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Man Shot And Killed Inside Hyde Park Home
CHICAGO (CBS) – A murder in Hyde Park, just blocks away from President Barack Obama’s home. It’s the second time in just a matter of weeks. Police believe the victim probably know his killer who remains at large. Just blocks from the security cordon around President Barack Obama’s Kenwood home, a 29-yr old man was shot dead inside his home. It happened in the same ...
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French Soldier Stabbed in the Throat While on Patrol Outside Paris
A French soldier was stabbed by a robed assailant while he was on an antiterrorism patrol in a busy commercial district on the western outskirts of Paris. The 23-year-old soldier lost a lot of blood but he was quickly taken to the hospital and his wounds are not life-threatening. Still, the attack "sent a shudder through the French capital" considering it comes mere days after the ...
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Sveum Rizzo cant let pitchers dictate his approach
Email CINCINNATI -- Manager Dale Sveum considered giving Anthony Rizzo a day off Saturday. The Cubs first baseman entered the game 0-for-22 in his last five games. "Not yet," Sveum said. "Obviously, it's a thought, but I don't think we're quite there yet." Rizzo showed his frustration in the seventh inning of Friday's 7-4 loss to the Reds, after he flew ...
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Sveum urges pitchers to better utilize scouting reports
Email CINCINNATI -- On Friday, the Cubs' Scott Feldman hung a curve to the Reds' Ryan Hanigan that he wished he hadn't thrown. Hanigan hit a go-ahead three-run home run. There have been other similar instances this season. On May 10, the Nationals had two outs with two on in the second, and Jeff Samardzija couldn't get No. 8 hitter Kurt Suzuki, who hit a two-run double. On ...
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PAWS Chicago Oklahoma Pet Rescue Windy City Shelter Saves 76 Pets From Tornado-Torn State
Thanks to PAWS Chicago, the lives of 76 pets (51 dogs and 25 cats) have have been rescued from tornado-torn Oklahoma. Volunteers with the no-kill ...
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Man Wanted For Attempted Sexual Assault On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are searching for man who attempted to sexually assault a woman in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday morning. Police said the man tried to sexually assault a woman about 7:45 Friday in the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue after she had pulled over her vehicle to tend to a problem it was having, according an alert from Area Central ...
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Noise From Music Fest At Chicagoland Speedway Has Neighbors Up In Arms
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – It’s an electronic dance music festival, not race cars, making noise this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. And as WBBM’s Bob Roberts reports, some people are up in arms about ...
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Andris Biedrins exercises option to stay with Golden State MAY 25
Warriors will be forced to pay him $9 million for his services, or lack there of. 2013-2014 will be the final year of Biedrins' six-year, $54 million contract that he signed back in 2008. At 27 years of age, he could opt out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent, but according to his agent Bill Duffy, he will ...
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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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Roseland Hospital Cuts Staff Salaries To Keep Doors Open
CHICAGO (STMW) – As it waits to hear if it'll receive a $7 million bailout to stay open, Roseland Community Hospital laid off almost 70 employees, and other hospital employees will take a pay cut. The 68 people who were eliminated this week included lab and radiology clerks, secretaries, emergency room nurses and managers, Roseland hospital staff said. An additional 47 employees ...
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Luol Deng not planning to have surgery on wrist MAY 25
Luol Deng is not planning to have surgery this offseason to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist. Deng first injured the wrist in the middle of last season, but he elected to play through it and decided to opt-out of surgery in the offseason in order to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Deng then played through this season with the wrist issue to go along with a ...
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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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Basketball Steven Adams tipped for Chicago Bulls
New Zealand teenager Steven Adams is tipped to be as high as a top 20 pick in the NBA's much-anticipated draft next month. He is regarded as an extremely raw prospect but has a physical profile that has excited pundits and experts in the United States. The NBA draft, which plays out on June 28, sees NBA teams select a total of 60 players from a list of college stars and international prospects. ...
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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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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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