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‘Cesar Chavez’ more than a movie to West suburban resident
Olgha Sandman, an immigrant from Mexico, took her first job out of college with Migrant Ministry, now the National Farm Worker Ministry. She became a close friend of migrant worker advocate Cesar Chavez. Now living in a retirment home in Downers Grove, Sandman still advocates on the behalf of migrant workers and has vivid memories of Chavez.
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Ideal melt conditions allay flood fears in Lake County
Because of an ideal snow melt, emergency management officials in Lake County are warily optimistic about short-term flooding chances. "The bottom line is that, so far, Mother Nature has been very kind to us," said Kent McKenzie, emergency management coordinator.
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Brunson's gesture biggest story at state finals
Stevenson's star point guard Jalen Brunson finshed Saturday's third-place game with 18 points as he helped his Patriots to a 70-63 win over Edwardsville. But that took a back seat to 24 hours filled with twists and turns concernng his eligibility. The IHSA released a statement Saturday night that said Executive Director Marty Hickman initially ruled Brunson ineligible, but that the IHSA board...
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Fire causes $80,000 in damage to Crystal Lake home
Crystal Lake authorities are investigating a fire that left a one-story home uninhabitable and caused about $80,000 in damage Saturday, officials said.
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Appeals court halts gay marriages in Michigan
Same-sex couples rushed to Michigan county clerk’s offices Saturday to get hitched a day after a judge overturned the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage, and several hundred managed to do so before an appeals court reinstituted the ban, at least temporarily.
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Plane carrying marijuana crashes near San Diego
Authorities say an ultralight aircraft carrying about 250 pounds of marijuana has crashed in the mountains east of San Diego, but there’s no sign of the pilot.
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Barge leaking oil in Galveston Bay after collision
Officials say a barge carrying 924,000 gallons of fuel oil has collided with another ship in the Houston ship channel and is leaking oil.The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Saturday that it received a call at about 12:30 p.m. from the captain of the 585-foot ship Summer Wind reporting its collision with a barge.
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Rhode Island speaker to step down after FBI raids
The Friday raids were carried out by the U.S. attorney’s office, FBI, IRS and state police. Boxes of evidence were carried off after agents spent hours at both his home and office Friday. Officials will not say whom or what they are investigating.
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Round Lake man killed, two seriously injured, in plane crash
Round Lake father Jeffrey Bronken, 53, was killed in a small plane crash near Tampa Saturday. His 15-year-old daughter and another teen were seriously injured. Bronken, the plane's pilot, was a devoted dad and husband who often brought neighbors together for barbecues. "He's bigger than life," friend Ken Hoxie said.
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Sheriff: Mudslide kills three, destroys six homes
A massive landslide of dirt, trees and rocks in rural Washington killed three people on Saturday, injured at least eight others and destroyed six houses, authorities said. The slide — at least 135 feet wide and 180 feet deep — hit just before 11 a.m., Snohomish County authorities said.The landslide completely blocked State Route 530 near the town of Oso, about 55 miles north of...
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Folk art festival continues Sunday in St. Charles
The Spring Country Folk Art Festival, which began Friday, continues 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Kane County Fairgrounds. It features talented artisans in a variety of folk art, including handmade quilts, country furniture, baskets, antiques, handcrafted soaps, painted decorations, chalkware, papier mache, needle embroidery and more engaging surprises.
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Naperville symposium helps runners with health, gait
Bring more than 100 runners together in one place and one might expect a race to break out. Things were a little different Saturday, though, as a company called Athletico sponsored a free runners symposium at North Central College’s Merner Field House that focused more on the art of running and staying healthy than it did on actual races.
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Notable deaths last week
Iran-Contra prosecutor and Bataan Death March survivor among the notable deaths of the past week.
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Students show science skills at Olympiad competition
The regional Science Olympiad was held Saturday at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, with winners going on to the state competition. Fifteen-mamber teams from 15 high schools and 16 middle schools from the North and West suburbs competed in 23 events.
