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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    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. ...

  • Education And Awareness Are Keys To Preventing Dog Bites

    CHICAGO (WBBM) - Dogs bite an estimated 4.7 million people every year in the United States and many of the victims are young children. Expert say public awareness and education are key to preventing biting incidents and the full court press is on this week during National Dog Bite Prevention Week. "Nearly a million people seek medical attention each year for dog bites," says Dr. Julia ...

  • Red Line Reconstruction Project Gets Underway On South Side

    CHICAGO (CBS) – Today is the day the CTA shuts down the Red Line south of Roosevelt Road for five months of reconstruction. The $425 million project will mean changes in the daily commute for thousands of riders. For the first time since 1993, Red Line trains will operate over Green Line tracks into the Englewood terminal at 63rd/Ashland. Free express shuttle buses will run from the ...

  • A Dozen Illinoisans Come Within One Number Of $600M Powerball Jackpot

    CHICAGOSTMW) -- One number in Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the difference for a dozen Illinois players between being $10,000 richer and living the life of a ...

  • Could Cavs trade entire draft for shot at Nerlens Noel MAY 19

    11:25 AM ET 05.19 | Suppose the Cavs end up with the No. 3 pick. They could offer their entire draft (all four picks) for No. 1, and that team could still draft someone such as Otto Porter at No. 3. Nerlens Noel is ideal for the Cavs, a team on a mission to improve its defense. He blocks shots, 4.4 per game. He can rebound, 9.5 per game. He influences the game defensively with a 7-4 wing span. ...


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L'Enfant [DVD]

L'Enfant [DVD]

Before they directed their first feature-length fictional film, Falsch, in 1987, filmmaker-brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne spent nearly a decade shooting documentaries. Not surprisingly, the raw immediacy of the documentary tradition is writ large in their fictional works, as is the ... ...

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  • Nate Robinson unlikely to be a Bull next season MAY 19

    11:10 AM ET 05.19 | During the NBA playoffs, Nate Robinson took his game to new heights -- from his heroics in a historic triple-overtime win over Brooklyn and vomiting on the sideline while playing with the flu, to his clutch performance in the Bulls' Game 1 win over the Heat and getting his own postseason "BIG" commercial -- and cemented his status as much more than a novelty ...

  • 3 Chicago teens accused of raping girl posting attack on Facebook

    CHICAGO – Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook. Prosecutors say 15-year-old Kenneth Brown, Justin Applewhite and Scandale Fritz, both 16, attacked the girl at Fritz' home on Dec. 15. According to court records, Fritz took the girl to the basement of his home and assaulted her. Fritz allegedly brought Brown ...

  • Woman Found Dead At O’Hare

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was found dead near a bus stop at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, authorities said. The 61-year-old, whose identity has not yet been released, was pronounced dead at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center at 11:42 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's ...

  • Authorities 1 Killed 4 Critically Injured In South Side Crash

    CHICAGO (STMW) — One person was killed and four others were critically injured in a crash in the South Side Washington Heights neighborhood early Sunday, authorities said. Two vehicles crashed into a building int he 12000 block of South Sangamon Street at 2:21 a.m., authorities ...

  • 1 Dead 2 Critically Wounded In Shooting At Englewood park

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman has died and two others were critically wounded during a shooting in an South Side Englewood neighborhood park Saturday night. A group of people was standing in a park in the 6800 block of South Lowe Avenue about 9:10 p.m. when a shooter or shooters opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said. Three people were hit by the gunfire, he said. ...

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