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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 ...

  • Chicago Gun Law Bars Historic Guns From Museum Displays

    Chicago's stringent gun laws are so severe they border on the absurd. It has just been brought to the attention of Chicago Alderman Edward Burke that Chicago ...

  • Suburban comfort dogs making trip to Oklahoma after tornado

    Newtown High School Counselor Deidre Croce holds Isaiah, a 9-week-old puppy in training, in January while surrounded by other comfort dogs sent by Addison-based Lutheran Church ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

    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: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Red Wings Take Game 3 And 2-1 Series Lead Over Blackhawks

    DETROIT (AP) -Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...


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Movie Review

Excess Baggage

It has long been said that kids will do anything to get a little attention, and 18-year-old Emily Hope, the heroine of "Excess Baggage" played by Alicia Silverstone, is a perfect example. Of course, she can't really be blamed. Her filthy rich and icily distance father, Alexander T. Hope (Jack Thompson), pays her far less attention than any of his illegal business dealings. He's the kind of ... ...

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  • Man Critically Hurt In Jump From 3rd Floor Of Hospital

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was critically injured after attempting to jump from the window of a hospital Tuesday in the South Side Englewood ...

  • Cubs Claim RHP Eduardo Sanchez Off Waivers

    The 24-year-old Sanchez will be assigned to Triple-A Iowa. In nine relief appearances this season for Triple-A Memphis, Sanchez has recorded one save and a 3.72 ERA. Sanchez has spent part of the last two seasons in the majors with the Cardinals, combining to go 3-2 with five saves and a 3.40 ERA in 43 relief appearances. He has 48 strikeouts in 45 Major-League ...

  • Illinois Requires Annual Severe Weather Drills At Schools

    DARIEN, Ill. (CBS) – In case you’re wondering, after seeing the devastation in Oklahoma this week, Illinois schools are required by the State Board of Education to conduct severe weather drills once a year. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya visited Darien School District 61 in the southwest suburbs, where Supt. Bob Carlo said his schools are safe, but he pointed out, ';You ...

  • Three Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting

    Three bottlenose dolphins from left, Spree, 10, Tapeko, 31 and Allie, 26, at the Brookfield Zoo. Officials at the zoo say all three dolphins are pregnant and due to give birth this summer and ...

  • Defense Stolberg was trying to protect wife from herself

    A Lake County prosecutor told a jury that Ronald Stolberg intentionally asphyxiated his wife in their Vernon Hills home in 2011 because she was bothering him and he needed to sleep. However, defense attorney William Hedrick of Skokie explained during opening statements Tuesday that Stolberg, 49, was trying to prevent his 54-year-old wife, Rachel, from hurting herself while she was having a ...

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