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Pipe bands, kilts star at Northwest Celtic Fest in Hoffman Estates
A pipe band competition, live music, and a Scotch and beer tasting highlighted this year’s Northwest Celtic Fest Saturday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. The event also featured Celtic vendors and crafts, an indoor soccer tournament, Celtic cuisine, free games for children and dance performances.
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Police: Man threw firework at deputies ‘because he was scared’
Employees and customers were evacuated from a combined BP gas station and McDonald’s restaurant in Wadsworth about dinner time Friday while a tactical response team was called in after a man ignited a firework while locked inside a bathroom stall, officials said. “I thought he might hurt himself,” said BP clerk Rachel Lugo, who called police.
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Stevenson’s Brunson suspended from tonight’s 3rd place game
The ISHA has suspended Stevenson’s Jalen Brunson tonight’s third place game. Please check back later for updates.
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Plenty of sweet treats at new Kilwins in Geneva
Dave Heun says when Kilwins Chocolates opened last week on Third Street in Geneva there was a steady flow of customers. No doubt the "Geneva Mud" was a big attraction.
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Season’s last maple syrup hike at Ryerson
A sure sign of spring is the annual tapping of sugar maple trees at Ryerson Woods in Riverwoods. Saturday was the final weekend of the season for the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s annual weekend maple syrup hikes. Participants learned how sap from the sugar maple trees is turned into sweet syrup, then tasted the final product during the one-hour hikes.
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Des Plaines gets funds to tear down homes in flood plain
Des Plaines will receive $2.7 million in federal funds to tear down 21 homes in the flood plain along the Des Plaines River and replace them with open space, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday.
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Palatine garage fire quickly extinguished
A garage fire late Friday night in Palatine was quickly contained, fire officials said Saturday. The Palatine Fire Department was called to a report of a garage fire in the 900 block of South Boardwalk Court in Palatine at 10:07 p.m., and found smoke and fire in the attached garage of a two-story house. Fire damage was contained to the garage and the three cars parked inside. The fire was...
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ISU President Flanagan resigns amid assault claim
llinois State University President Timothy Flanagan resigned Saturday after just seven months in the job.Authorities are investigating a claim that Flanagan hit a former campus employee during an argument.
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Naperville police union’s labor lawsuit dismissed
An unfair labor practices lawsuit the Naperville police union filed against the city more than three years ago has been dismissed, ending a dispute that began when the city laid off six officers in November 2010. The dismissal clears the city of the complaint filed by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 42 that it did not bargain in good faith during contract negotiations that ended with the approval...
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Libya’s militias govern with firepower
The lack of control is at times stunning. Last month, militia fighters stole a planeload of weapons sent by Russia for Libya’s military when it stopped to refuel at Tripoli International Airport on route to a base in the south. The fighters surrounded the plane on the tarmac and looted the shipment of automatic weapons and ammunition, Hashim Bishr, an official with a Tripoli security body...
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Clinton appeals to idealism of college students
Hillary Clinton’s allies are setting up a voter outreach operation that could enable her to connect with young voters and build upon the Obama campaign’s success in courting women, African-Americans, Latinos and gays and lesbians.
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Girl survives fall into elevator shaft
The Fire Department of New York says the girl fell from the lobby of the building into the elevator pit. She suffered multiple injuries and is in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital Center.
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Bataan Death March survivor dies at 91
In 2009, Love joined a campaign with other Bataan Death March survivors to change the caption on one of the most famous photos in AP’s library about the march. The photo, thought to be of the Bataan Death March, actually was an Allied POW burial detail.
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New image of drifting object revives jetliner search
A Chinese satellite detected an object in the southern Indian Ocean that’s almost the width of an Olympic-size swimming pool, giving fresh impetus to the hunt for the Malaysian airliner that disappeared two weeks ago.
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Russian forces storm Ukrainian air base in Crimea
Pro-Russian forces stormed a Ukrainian air force base in Crimea, firing shots and stun grenades and smashing through concrete walls with armored personnel carriers. At least one person was wounded, the base commander said.An APC also smashed open the front gate of the Belbek base near the port city of Sevastopol, according to footage provided by the Ukrainian Defense ministry.
