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Fire must win midfield battle against Seattle

Chicago Sun-Times Sports

Fire coach Frank Klopas prefers to talk about his team as a whole rather than spotlight a specific group despite the importance of the midfield in his counterattacking style. But even the team-oriented Klopas would have to admit that his midfield will ... »

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No charges in Border Patrol shooting of Mexican boy

Courant.com Nation World

Criminal charges will not be filed against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a 15-year-old Mexican boy on the Texas-Mexico border in 2010 because the shooting was a reasonable use of force and within agency guidelines, the Justice Departme... »

A bad case of shingles: Hickory Hills man prison-bound

Southtown Star

A Hickory Hills man will serve 18 months in federal prison and has been ordered to pay nearly $2.4 million in restitution after pleading guilty to orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme involving, of all things, rebates on asphalt roofing shingles. Fe... »

PHOTOS: Cops Shoot Playful Chihuahuas, Elderly Labs

HuffingtonPost.com Chicago

Last week, Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo publicly apologized to Michael Paxton over the death of his dog Cisco. Paxton was playing fetch with... »

Jeremy Hunt Will Hand Over All BSkyB Emails As Scandal Rages

HuffingtonPost.com

LONDON (AP) — Britain's culture secretary said Friday he will disclose all the texts and emails he sent to a special adviser who resigned after it was revealed that he had contacts with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which was seeking the minister's perm... »

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One Bite: makdous at Al Bawadi Grill

Chicago Reader Blog

Bridgeview's Jordanian-Palestinian Al Bawadi Grill is widely, and rightly, praised for its hardwood lump charcoal-grilled meats, sometimes at the expense of other worthy things on its big menu, namely the makdous, stuffed oil-cured baby eggplants. Trad... »

Race and poverty roundup: Woodlawn MHC victory, activists occupy office to protest DHS cuts and more...

ChicagoNow Muckrackers

The fight to save the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic appears to have its first victory. According to Mark Cassello, a Huffington Post contributor, the Emanuel administration has offered to keep the Woodlawn Adult Health Center open. The center would be ... »

Chicagoans Join GE Protest in Detroit

Progress Illinois

A group of about 150 Chicagoans belonging to 15 community and labor organizations drove to Detroit Tuesday evening to join in a protest today of General Electric’s tax breaks at the company’s GM Renaissance Center during the company's annual meeting.Be... »

Emanuel Names Panel To Decide Future Of Power Plant Sites

Progress Illinois

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled today the members of a city task force empowered to decide what is to happen with the Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plant sites when they go offline, as well as the best way to clean up pollution from the centur... »

Celebrating Social Justice Week with CPS

Illinois Review Political Analysis

By The Cranky Housewife - There is an excellent exploratory series being featured on EAGNews.org this week. It focuses specifically on Chicago Public Schools' Jones College Prep High School and its advocacy of an event called "Social Justice Week." Per... »