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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • 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, ...

  • Magic Try To Follow Howard Trade With Lottery Luck

    Armed with the best odds and their three-time winner back on stage, the Magic will try to jump-start the rebuilding process Tuesday night by landing the rights to the No. 1 pick in the NBA ...

  • 87-Year-Old Accusing Trump Chicago Woman Playing Age Card

    Jackie Goldberg, 87, is suing the business magnate in federal court under allegations that he ripped her off when he sold her two $1 million hotel condo units within downtown Chicago's Trump Tower. After the deal, Trump reneged on financial incentives promised to early investors.During a tirade in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Court building on Wednesday, Trump touted that Goldberg was ...

  • Property owner asks Northbook to annex

    The Village of Northbrook may soon grow by a couple acres. The owners of a two-acre property at the northwest corner of Pfingsten and Highland roads have requested annexation by the village, and trustees discussed it at a recent meeting. The land in unincorporated Cook County belongs to John and Kathy Di Tomasso, and is where their house and business is located. The business, Wilson Lawn & ...

  • Spring sports teams performing well

    From mid-May through early June, state spring sports are winding down in Illinois and every day brings that win-or-go-home excitement. Here is a wrapup on how some of the area teams have fared in recent ...

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