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US first lady stresses freedom of speech in China
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told students in China, which has some of the world's tightest restrictions on the Internet, that freedom of speech and unfettered access to information make countries stronger and should be universal rights.
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Teachers aide charged with sex assault of student
A teachers aide at a suburban Chicago school is charged with sexually assaulting a special needs student.
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Deere expanding U. of Illinois research center
Deere & Company plans to almost double the size of its on-campus research center at the University of Illinois.
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Cook County assessor sued for failing to pay fine
The Cook County Board of Ethics has filed a lawsuit to force county Assessor Joe Berrios to pay a $10,000 fine for hiring his son and sister to work in his office.
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More Little Free Libraries popping up in suburbs
This summer, young hikers at two Lake County forest preserves will find something new and unusual at the end of special trails — outdoor libraries. The decorative boxes full of books will be the suburbs’ latest Little Free Libraries — a growing effort that began in Wisconsin about five years ago and has expanded across the nation and the globe.
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Carpentersville postpones fire department layoffs
Carpentersville has delayed the planned layoffs of two full-time firefighters while the union discusses cuts it can make to save those jobs, Village Manager J. Mark Rooney said Friday. “I’m very optimistic that the firefighter’s union will help us find a solution to avoid the layoffs,” Rooney said.
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Sugar Grove Library studying what cuts to make
Sugar Grove Library patrons will get to weigh in on how the library should spend its money. But they may not like the choices, in the wake of voters' rejection of a proposal to increase taxes for operations. "Would you like books or lightbulbs? Because you can't have both," library board treasurer Louise Coffman said.
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Longtime Palatine artist was first full-time Harper faculty member
The first full-time teacher at Harper College has died. John Knudsen, a prolific artist in his own right, taught the college's two-dimensional studio courses, developed a specialty for painting and printmaking, and help create the Harper College National Print and Drawing Exhibition. “John was committed to growing the art department,” says Margaret Buchen, Harper College’s...
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School, supporters honor basketball team, others
Mooseheart celebrates its boys state basketball championship -- and other fall and winter athletes -- Friday morning.
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Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds
$260,000 in jewelry stolen:
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Metra considers cameras at gate crossings
Metra could install surveillance cameras at problematic railway crossings to deter drivers for ignoring lowered gates and warning bells.
Sports
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Balanced Stevenson savors 3rd place
Stevenson put aside the distractions and defeated Edwardsville 70-63 on Saturday to claim third place at the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state finals at Carver Arena. One day after scoring 56 points in a semifinal loss to Whitney Young, junior Jalen Brunson was held to just 18 points. But the Patriots (32-2) had four players in double figures as they pulled away in the second half.
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Benet stands proud of runner-up finish
You never want to leave the court 2 points shy, especially not in a state championship game. One thing's for sure, though. Benet's players left Carver Arena with their heads held high. Tremendous underdogs against the No. 12 team in the country, Benet's dream of a state title came to an end with Saturday's 46-44 loss to Whitney Young in the Class 4A final.
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Noah actually finishes third in assists
Philadelphia lost again, but another long streak came to an end Saturday. Joakim Noah led the Bulls in assists for nine straight Against the Sixers, he actually finished third on the team with 4 assists.
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Bulls extend 76ers’ losing streak to 24
Philadelphia's epic losing streak reached 24 games, but the 76ers earned respect from the Bulls by putting up a tough battle on Saturday at the United Center. Joakim Noah scored 20 points as the Bulls woke up in the second half to post a 91-81 win.
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Napier leads UConn in 77-65 win over Villanova
First Duke, then Syracuse. Now second-seeded Villanova has been eliminated. The Wildcats became the highest seed to fall in the NCAA tournament so far after Shabazz Napier scored 25 points in leading No. 7 seed Connecticut to a 77-65 victory in a third-round game Saturday night.
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Brunson's saga contains a lesson for all of us
Jalen Brunson's experiences in a whirlwind basketball weekend in Peoria are a reminder that our public actions are less and less private, and more and more open to interpretation.
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Images: Class 4A State Championship Boys Basketball
Benet Academy played Whitney Young for the Class 4A boys basketball state tournament championship at Carver Arena in Peoria on Saturday, March 22.
