philadelphia 76ers were one of the first teams to usher their head coach out this offseason. They just might be one of the last team's to fill the opening. The Sixers haven't been involved in many rumors compared to other head coaching searches, and that could mean that they have an in-house favorite in former coach Doug Collins' assistant Michael Curry. As ...

  • Manu Ginobili not sure how Spurs will re-enerize for Game 7 JUN 19

    Heat . They had pushed Miami to the brink and had to win just one more game to close them out and hoist yet another trophy with a Big 3 many believe is superior to that of ...

  • Wizards Bradley Beal iffy for summer league JUN 19

    Wizards guard Bradley Beal is questionable to participate in the Las Vegas summer league that begins on July 12 as he slowly recovers from a stress fracture in his leg. A source told the Washington Post that it's "not imperative" Beal plays in the summer league. Though he's been inching his way back and could be cleared to go full out by the beginning of July, it's ...

  • Rivers to meet with Celtics on Wednesday JUN 19

    Celtics fans have been waiting for answers when it comes to the future of the team, and those answers appear to be coming shortly. After a whirlwind of a weekend that had Doc ...

  • Amid Violence Chicagoan Fights For Right To Bear Arms

    He's a hero to the National Rifle Association for fighting to overturn Chicago's ban on handguns and now he wants to be among the first in Chicago to carry a concealed weapons. 79-year-old Chicagoan Otis McDonald took on city hall and won, big time, in his own personal fight for his right to bear arms -- his way of trying to reduce the gun violence that plagues his and other ...

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