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  • Model of Suns magnetic field created

    Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have reported that they have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is ...

  • Man Bolts From Courtroom After Arson Intimidation Conviction

    CROWN POINT, Ind. (STMW) – A few minutes after a Lake Superior Court jury had convicted him of arson and intimidation, James E. Gardner III took off running, but was quickly caught. Gardner had asked if he could hug his wife. His hands handcuffed, Gardner kissed the woman and then left the courtroom with a bailiff through the back hallways of the courts building at the government center ...

  • CTA Rolls Back Some Controversial Ventra Fare Card Fees

    CHICAGO (STMW) – CTA Ventra payment card holders who use the card’s controversial debit features won’t be charged for talking to public transit customer service operators or using the cards for cash ATM withdrawals under new fee rollbacks revealed Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The new concessions soften some of the more onerous fees associated with the pre-paid ...

  • Trial Begins For Teen Charged In Videotaped Beating Death

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Anthony Malcolm told Chicago Police detectives he wasn't certain his friend was going to clock the older man collecting soda cans in the West Rogers Park alley. Even after Malik Jones allegedly boasted on video "I think I'm gonna knock this mother f—– out." Even after, Cook County prosecutors said, another pal also expressed his desire to ...

  • Three Stabbed On Northwest Side

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Three teenagers were stabbed in the Belmont Cragin area Thursday night on the Northwest Side. The males were stabbed about 6:50 p.m. in the 2100 block of North Narragansett Avenue, police ...


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Howards End [Blu-Ray]

Howards End [Blu-Ray]

Howards End is generally considered the high point of the decades-long collaboration between American-born director James Ivory and Indian-born producer Ismail Merchant, who together produced 27 films that spanned multiple genres and covered much of the globe. When one hears the na ... ...

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  • Red Wings Hammer Blackhawks 2-0 Take 3-1 Series Lead

    Brendan Smith #2 of the Detroit Red Wings battles battles in front of the net against Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena on May 23, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ...

  • Howard considering five teams MAY 24

    Dwight Howard 's struggles have been well-documented and parsed for the better part of 2012-13, a season in which he averaged his lowest scoring and rebounding averages since 2006-07. None of this dampens [Mitch Kupchak's] belief that Howard will return to ...

  • Batavia entrepreneurs take Wifflot to next level

    Batavia High School students Ryan Pawlowski, left, and Andrew Martinez have created and built "The Wifflot," a Wiffle ball field complete with a fence, scoreboard, outfield advertising and an American ...

  • Wheeling settles PhilHaven lawsuit apartments will be built

    The village of Wheeling has reached a settlement with the developers of PhilHaven, a proposed apartment building for people with mental and physical disabilities, that will permit the controversial project to be built. PhilHaven, a 50-unit building to be erected at 2418-2422 W. Hintz Road, was unpopular with neighboring homeowners and twice rejected by the Wheeling village board. The developer, ...

  • Newly expanded Bartlett Aquatic Center opens Saturday

    Workers with Elliot Construction Corp. prepare the splash pad area at the newly expanded Bartlett Aquatic Center. The center will open to the general public at 11:30 a.m. on ...

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