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Wolves fall in shootout against Rockford
Goaltender Matt Climie kicked out 31 shots and 3 of 5 in the shootout, but the Wolves ultimately fell to the Rockford IceHogs 2-1 in the extra session in Saturday night’s Illinois Lottery Cup game at the MetroCentre. Right wing Cody Beach scored the only regulation goal for the Wolves during the second period, and center Keith Aucoin had the only successful shootout attempt.
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Blackhawks’ Crawford riding hot streak
Courtesy of three straight victories, including his tenth career shutout Wednesday against St. Louis — Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford is now seventh in the league with a 2.21 GAA and seventh in wins with 28 despite missing a stretch of 10 straight games with an injury.
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Blackhawks making Teravainen feel at home
Being the new guy on the team is never an easy thing, but being the new guy coming in with such high expectations and joining a team jockeying for playoff position is even more daunting. “He’s so young that you hope he feels comfortable,” Ben Smith said of 19-year-old Teuvo Teravainen. “That’s the biggest thing for a guy so young."
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Hawks confident Kane will be ready
Patrick Kane is rumored in NHL circles to have an MCL sprain of his left knee, and the team sees it as a three-week injury. With the Hawks’ first playoff game about four weeks to the day from when Kane was injured, the Hawks are optimistic Kane will be ready to go.
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Spartans hold off Harvard 80-73
Branden Dawson scored a career-high 26 points to help fourth-seeded Michigan State fend off a wild Harvard rally Saturday for an 80-73 victory in the NCAA tournament. The 12th-seeded Crimson (27-5) trailed by 16 early in the second half but took a 62-60 lead when Laurent Rivard hit a 3-pointer with 7:12 remaining. Travis Trice answered with a 3 of his own on the next possession and the Spartans (28-8) never trailed again.
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Burlington Central opens with win
Burlington Central jumped ahead 6-0 in the first three innings Saturday and cruised to a 8-3 season-opening baseball win over Crystal Lake Central.
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Effort lacking for Naperville Central
Plainfield North jumped on Naperville Central with a pair of goals in the first 15 minutes and they held up in a 2-0 nonconference victory in Naperville.
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Wisconsin wins 85-77 thriller over Oregon
Ben Brust hit a 3-pointer with 1:07 left and second-seeded Wisconsin overcame seventh-seeded Oregon for a thrilling 85-77 win Saturday night to get into the Sweet 16. Brust’s clutch 3 from the corner gave the Badgers (28-7) the lead for good in a heavyweight fight of an NCAA tournament game.
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South Elgin blanks Sycamore
South Elgin girls soccer coach Tiffany Disher knows her team will need some other players to find their scoring touch. But for now, the Storm will ride Savanah Uveges.The senior scored twice Saturday afternoon as South Elgin defeated Sycamore, 2-0, in the South Elgin Invitational at Millennium Field in Streamwood.
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Bulls hand 76ers 24th straight loss
The Philadelphia 76ers’ long losing streak continued and so did their march toward the wrong kind of record. Joakim Noah finished with 20 points, Jimmy Butler scored 17, and the Chicago Bulls handed Philadelphia its 24th straight loss, winning 91-81 Saturday night and sending the 76ers within two of the NBA record.
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Dayton stuns Syracuse 55-53 to advance to Sweet 16
Dyshawn Pierre scored 14 points and Jordan Sibert hit a key 3-pointer with 47.7 seconds left as Dayton stunned Syracuse 55-53 Saturday night to earn a spot in Sweet 16 for the first time in three decades. Syracuse was poised to pull out another close victory, but Tyler Ennis’ 3-point attempt clanged off the rim at the buzzer.
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Experience delivers for Pirates in MSL Invite
Leaning on its experience, Palatine’s girls track and field teamed up with a stellar performance at the Mark Saylor Mid-Suburban League Indoor meet on Saturday. The Pirates won five events and finished second in six others while running away to the title with 132 points at North Central College in Naperville.
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Baez among Cubs’ latest roster cuts
Shortstop phenom Javier Baez was among seven roster cuts made by the Cubs Saturday. Baez, 21, led the Cubs in home runs this spring, with 5. He's expected to open the season at Class AAA Iowa.
