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  • Fox Lake dedicates firefighter memorial

    A statute of a kneeling firefighter praying is part of a memorial to former Fox Lake firefighters who have passed away. The memorial was dedicated Sunday ...

  • J.R. Smith very likely to test free agency and leave Knicks MAY 19

    Knicks are out of the NBA Playoffs and the team now has more than a few questions to answer about where the club will be when the season tips off in 2013. One of those question marks surrounds Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith and his plans for the future. He was teetering on the brink but after the Game 6 loss to ...

  • Free passes costly for Peavy in road-trip finale

    CWS@LAA: Rios' RBI double gets White Sox on the board ANAHEIM -- An uncharacteristic White Sox walk on the wild side carried over to a second game Sunday, as Jake Peavy issued five free passes during the Angels' 6-2 victory before 38,190 fans at Angel Stadium. Peavy had walked just eight over his previous 46 2/3 innings this season. Add that control lapse to the lack of White Sox ...

  • Garza eager not nervous about first start of 2013

    Chicago right-hander Matt Garza insists he's not nervous. He said that the jitters from pitching his way back to the Majors hit him during his first rehab start with Double-A Tennessee and that his return to a big league mound at PNC Park on Tuesday is more about excitement than nerves. Garza last toed a Major League rubber exactly 10 months prior to Tuesday's series opener in ...

  • Chicago Teachers Union Marches For Second Straight Day

    CHICAGO (CBS) – For the second day in a row, opponents of Chicago Public School closures marched near those buildings slated to be shuttered, reports WBBM’s Nancy ...


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  • Mets Defeat Cubs 4-3

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday for their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007. The Mets won two of three on this trip to Chicago. Murphy hit a leadoff shot against reliever Kyuji Fukikawa (1-1). Murphy has homered twice in three games and has an eight-game hitting streak. Mets ...

  • White Sox Fall To Angels 6-2

    Erick Aybar #2 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits a two RBI double in the third inning against the Chicago White Sox. (Credit: Lisa Blumenfeld, ...

  • Parents Of Children Killed In Newtown Lobby For Gun Control In Illinois

    CHICAGO (CBS) — The parents of three children killed at Sandy Hook School in Newton, Connecticut, stood with Governor Quinn today at the Thompson Center – in support of new legislation to ban the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines in ...

  • Cops Man Hurt In Gang-Related Elgin Shooting

    ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) – A 23-year-old man shot in the leg early Sunday morning in a gang-related attack in northwest suburban Elgin, police said. According to Elgin Police Commander Glenn Theriault, officers were called to the area of Jefferson and Porter streets at 1:35 a.m., where police discovered the shooting victim. He was taken to Sherman Hospital with what police said were not ...

  • Lilac Parade brings back nostalgia

    Dawn and Dane Paulsen, along with their son, Chase, put their pickup truck to good use on the parade route during Sunday's Lilac Parade in ...

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