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Gay Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Joins LA Galaxy After Trade With Fire
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports. He told The Associated Press his fears about returning to soccer were eased by the strong support he received from family, fans and players, including Galaxy star Landon Donovan. Now Rogers is ready to accept his role as the league’s ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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Motorist Dies After Aurora Crash
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A motorist is dead after being ejected from a vehicle that left the roadway and flipped over early Saturday in west suburban Aurora. Andrew Kusper was driving a 2002 BMW sedan west on 75th Street at 3:45 a.m. when he missed a curve at Ogden Avenue (Route 34) and left the roadway, Aurora police ...
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Paul George earns respect of LeBron James MAY 25
Chris Andersen . James responded by draining a 30-foot heave at the buzzer. After the breathtaking sequence, James approached George and slapped hands with him, telling ...
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Monty Williams endorses Mike Malone for head coaching job MAY 25
Clippers want to do everything in their power to convince the star point guard to re-sign. Hiring Malone - now an assistant under Mark Jackson in Golden State - would seem to be a good start, and Williams believes it would be a solid hire. "You don't know what it takes to get a job. It's not just about basketball all the time. But I just hope, I hope that he gets a job soon," ...
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Mount Prospect Man Falls To Death From Albany Park Roof
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Mount Prospect man fell to his death from a roof in Albany Park Friday afternoon. About 5 p.m., the man was working on a building in the 4400 block of North Bernard Street when he fell, authorities ...
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New Kings owners considering front-office changes MAY 25
Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie on Thursday. Petrie's contract expires at the end of June. Ranadive said there will be an urgency in sorting out the basketball operations. Besides Petrie, a decision has to be made on coach Keith Smart. While the rest of the coaching staff is not under contract for next season, Smart's contract runs through the 2013-14 ...
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Iranian student at Chicago film school wins Cannes short film prize
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh won $19,500 for her work on the 21-minute movie "Needle," about a sixth-grade girl torn between her divorcing parents, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. "Piano" director Jane Campion served as the jury president of the Cinefondation short film competition. Ghazvinizadeh had previously directed the short film "When the Kid Was a Kid" ...
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Three Hurt In Humboldt Park Drive-By Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three men were hurt in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood. They were walking in the 400 block of North Sacramento Avenue when they heard gunfire about 1:45 a.m. and realized they had been shot, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer ...
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DCFS Investigating Death Of SW Side Infant
CHICAGO (STMW) – The state Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the death of a one-month-old baby Friday in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Estefanai Gasca, of the 8000 block of South Kolin Avenue, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 10:45 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. The parents ...
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Motorcyclist Dies After South Side Crash
A 32-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle while travelling southbound in the 7600 block of South Western Avenue at about 9:15 p.m., Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. The man's motorcycle hit the curb, and then he lost control and struck a light pole, Greer said. He was identified as Robert Poindexter of the 6000 block of South Troy Street, according to the Cook County ...
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Alvin Gentry interested in Clippers job MAY 25
Clippers ' vacancy Thursday in an interview on ESPNLA 710. "When you take into consideration the talent level that they have and what they did this year." League sources have told ESPNLosAngeles.com that Gentry will be considered for ...
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Glen Ellyn teen gets her wish apology from Abercrombie
As a junior at Glenbard West High School, Cali Linstrom says she's used to hearing girls "talk about how much they hate their bodies." So, when she read comments referencing "fat" people by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, the Glen Ellyn teen decided an apology was in ...
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Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water
A Batavia High School teacher's fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior. They've been collecting signatures on an online petition, passing the word on Facebook, sending letters to the school board, and planning to speak at Tuesday's school board ...
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3 Dead 8 Hurt In Shootings Since Friday Night
(STMW) — Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening as Memorial Day weekend began. The most recent fatal shooting happened about 1:50 a.m. Saturday in the Hyde Park community, roughly half a mile from President Barack Obama's home in neighboring Kenwood. The 29-year-old man killed had buzzed the suspects into an apartment ...
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Wisch Transfers Not A Sign Of Trouble For Groce Illini
himself said to Chicago Hoops' Cavan Walsh about his transfer, "First and foremost, I want to thank the University of Illinois and the coaches down there, including Coach [Bruce] Weber and Coach [Jerrance] Howard who recruited me to Illinois. I believe in Coach [John] Groce and his staff, but I decided to leave Illinois because I felt I needed a fresh start. "I have nothing but ...
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Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park ...
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Is Kobe Bryant better than MichaelJordan MAY 09
You must be young to ask that question. No one who watched both Jordan and Bryant play would argue that Kobe is in the same league. Kobe is not even number two. Jordan was a much better defenders and led the league in steals every year, he had a better shoting percentage, averaged more points, and in truth his teamates sucked. Kobe has always had strong ...
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Peavy ready to go following postponed series opener
Ricky Nolasco was dominant and ended a Marlins losing streak in his last appearance. He will try to do the same on Saturday against the White Sox. The Marlins' skid hit three games with an 11-inning loss Friday in Chicago, and they have lost 10 of their last 12. One of those two wins came last Sunday when Nolasco struck out 11 and allowed just one run in eight innings in a 2-1 win against ...
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Ever-consistent Wood gears up to face former team
For Travis Wood, Saturday's start in Cincinnati might mean a little more than usual. The Cubs left-hander will be taking the mound against his former team, and Chicago manager Dale Sveum knows from experience that players don't take those games lightly. "I don't care who you are -- I've been traded and been on different teams and come back and faced the (old) ...
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Keppinger delivers White Sox walk-off winner in 11th
Sox walk off on Keppinger's single in 11th CHICAGO -- The first pitch from John Danks during Friday's 4-3 White Sox victory over the Marlins in 11 innings registered as an 88-mph fastball outside the zone to Adeiny Hechavarria before 20,393 at U.S. Cellular Field. Danks' last pitch stood as an 82-mph changeup laced into left for a double by Marcell Ozuna leading off the ...
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Antibiotics in livestock raising concerns up the food chain
Sam Spitz's family began raising chickens after he contracted an antibiotic-resistant strain of campylobacter seven years ago. Spitz, now 22, blames the infection on eating a chicken Caesar salad. "I watched myself and my baseball career wither away. … I thought antibiotics were supposed to work. But they didn’t and that was ...
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Another concern Drug residues in meat
Although much of the alarm over the use of antibiotics on livestock focuses on its contribution to bacterial resistance, the presence of drug residues and other chemicals in U.S. meat is also causing concern.Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 78 warning letters (up from nine in 2002) to livestock producers or brokers whose meat samples bore traces of illegal drugs or of ...
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What would our war dead think of the freedom for which they died
This weekend's Memorial Day proclamation from President Barack Obama was like so many other gracious sentiments commemorating America's war dead.And like all the others, whether delivered by a president or by some junior councilman from the smallest burg, it mentioned the magic ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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