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Kaneland sweeps conference track titles
Kaneland swept the boys and girls championships Saturday at the Northern Illinois Big 12 indoor track meets at the Westwood Sports Center in Sterling.
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St. Charles East, Neuqua Valley fit to be tied
The girls track and field rivalry between St. Charles East and Neuqua Valley sculpted another peculiar chapter on Saturday in Batavia.
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Reigning MSL champ Fremd doesn’t miss a beat
Fremd, the reigning two-time defending Mid-Suburban League outdoor boys track champion, didn’t disappoint on Saturday at the Jim Nagle MSL Indoor Invite. The Vikings showed their depth from start to finish in capturing the title with a commanding 106 points at North Central College in Naperville.
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Xavier Thames’ 30 leads Aztecs past Bison 63-44
Xavier Thames dropped in 3s from deep, finessed floaters in the lane and carried San Diego State the way he did all season as the Mountain West player of the year. Thames would not let North Dakota State become this year’s version of Florida Gulf Coast by sending the Aztecs home in the third round of the NCAA tournament. Thames scored 30 points, and fourth-seeded San Diego State reached the round of 16 for the second time in school history, ending the run of No. 12 seed North Dakota State 63-44 on Saturday.
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Mayer, Palatine claim victory over Boylan
Erin Mayer put Palatine ahead midway through the first half with a first-time effort from a Morgan Radtke corner kick, and the Pirates made that strike hold up in a 1-0 victory over visiting Rockford Boylan on Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both clubs.
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Phillips, Bernadina power Reds past Cubs 8-3
Brandon Phillips hit his third home run in four games and Roger Bernadina added to his big spring for Cincinnati, belting a three-run shot and driving in four runs to help the Reds defeat the Chicago Cubs 8-3 on Saturday. Bernadina, who went deep in the first inning off starter Edwin Jackson, is hitting .417 with three homers and 10 RBIs.
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White Sox tie, lose in split-squad games
Half the White Sox tied with the San Diego Padres while the other half lost to the San Francisco Giants Saturday during split-squad spring training games in Arizona.
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Michigan advancing after 79-65 win over Texas
Nik Stauskas and Michigan figured out the best way to overcome Texas’ advantage inside. Just keeping hitting from long range. Stauskas made four of Michigan’s 14 3-pointers, and the Wolverines beat the Longhorns 79-65 on Saturday to advance to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 for the second straight year.
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No. 1 seed Florida tops Pitt 61-45, makes Sweet 16
Top-seeded seeded Florida played with a lot more energy and intensity this time around. Scottie Wilbekin spearheaded the effort. Wilbekin scored 21 points, including eight straight down the stretch, and the Gators beat Pittsburgh 61-45 in the NCAA tournament Saturday. Florida’s 28th consecutive win put it in the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive year.Coming off a lackluster performance in its NCAA opener against Albany, Florida (34-2) vowed to play better against the Panthers (26-10).
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Defending champ Louisville returning to Sweet 16
Louisville didn’t need a big game from Russ Smith to get back to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Luke Hancock scored 21 points and the defending national champions shrugged off a cold shooting performance to beat Saint Louis 66-51 on Saturday and advance to the round of 16 for the third straight year. The fourth-seeded Cardinals (31-5) shot under 45 percent, had 19 turnovers and only got 11 points from Smith, their star. It didn’t matter with the fifth-seeded Billikens (27-7) going 0 for 15 from 3-point range and struggling to take care of the basketball.
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DePaul women earn 104-100 win over Oklahoma
DePaul and Oklahoma traded shot for shot, point for point, in the highest-scoring regulation game in NCAA tournament history. The Blue Demons managed to scrape together the one defensive stop they needed to win it. And they got some help from the sideline. Megan Rogowski scored 24 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 40.5 seconds left, and DePaul beat the Sooners 104-100 on Saturday in the first round of the tournament.
