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  • Home Minister Shinde in Washington India seeks access to Rana Headley

    India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of undergoing sentence awarded by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges. While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently ...

  • God and natural disaster Whatever the spin we come together

    When it comes to natural phenomena, society seems to have this rule: Thank God for beautiful sunsets. Blame Mother Nature for deadly tornadoes. Some of my Facebook friends routinely post photographs of stunningly awesome cloud formations with reminders for all of us to recognize His majesty and give glory to God. But twist those clouds into a tornado that destroys towns and slaughters innocent ...

  • Des Plaines approves another water rate increase

    The Des Plaines city council this week approved a 6.9 percent water/sewer rate increase, essentially passing along Chicago's 15 percent hike in what it charges Des Plaines for delivery of Lake Michigan water. The council voted 5-4 for the increase, with Mayor Matt Bogusz casting the ...

  • Baffoe Urlacher Makes The Right Call

    (CBS) I often get a student who has been able to slip through the primary years of his educational career without being able to read. By that I don't mean illiterate necessarily; rather, he or she can put letters together to form words and words together to form sentences, but the essence of comprehension is lacking. That's where my work starts and continues until the lightbulb clicks ...

  • Brian Urlacher retires from NFL after 13 seasons with Chicago Bears

    Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, shown before a game last September, on Wednesday anounced his retirement form the NFL. UPI/Brian ...


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Movie Review

Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux is a brooding, melancholic twist on the wuxia, the genre of historical martial arts films that typically focus on swordplay and action. Writer/director Wong Kar Wai delivers swordplay from time to time, but in radical fragments that refuse ... ...

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  • Larry Drew interviews with Bucks MAY 22

    Milwaukee Bucks ' head coaching vacancy recently. Even though he's still under contract with Atlanta, the team gave Drew no assurances that he'll remain on board for next season, so the coach has begun seeking out possible alternatives. Drew claims the meeting with Milwaukee went well, so he could find another job soon even if he's not retained by ...

  • Chicago Board of Ed to vote on 53 school closings

    The Pembroke Pines Charter school system has a stellar reputation, top-notch students and well-maintained buildings. But it needs more money to keep going, school officials ...

  • Former Glenbard East student accused of shooting threat

    A former Glenbard East student stands accused of planning to commit a mass shooting at the Lombard high school's graduation ceremony, authorities said Wednesday. Michael Santoro, 19, of Lombard, has been charged with disorderly conduct for planning the attack, possession of ammunition without a firearm owners identification card and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken ...

  • Heat Set For Game 1 Of Eastern Conference Finals

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s becoming almost an annual occurrence, the Miami Heat are in the Eastern Conference Finals again. Since 2005, the Heat have played in five of the nine Eastern Conference Finals and won two championships. ';I know I’m blessed to be going to the Eastern Conference finals for my fifth time,'; Wade said. ';But I would like a lot more in my ...

  • Closing Schools Without Discussion Wont Fix Chicagos System

    Demonstrators at a Chicago Teachers Union protest (John Gress/Reuters) "School reform" is one of those phrases that everybody, it seems, can get behind. Progressives like it because, hey, it's reform, and progressives like reform. Conservatives like it because "school reform" implies that government and unions are doing a bad job running the schools, and conservatives ...

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