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Nicolas Cage Checks Out of Thriller 'Hotel 33' After Press Release Gaffe (Updated)
ReutersMay 11 (TheWrap.com) - (Update 11:54 p.m. A representative for Nicolas Cage tells TheWrap that the actor has "officially passed" on "Hotel 33" and he will not be doing the film. "The release that Foresight sent out is unauthorized and was never sent to...Tags: Movies, Stepan Company, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Entertainment
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Letters: Burying evil people
Re "What the dead deserve," Editorial, May 8 The controversy over burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is about what he and his brother allegedly did: shaking an open society's basic beliefs in decency and lending a helping hand to immigrants seeking...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Charles Manson
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Creator of Mr. Panos and Maurica is smart, deep and — oh, yeah — funny
It's easy enough to see Yannis Pappas for free. The Brooklyn-born comedian has performed widely onstage and on TV, but two of his most prolific acts are characters who star in YouTube videos: Greek restaurant owner (and chain-smoking video blogger) Mr....
Tags: Entertainment Events, John Stamos, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Stand-up Comedy, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Exclusive: Prosecutors hunt for DNA from dead killers, rapists
Opening a new frontier for solving cold cases, California prosecutors are hunting for DNA from killers, rapists and other prison inmates who died before authorities obtained their genetic profiles. Prosecutors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Orange...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crimes, Laws, Lawyers
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Files detail decades of abuse in Joliet Diocese
Tribune reportersThe Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the bishop and more than six times his annual salary in the hope of...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Litigation, Christianity, Arbitration, Hospitals and Clinics
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Woe is Poe: The TV show 'The Following' loses its literary grip
Woe to Edgar Allan Poe. In life, the writer was ill-served by fortune: orphaned as a toddler, an indebted college dropout, Poe moved often, usually to dodge creditors. His beloved wife (and, um, first cousin) died in the Bronx at age 24; two years later...
Tags: FBI, James Purefoy, Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, Murder
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County closer to new Gacy victim search
Tribune reporterThe Cook County sheriff's office is one step closer to searching a Northwest Side apartment building where serial killer John Wayne Gacy may have buried bodies or other evidence, a sheriff's spokesman said today. The Cook County state's attorney's office...Tags: FBI, Murder, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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A newsman looks back
If you only know Walter Jacobson in his current incarnation — co-anchoring the 6 p.m. news on WBBM-Ch. 2 with his longtime colleague/pal Bill Kurtis — you do not know Walter Jacobson at all and cannot appreciate what a long and distinguished...
Tags: CBS Corp., Bill Kurtis, Television, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment
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Gacy nephew gets 24 years for child sex assault
Special to the TribuneThe nephew of serial killer John Wayne Gacy tearfully declared his innocence to a McHenry County judge Thursday and sought to distance himself from his notorious uncle before his sentencing for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. Judge Joseph P....Tags: Judges, Justice System, Lawyers, Criminals, Heart Attack
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DNA proves Gacy "victim" was misidentified
John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 young men and boys in the late 1970's; but one boy previously identified as a Gacy victim has been removed from that list, thanks to new DNA evidence. Michael Marino was reported missing 36 years ago this week. A body was...
Tags: Chemical Industry, DNA, Biotechnology Industry
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Twist in Gacy killings: Mom says DNA proves victim not son
Chicago TribuneThough Sherry Marino has been visiting a grave that was supposed to contain her son’s remains for more than three decades, she knew in her heart he was not there – that Michael was not, as the authorities told her, body No. 14 from the home of...Tags: Justice System, DNA, Lawyers, Criminals, Dentistry and Dental Health
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