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  • Medicine Cabinet Dangers What Every Parent Needs To Know

    Some children are better at sharing toys than others, but all children are champs when it comes to sharing germs. Despite your best instructions about not using each other's sippy cups and covering mouths when coughing, all kids come down with colds at one time or another. Bed rest and lots of T.L.C. may be the best medicine you can offer a sick child, but medications will often be reached ...

  • Chicago-area pensions funding gap widened 16.7 percent in 2011

    Chicago's firefighters' pension fund may be in the most trouble moving forward. In Illinois, the state-level pension crisis receives most of the attention, but according to a report by Reuters, Chicago-area public pensions are nearing a crisis point, too. The piece cited a report by the Civic Federation which found that in fiscal 2011, Chicago-area public pension systems unfunded ...

  • Chris Sale To Skip Wednesday Start With Tendinitis

    Chris Sale #49 of the Chicago White Sox pitches against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the sixth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 17, 2013 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty ...

  • Comfort Dogs Headed To Oklahoma To Help Tornado Victims

    CHICAGO (CBS) - A suburban church with a team of four-legged ministers has been dispatched to Oklahoma to help victims of this week's tornado disaster. A group of dogs and their handlers left early Tuesday ...

  • Charges Likely Wednesday Against Man Who Attacked Merrillville Cop

    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (STMW) – Police are trying to nail down details about a man who was shot by an off-duty Merrillville police officer after the two engaged in a physical altercation outside of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood Health Center on Monday afternoon. Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Bob Byrd said attempted murder of a law enforcement officer charges will be filed on ...


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Movie Review

Austin Powers in Goldmember [DVD]

Austin Powers in Goldmember [DVD]

The first of the Austin Powers movies was a moderate theatrical success in 1997, but it became a smash hit on video, where millions more discovered its quirky spoofing of swinging '60s British culture and spy-movie conventions. I would argue that the reason for this is because this particular brand of comedy works best through repetition and familiarity, when you know the lines and have se ... ...

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  • Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22

    Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...

  • LeBron knows Indy can beat the Heat MAY 22

    Heat by not calling Miami just another team. LeBron is looking for an emotional edge because he knows Miami's physical edge is much less ...

  • Sixers owner would consider Bynums return MAY 22

    Sixers have exclusive rights to negotiate with [Bynum], who earned $16.5 million despite not playing at all last season due to knee injuries. Free agency begins July 1. If ...

  • Knicks GM expects Kidd back next season MAY 22

    Jason Kidd gave him no indication he was retiring. "We had a great meeting with Jason yesterday," Grunwald said in a end-of-season press conference with the media. "He was a big part of our success and we look forward to having him back next year." Asked if Kidd hinted at all about having to reevaluate his future despite having two years and $6.2 million left on his pact, ...

  • Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the ...

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