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Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her. Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday that the 48-year-old Canseco was named as a suspect in the investigation. Cassell says the investigation isn't complete, no charges have been filed and no arrest has been made. The department spokesman ...
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Chicago Jesuit province makes record settlement in abuse lawsuit
The Chicago province of the Society of Jesus has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by men who were sexually abused by Donald McGuire, a former Jesuit who has been dismissed from the order and from the priesthood. The plaintiffs showed that Jesuit superiors had been aware of McGuire's record of molestation for decades, but took no effective action to curb his ...
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Vote on Chicago school closings draws angry aldermen parents
Closing Chicago schoolsDozens of protesters take to the streets to rally against Chicago public school closings, outside the Chicago Public Schools ...
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Naperville extends downtown food cart permits
Two food cart vendors can continue cooking for people on the go in downtown Naperville at least until the end of the year. After that point, city officials will take another look at the program to determine what improvements need to be made if it is going to continue. "Stuff does take awhile to get fine-tuned and maybe assuming that you … have a real good year and there's no ...
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Angelo On Urlacher ‘The Quintessential Team Player’
(WSCR) If you want to get a good look at the type of person and player Brian Urlacher really was, look no further than former Bears general manager Jerry Angelo. Though Angelo didn’t draft Urlacher, he joined the Bears following No. 54′s rookie season. In the wake of Urlacher’s official retirement, Angelo joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to talk about the kind of person ...
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Cubs Send Camp To DL
The Tribune reports Camp was treated for the injury Sunday before telling the team he couldn’t pitch through it. Initially, the club opted to designated reliever Michael Bowden for assignment instead of putting Camp on the disabled list. After the condition worsened, however, the Cubs elected to officially move Camp to the ...
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Doyel We’ll Remember Sergio Garcia As A Racist
m So this is how we’ll remember Sergio Garcia. Not as the great golfer, because he’s never quite been that. Not as the head case, though he definitely has been that. Not even as the whiner, the moaner, the guy who complains about every little thing and even spits into the damn hole in the middle of a round. Those are parts of his character, part of who he is, but that’s not ...
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Coach K returning to Team USA MAY 22
02:53 PM ET 05.22 | USA Basketball has its head coach for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it's a familiar face. Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to his old role with Team USA for the next Olympic cycle, hopefully leading the Americans to a third consecutive gold medal in Rio De Janeiro roughly three years from now. Coach K announced his plans to leave the program this winter ...
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Pistons could draft another big man MAY 22
Pistons may have two of the most talented young big men in the entire NBA, but that doesn't mean GM Joe Dumars will avoid similar players in next month's NBA Draft. With ...
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Le Cordon Bleu cooks up a new ad campaign
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts is pushing passion and pride, among other things, in its new ad campaign from Fathom/Chicago. Forget the pots and pans. Passion for the cooking profession is what Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts is really selling in a new TV ad campaign from Fathom/Chicago that is rolling out this week. The various iterations of the basic new TV spot show Le Cordon ...
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Kellogg School debuts new CMO program
Eric Leininger is the executive director of the Kellogg School's new CMO program. It's called burnishing your image. And Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management already known for its strength in the training of business marketers hopes to bolster that reputation with the launch this week of an executive development program designed, as the school's marketing ...
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Clear Channel wins deals at OHare and Midway
O'Hare International Airport Chicagos City Council has voted to award Clear Channel Airports a new five-year contract with five one-year extension options to provide indoor digital media programs at OHare and Midway International airports. Clear Channel Airports, a division of San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCO), said the contract could give the city more ...
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Urlacher announces NFL retirement with no regrets
After a storied NFL career in which he became the face of the franchise for the Chicago Bears, it was time for Brian Urlacher to go. In March, the Bears and Urlacher broke after 13 years when they disagreed on his value for the coming season. And without much demand for his services from other NFL teams, the eight-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker agreed the end had come and announced his ...
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Rolling Meadows will keep Gateway Park intact
Rolling Meadows' Gateway Park at the corner of New Wilke and Kirchoff roads will remain intact. And the name will stay the same. Alderman Mike Cannon of the 1st Ward made a strong plea Tuesday that part of the land be sold off as residential sites to pay for improvements to the park and a strip of land along New Wilke south of ...
