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CLAWSON, Mich. (AP) — Police said a woman threatened her husband with a 7-inch knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka as she slept in their suburban Detroit home. Clawson police Lt. Scott Sarvello told The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak the man returned home from work Sunday night to find his wife […]
CHICAGO, IL — The food fight here started the way such bouts do in school lunchrooms most anywhere: an apple was tossed, a cookie turned into a torpedo, and an orange plunked someone in the head. Within minutes, dozens of middle-school students had joined in the ruckus, and spattered adults were ducking for cover. By […]
A CTA bus crashed into the side of a house at 115th Street and Vincennes Avenue on the South Side this morning, injuring three people, police said. The driver was transported to Metro South Hospital but his condition was not known, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. Three passengers were taken to Roseland […]
NEILSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The call came into the 911 dispatcher: “I don’t want to hurt anybody. I’m drunk.” And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin. Clark County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jim Backus said Monday that Strey’s call on […]
ASHVILLE, N.Y. – Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday. Twenty-eight people may have become ill after eating beef produced by Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. All but three […]
A newborn was in critical condition this morning after it was found in the basement of an East Garfield Park neighborhood home where the child’s mother gave birth early this morning, police said. Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said police were called about 12:45 a.m. to the 700 block of North Central Park […]
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Critics say its a little too soon, but the Nobel Committee is impressed by the general impact the president has had on the world.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” But critics — especially in parts of the Arab and Muslim world — called its decision premature.
Whatever the case, let’s hope the impact continues to get things going in the correct direction. Hate all you want.
An Aurora woman was charged Monday with facilitating the rape of a preteen female relative.Christina Sykora, 38, repeatedly shrugged and yawned through her Monday afternoon bond hearing where DuPage County prosecutors described the allegations against her before a judge ordered her held on a $1 million bond. Sykora is charged with predatory sexual assault of […]
Magic, born John Rivas, was the first on air disc jockey to have a hip-hop show on a major radio station. “Rap Attack,” on WBLS-FM, debuted in 1983 and along with helping to introduce hip-hop music to the mainstream, it is credited as the birthplace of the Juice Crew. Group leader, Marley Marl was featured on Magic’s show as the DJ and Tyron “Fly Ty” Williams was the producer.
Mr. Magic (John Rivas) was a very important figure in the history of Hip-Hop.
Another Chicago Public School student was killed recently, and it was caught on video outside of Fenger High School on the South side. The video makes it painfully clear… a 16 year old is gone. More youth will be behind bars… Albert was killed in a melee near the school that police believe is a […]