Business
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Turkey: Twitter allows ‘character assassination’
The government’s effort to shut down the service backfired on Friday, with many finding ways to continue to tweet and mock the government for what they said was a futile attempt at censorship. Even President Abdullah Gul worked around the ban, tweeting that shutting down social media networks cannot “be approved.” Turkey’s move to block Twitter sparked a wave of international criticism.
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Reports: NSA targeted Chinese tech giant Huawei
Among the people whose emails the NSA was able to read were Huawei president Ren Zhengfei, Der Spiegel said.The operation, which Der Spiegel claims was coordinated with the CIA, FBI and White House officials, also netted source codes for Huawei products. One aim was to exploit the fact that Huawei equipment is widely used to route voice and data traffic around the world, according to the report.
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Review: Uneasy first steps with Google Glass
Shaped like a lopsided headband, Google Glass is an unassuming piece of technology when you’re holding it in your hands. You feel as if you can almost break it, testing its flexibility. Putting it on, though, is another story. Once you do, this Internet-connected eyewear takes on a life of its own.
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IRS: Worker took home personal info on 20K workers
An Internal Revenue Service employee took home personal information on about 20,000 IRS workers, former workers and contractors, putting the data at risk for public release, the agency said this week.
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Adobe adds online subscribers as sales top estimates
Adobe Systems Inc. added online subscribers at a faster-than-projected clip, as the company attempts to return to growth by selling Internet subscriptions for applications like Photoshop.
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Google redesigns Android to power smartwatches
Google thinks it’s time for an Internet-connected watch that performs many of the same tasks as a smartphone but with fewer distractions and rude interruptions. The Internet’s most influential company is trying to unleash a new era in mobile computing.
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Google won’t face group e-mail privacy lawsuit
Google Inc., fighting claims that it illegally scanned private e-mail messages to and from Gmail accounts, will not face a single lawsuit that could have lumped together hundreds of millions of Internet users, a judge ruled.
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China mobile under pressure as IPhones, WeChat curb profit
China Mobile Ltd. faces a triple whammy of apps, iPhone subsidies and regulations that likely will cost the world’s largest carrier as much as $1.8 billion in profit this year.
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Google Glass leads video-game makers to test wearable market
Wearable technologies including Google Glass, Oculus Rift headsets, smartwatches and smartbands mark a fresh challenge for the $93 billion video-game industry. While the public tends to focus on the consoles wars among Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co., insiders at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week are striving to develop titles for a new generation of disruptive products.
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App reviews: Skitch, Quick Tax Reference
Plenty of people use the note-taking service Evernote, but the company has another great productivity app, Skitch. Skitch is best for more visual thinkers and lets you annotate pictures you take with elements such as drawings, arrows and text.
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Review: Laptop features costly in Samsung tablet
Samsung’s new Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet blurs the distinction between a laptop and a tablet computer. Its on-screen keyboard has capabilities that are more common with laptops, and its screen is larger than what many laptops have. People can run several apps side by side, and multiple users can share the device with separate profiles.
Life & Entertainment
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‘Noah’ renews tradition of big-screen biblical epics
In the beginning of their work together on “Noah,” director Darren Aronofsky made Russell Crowe a promise: “I’ll never shoot you on a houseboat in a robe and sandals with two giraffes popping up behind you.” Decades after Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” and “Ben-Hur,” Aronofsky has renewed the tradition of the studio-made, mass-audience Bible epic, albeit as a distinctly darker parable about sin, justice and mercy.
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Actor Chris Hemsworth, wife welcome twin sons
Chris Hemsworth and his wife, Elsa Pataky, have welcomed not one, but two sons to the world. The twins of the 30-year-old “Thor: The Dark World” star and the 37-year-old “Fast and Furious 6” actress were born in Los Angeles.
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Practice garage and workshop smarts
Completing home improvement projects on your own can be both rewarding and financially responsible. A growing number of homeowners are dabbling in do-it-yourself projects, recognizing both the personal and financial rewards of such undertakings.
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Caution necessary when painting indoors
Few people might think of potential safety hazards when planning to paint the interiors of their homes. Though every home improvement project can lead to injury if safety measures are not taken seriously, painting is widely considered a project where do-it-yourselfers are at minimal risk of injury.
