Author: staff
The high was 89 degrees on Oct. 7, 2007. For the first time in Chicago Marathon history, officials cut the race short as hundreds of runners laboring across oven-like streets were treated for heat-related illnesses. The stoppage happened about 3 1/2 hours after the start amid complaints of insufficient water for the nearly 36,000 runners. Of the 35,867 who started, 24,933 finished. More than 300 runners were taken from the course in ambulances. One runner, a Michigan police officer with a heart condition, died, although the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined his death was not heat-related.
The high was 89 degrees on Oct. 7, 2007. For the first time in Chicago Marathon history, officials cut the race short as hundreds of runners laboring across oven-like streets were treated for heat-related illnesses. The stoppage happened about 3 1/2 hours after the start amid complaints of insufficient water for the nearly 36,000 runners. Of the 35,867 who started, 24,933 finished. More than 300 runners were taken from the course in ambulances. One runner, a Michigan police officer with a heart condition, died, although the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined his death was not heat-related.
Hours earlier, just minutes before midnight, a 13-year-old was walking outside in West Englewood. Then, two men he didn’t know, wearing all black, approached the sidewalk in the 6800 block of South Wolcott Avenue and fired shots at the boy. He was struck in the abdomen and leg, police said.
Wiederer: Right. The good news for Fields and the Bears is that, barring injury, he will finish this season with 62-plus quarters of experience. That extensive playing time, through all the ups and downs, will prove invaluable. And given that Fields has proved he has the resolve to endure struggle, the mindset to continually pursue growth and the temperament to avoid becoming overwhelmed, there was little sense forcing him to continue his development off to the side.
The Sox lost those two home games to fall 3-1 in the series, ending the season for La Russa’s first playoff team. A lineup full of Sox sluggers, including Ron Kittle, Harold Baines and Greg Luzinski, hit a collective .211 with no home runs in the four games, proving once again anything can happen in October.
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“The Sox are more blue-collared. It definitely shows the grit of the South Side, and shows the passion and being able to overcome a lot of adversity,” said Gutierrez, 26. “A Cubs fan on the North Side I think is more a white-collar, office worker, kind of more upscale.”
Biden, who met with top financial leaders at the White House on Wednesday, criticized Republicans for their latest efforts to block a simple-majority vote and warned defaulting on the nation’s debt was “a meteor headed to crash into our economy. We should all want to stop it, stop it immediately. This shouldn’t be partisan.”
John Aranza has lived his whole life within walking distance of there. Sitting on the front steps of his Bridgeport bungalow, he explained the meaning of those painted lines, which look like an archaeologist had marked the site of a search for ancient treasure. The comparison isn’t bad, at least for Aranza; The lines trace the base paths of a beloved, vanished ballpark that lives on in his heart.
“The Sox are more blue-collared. It definitely shows the grit of the South Side, and shows the passion and being able to overcome a lot of adversity,” said Gutierrez, 26. “A Cubs fan on the North Side I think is more a white-collar, office worker, kind of more upscale.”