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Sears Canada sinks to first-quarter loss
Sears Canada Inc. reported a loss in its first quarter, dragged down by lower sales of home products and major appliances. Sears Canada, which is 51 percent owned by Sears Holdings Corp., said it had a loss of C$31.2 million (US$30.3 million), or 31 Canadian cents per share, during the quarter ended April 28, compared with a profit of C$93.1 million, or 91 Canadian cents a share, a year ...
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Chicago home sales prices improve
More than 9,000 previously owned homes were sold in the Chicago area in April, another strong month for sales volume that was met by more pricing recovery.The Illinois Association of Realtors reported Wednesday that 9,152 single-family homes and condominiums sold in the nine-county Chicago area last month, at a median price of $173,000. That compares with sales volume of 6,977 homes and a median ...
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Tinley settles overtime lawsuit with cop for $40000
The Village of Tinley Park has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the village's K-9 handler in 2011, court records show.The village of Tinley Park has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the village's K-9 handler in 2011, court records show.Tinley Park agreed to pay K-9 officer Bob Diorio $40,000 to settle the lawsuit, according to the confidential settlement agreement obtained via ...
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No Charges For West Aurora School Officials In Probe Of Sex Abuse Case
Former West Aurora High School band director Steve Orland has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing two students. (Credit: Kane County Sheriff’s ...
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Morton West High School Placed On Lockdown
BERWYN (CBS) – Morton West High School was placed on lockdown for a brief time on Wednesday for precautionary reasons after an unknown individual entered the building. Berwyn police were on the scene. Morton West High School is located at 2400 Home Ave. in Berwyn. As of 1:20 p.m., the lockdown was lifted and normal school activities resumed. Developing ...
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Hoge Blackhawks Going ‘Greasy’ With Bickell On Power Play
UNITED CENTER (CBS) It’s a familiar concern for the Chicago Blackhawks. Especially in the playoffs. Power play production is missing. Since scoring on their first power play of their series with the Red Wings, the Blackhawks have gone 0-for-8 since and haven’t had many quality chances. So with the Blackhawks down 2-1 in the series with the Wings, it came as no surprise Wednesday ...
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Photo Does Kevin Durant’s Back Tattoo Have A Misspelled Word
Kevin Durant is a nice guy , but maybe he should have proofread the text before allowing a tattoo artist to begin inking an intricate mural on his back. Tuesday afternoon, Durant posted a photo to his Instagram account of his new tattoo – a detailed mural of what appears to be Jesus and an angel with the Bible ...
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Twitter Responds To Urlacher’s Retirement
(CBS) As it always does, Twitter exploded when Brian Urlacher announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons. Here is a collection of some reaction from around the NFL. How do you feel about Urlacher’s retirement? Leave your responses in the comments section ...
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Whats ahead for retired football great Brian Urlacher
In his heyday, Brian Urlacher was proudly featured in Chicago Bears advertising, including this ad from the team's ad agency Two by Four/Chicago Don't write off Brian Urlacher. The beast of a linebacker may be an ex-Chicago Bear, and, as of today, a retired professional football player. But experts in the sports marketing business think Urlacher's got a pretty rosy future as an ...
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Tribune Co. launches Digital Ventures company hires former Yahoo exec
Shashi Seth, a former Yahoo! executive, has been tapped to run the new Tribune Digital Ventures. Tribune Co. has hired former Yahoo! executive Shashi Seth to be president of its newly-formed Tribune Digital Ventures. According to Tribune's release, the new company will be based in Silicon Valley, and Seth will report directly to Tribune CEO Peter Liguori. Aside from Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), ...
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Why Chicagoans wont be flying so much this Memorial Day
Chicago airports and their security lanes won't be as busy this Memorial Day weekend. Air travel from Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend will take a big hit this year. According to figures released today by the AAA Chicago, the number of people flying to their holiday destination from Illinois (which is largely the Chicago market) will total just over 88,000, a sharp 7.3 percent decrease ...
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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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