All Stories from July 12, 2024 (Change date)
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Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits. Baseball is grappling with the injury risksJul 12, 2024 10:54 am - SEATTLE — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a "brontosaurus." Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a hig...
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Chicago Dogs offense never comes around, dropping the finale in Lake Country, 6-4Jul 12, 2024 10:26 am - Pitcher Kenny Serwa, coming off of a 9-strikeout performance, couldn’t quite replicate his previous work, lasting for just 3⅓ innings. Serwa gave up five runs on eight hi...
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Wing Snob now open in LibertyvilleJul 12, 2024 10:22 am - A new Wing Snob restaurant opened Monday in Libertyville.
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For Nicolas Cage, making a serial killer horror movie was a healing experienceJul 12, 2024 10:13 am - When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered playing the titular serial killer, he knew exactly where he’d draw his inspiration from: his mother.
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‘Dandelion’ strums a slow, sweet tale of indie music dreamsJul 12, 2024 10:03 am - One wants to give the benefit of the doubt to “Dandelion,” a sweet, slight, impressionistic character study of a struggling musician with a luminous KiKi Layne at its center.
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West Chicago Mexican Independence Day festival canceledJul 12, 2024 9:57 am - Organizers of West Chicago’s annual Mexican Independence Day celebration have canceled this year’s festival. The September event traditionally features a parade, mariach...
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Winning $1.25 million lottery ticket sold in PalatineJul 12, 2024 9:56 am - A winning $1.25 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot ticket was purchased in Palatine, the Illinois Lottery announced Friday. The ticket for Wednesday night’s drawing was sold...
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Eva Longoria on mastering Castilian Spanish, working with Carmen Maura on ‘Land of Women’Jul 12, 2024 9:52 am - Eva Longoria is not one to shy away from a challenge. Charting her return to television, Longoria decided it was time to do something new: tackle a dual English-Spanish role, which is why she wanted to star in the Apple TV+ series “Land of Women.”
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AT&T says hacker stole data on ‘nearly all’ of its wireless customersJul 12, 2024 8:08 am - A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text-message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. The breach cover...
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Reflections and lessons learned on anniversary of cyclist’s deathJul 12, 2024 7:10 am - July 10 marked the second anniversary of a crash that is hard not to memorialize. Nancy Nozicka, pedaling the St. Mary’s Road shoulder near Libertyville, a frequent route for her — not even a mile from her home — was killed by a motorist drifting right.