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Alter the proportions in a small kitchen
Q. We’re planning to renovate the smallest kitchen in the city — new cabinets, flooring and lighting. Without knocking down walls, are there ways to make the kitchen look larger?
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Looking for chandeliers and sectionals to update your look?
Interior designer Michael Hampton joined The Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius last week on The Post’s Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt.
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On the road: Ohio parks open for golf getaways
Ohio State Park lodges are offering unlimited golf packages at four popular courses. Imaging/Imagining the Human Body in Anatomical Representation depicts the human body in various works at the University of Chicago campus.
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‘Kill Fee’ is compelling tale of amorality, greed
Contract killing in terms of profit-and-loss margins fuels Owen Laukkanen’s enthralling new novel, “Kill Fee,” in which a businessman sets up a lucrative sideline arranging hits. Government contractor Michael Parkerson has devised Killswitch, a website where a hit can be ordered as easily as a pizza. The scheme comes to the attention of Carla Windermere, a Minneapolis-based FBI agent, and Kirk Stevens, an investigator with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, when they chase a young killer after witnessing a billionaire’s murder.
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‘Divergent’ star Shailene Woodley hugs it out
Shailene Woodley is known for her hugs. The 22-year-old “Divergent” star gives hearty embraces — often more than one — to everyone she meets. “It’s very disarming” said co-star Theo James in a recent interview. “She (first) hugged me at our test. Yeah, she’s a big hugger.” Woodley and James star in the anticipated first film adaptation of the young adult trilogy by author Veronica Roth. “Divergent” follows 16-year-old Tris (Woodley) as she finds her place in a future dystopian society where people are separated into groups based on their virtues.
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DVD previews: ‘Delivery Man,’ ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
Former suburbanite Vince Vaughn plays a man who discovers he has fathered 533 children through sperm donation. The comedy heads to DVD Tuesday.
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Weekend picks: Northwest Celtic Fest caters to Irish spirit
Extend last weekend's St. Patrick's Day celebrations with the Northwest Celtic Fest, which promises loads of Irish music, dancing, children's games, food and more this Saturday at the Sears Centre Arena. Introduce kids to the glories of opera with “The Family Barber,” a condensed 60-minute version of Rossini's comedy “The Barber of Seville” sung in English this Saturday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. And the Lake County Coin Club hosts its annual Coin Show at Warren Township High School Sunday for collectors and exhibitors alike.
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Who pays for the sewer?
Q. I am considering the purchase of a small house. The house is not on a septic system but could hook up at a cost of $3,750. However there is also a sewer bond of $4,000 that is billed over the next 10 years at $400 per year in the tax bill. I feel that I should receive a credit at closing of $4,000
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Don’t ignore legal requests by association
Our association’s new management company has requested a copy of the lease if the home is being rented. Our home is being rented, but there is no lease.
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Unmarried couples buying a house together may also be buying trouble
More and more couples, both mixed and same-sex, are electing to live together without getting married, and often this includes purchasing a home together. This is a major decision fraught with potential consequences if and when they decide to split.
Discuss
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The Soapbox
From brackets to blather, Daily Herald editors write their opinions about the week's news.
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Let’s not go to war again over Crimea
A Bloomingdale letter to the editor: In 1854, Turkey, Great Britain and France went to war with Russia over the Crimea. Russians lost more than 100,000 lives. The Allied Forces lost more than 90,000.
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IRS targeted way more conservatives
A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: Kevin Brewner, on the March 17 Opinion page, says that the IRS under Lois Lerner scrutinized not only Tea Party and similar organizations but also scrutinized “progressive” groups. I am inclined to doubt Mr. Brewner.
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Incumbent is best candidate for Congress
A letter to the editor: Brad Schneider, the incumbent running again for the 10th District House of Representatives seat, is a much better candidate for the seat than Bob Dold.
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Newspapers shouldn’t endorse
A South Elgin letter to the editor: I think newspapers should stick to just reporting the news and stop with the endorsements of political candidates of their choice, running for local and state offices.
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Appalled by polling place comments
A Batavia letter to the editor: I must say I was appalled by comments I heard as I was about to enter the voting booth March 18.
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