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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 ...

  • Chicago Jesuit province makes record settlement in abuse lawsuit

    The Chicago province of the Society of Jesus has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by men who were sexually abused by Donald McGuire, a former Jesuit who has been dismissed from the order and from the priesthood. The plaintiffs showed that Jesuit superiors had been aware of McGuire's record of molestation for decades, but took no effective action to curb his ...

  • Vote on Chicago school closings draws angry aldermen parents

    Closing Chicago schoolsDozens of protesters take to the streets to rally against Chicago public school closings, outside the Chicago Public Schools ...

  • Naperville extends downtown food cart permits

    Two food cart vendors can continue cooking for people on the go in downtown Naperville at least until the end of the year. After that point, city officials will take another look at the program to determine what improvements need to be made if it is going to continue. "Stuff does take awhile to get fine-tuned and maybe assuming that you … have a real good year and there's no ...

  • Angelo On Urlacher ‘The Quintessential Team Player’

    (WSCR) If you want to get a good look at the type of person and player Brian Urlacher really was, look no further than former Bears general manager Jerry Angelo. Though Angelo didn’t draft Urlacher, he joined the Bears following No. 54′s rookie season. In the wake of Urlacher’s official retirement, Angelo joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to talk about the kind of person ...


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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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  • Cubs Send Camp To DL

    The Tribune reports Camp was treated for the injury Sunday before telling the team he couldn’t pitch through it. Initially, the club opted to designated reliever Michael Bowden for assignment instead of putting Camp on the disabled list. After the condition worsened, however, the Cubs elected to officially move Camp to the ...

  • Doyel We’ll Remember Sergio Garcia As A Racist

    m So this is how we’ll remember Sergio Garcia. Not as the great golfer, because he’s never quite been that. Not as the head case, though he definitely has been that. Not even as the whiner, the moaner, the guy who complains about every little thing and even spits into the damn hole in the middle of a round. Those are parts of his character, part of who he is, but that’s not ...

  • Coach K returning to Team USA MAY 22

    02:53 PM ET 05.22 | USA Basketball has its head coach for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it's a familiar face. Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to his old role with Team USA for the next Olympic cycle, hopefully leading the Americans to a third consecutive gold medal in Rio De Janeiro roughly three years from now. Coach K announced his plans to leave the program this winter ...

  • Pistons could draft another big man MAY 22

    Pistons may have two of the most talented young big men in the entire NBA, but that doesn't mean GM Joe Dumars will avoid similar players in next month's NBA Draft. With ...

  • Urlacher announces NFL retirement with no regrets

    After a storied NFL career in which he became the face of the franchise for the Chicago Bears, it was time for Brian Urlacher to go. In March, the Bears and Urlacher broke after 13 years when they disagreed on his value for the coming season. And without much demand for his services from other NFL teams, the eight-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker agreed the end had come and announced his ...

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