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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 ...

  • Out since last May Danks starts for Sox on Friday

    The White Sox will get a major piece of their rotation back on Friday night, when John Danks takes the ball for the opener of a three-game Interleague series against the Marlins at U.S. Cellular Field. The start comes just more than a year after the left-hander threw his last Major League pitch. Placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 25, 2012, his season ended with arthroscopic surgery on ...

  • Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill

    SPRINGFIELD— - An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address concerns of gun rights advocates who balked last week at a more restrictive Senate concealed carry bill favored by gun control ...

  • City vehicle stickers now on sale

    Chicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased through the mail. About 1.3 million drivers will need to buy the stickers, Mendoza said. The current stickers will lapse July 1, but drivers ...

  • Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents

    For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South Side neighborhood. But in a Chicago Board of Education vote that took just moments Wednesday, the worries of parents at Garvey and three ...


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Summer Catch

Summer Catch is an amiable, if unoriginal and prefabricated, sports drama about a self-destructive young pitcher trying to make up for past mistakes and find his way into the big league. ...

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  • CPS OKs massive closings

    Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings. Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett withdrew her recommendation to close four other schools at the last minute as it became ...

  • Drama ends as Trump Tower trial goes to jury

    On paper it's a rather boring condo dispute, a mundane confrontation between a buyer and seller over clauses buried deep in documents.Throw in Donald Trump, an 87-year-old grandmother and a bruising, theatrical fight between opposing attorneys and it's been as intriguing as an episode of the TV drama "The Good Wife."Tension in the weeklong federal trial in Chicago peaked near ...

  • Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate

    Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights. But in an unexpected twist during a hearing on the merits of a preliminary injunction, the lawyer for the federal ...

  • Awkward end paves way for Urlachers great ending

    Why did it take so long for Brian Urlacher to leave the game?It could have been the pride a world-class athlete needs to become truly great at what he does. It could have been merely mercenary, the desire for another big payday.The end for Urlacher — in limbo for months until he announced his retirement Wednesday — wasn't graceful, but then, life doesn't end gracefully ...

  • 2 found dead in car in West Englewood

    Two men were found dead inside a car Wednesday afternoon in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood. About 3:20 p.m., officers were conducting a well-being check in the 7100 block of South Oakley Avenue and found two bodies, one in the back seat and the other in the trunk, said police Officer Dan O'Brien, citing preliminary information. The victims were adults, but additional ...

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