May 24, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Jim Thompson

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Ex-Governor, Sox Owner Named In Lawsuit

AP | Posted 04.17.2013 | Chicago

CHICAGO -- The former head of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority filed a lawsuit Monday against White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf and former Illin...

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Unsolved (And Disturbing) Missing Persons Cases

TruTV.com | Posted 03.04.2013 | Crime

Read More: Robyn Gardner, Henry Holt, Video, Killing Fields, Megumi Yokota, Etan Patz, Springfield 3, Holly Bobo, Missing Persons, Baby Lisa, Missing Children, Jim Thompson, Crime News

It's a tragic when a person, adult or child, suddenly disappears. Often, the case gets immediate attention from the public. But as investigations l...

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Maverick's Untamed

Cyrus Saatsaz | Posted 09.25.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: Greg Long, Grant Washburn, Grant ?Twiggy? Baker, Peter Mel, Dick Notmeyer, Jeff Clark, Tom Curren, Matt Ambrose, Maverick's Point, Alex Matienzo, Ryan Seelbach, Jim Thompson, Kelly Slater, Maverick's Untamed, Maverick's, Slidepollajax, San Francisco News

This is a story about the history of Maverick's, and the surfers who ride the giant waves. Maverick's Untamed focuses on how the wave was discovered, and features contributions from some of the world's greatest surfers.

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The American Silk King

AP | By DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 01.19.2012 | Books

Read More: Joshua Kurlantzick, Vietnam, Colonialism, Silk King, Office of Strategic Services, Jim Thompson, Books News

BANGKOK -- Forty-five years after vanishing into a jungle without a trace, "Silk King" Jim Thompson remains a daily presence in Thailand: Shoppers cro...

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Burge Torture Victims Fight For New Hearings In Court

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.08.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Jon Burge Torture, Illinois Supreme Court, Jon Burge, Jon Burge Torture Victims, Chicago, Jon Burge Victims, Illinois, Jim Thompson, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned and tortured out of them by convic...

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One Night in Bangkok

Melanie Nayer | Posted 06.12.2011 | Travel

Read More: Thailand, Bangkok, Renaissance Hotel, Silk, Jim Thompson, Travel News

I wasn't sure quite what to expect when I landed in Bangkok on a Tuesday afternoon. I had visions of massage parlors, bargirls, open bars, solicitors ...

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DVDs: Ellery Queen, Rush, Casey Affleck and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Russell Brand, Jim Hutton, Magic Johnson, Nick Nolte, Jonah Hill, Laurie Berkner, Casey Affleck, Ellery Queen, Nascar, Larry Bird, Dvds, Jim Thompson, Joan Collins, Entertainment News

In this roundup of new DVDs and Blu-Rays, we take a look at the darker-than-dark noir film The Killer Inside Me, the "Mexican New Wave" drama I'm Gonna Explode, and a slew of recently released TV shows.

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The Killer Inside Me As a Metaphor for America

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Pentagon, Therapy, Abuse, Bush, America, Winterbottom, Suicidal, Film, Pedophile, Murder, Texas, The Killer Inside Me, Child Abuse, Oil, Vatican, Unions, Soundtrack, Jim Thompson, Entertainment News

We need to take out the killer in us and transform that negative energy bringing down the US into something creative and positive that binds us together and builds us back into a strong healthy country.

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Orientalism for the Modern World

Kim Alexandriuk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Photography, Galbraith & Paul, Paintings, Alberto Pinto, Jean-Leon Gerome, Kim Alexandriuk, Getty, Interior Design, Jim Thompson, Orientalism, Villa Roma, Arts News

No need to go overseas for a European experience, an evening at the Getty will do. Being elevated above the city immediately puts you in a "dream like" state of mind.

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The Killer Inside Me (A Mayor Koch Movie Review)

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Ed Koch, Jessica Alba, Thomas Farley, Casey Affleck, Mayor Koch, Aj Abucay, Kate Hudson, New York Insider Productions, Ben Affleck, The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thompson, Entertainment News

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The Killer Inside Me: Can Battering Women Be Entertainment?

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Noir, Stanley Kubrick, Violence Towards Women, Jessica Alba, Casey Affleck, Michael Winterbottom, Pushing the Envelop, Kate Hudson, Jim Thompson, Entertainment News

The violence in Killer is monotonous. I mean, after one left hook to Alba's eyeball, we kinda get the point about Ford, do we need to see more? The complete disassembling of a face from soup to nuts?

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HuffPost Review: The Killer Inside Me

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Here's a case where style (and the uber-creepy performance by Casey Affleck) inject the film with an energy and tension that almost compensate for its flaws.

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'The Killer Inside Me': Read The Book Before You See The Movie

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Hannibel Lecter, Kate Hudson, Stanlet Jubrick, Jessica Alba, Silence of the Lambs, Casey Affleck, Jim Thompson, Books News

How twisted? This book leaves "Silence of the Lambs" in the dust.

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Parking Meter Company Hires Ex-Governor As Controversy Over Deal Heats Up

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson said today that he and four other lawyers from the law firm of Winston & Strawn were hired this week by Morgan Stanl...

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George Ryan's Lawyer To Ask Obama For Commutation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: George Ryan Presidential Pardon, Ryan Obama Clemency, George Ryan, Barack Obama, George Ryan Commutation, Jim Thompson, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) - A lawyer for former Illinois Gov. George Ryan says he'll ask President Barack Obama to commute his more than 6-year sentence. Ryan's a...

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Denied By Bush, George Ryan To Seek Clemency From Obama

Chicago Public Radio | Sam Hudzik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Pardons, George Ryan Pardon, George Ryan Obama, George Ryan, George Ryan Clemency, Jim Thompson, Chicago News

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan will ask President Barack Obama to commute his 6-and-a-half-year sentence for political corrupption. That's accor...

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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan Apologizes For Crimes

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

From The AP: Convicted former Ill. Gov. George Ryan says he's sorry for crimes he committed as the state's chief executive. In a statement read Frid...

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Blagojevich Hurts Ryan's Clemency Hopes: Former Gov. Thompson

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson says current Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest hurts the chances of a presidential pardon for another former governor, G...

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George Ryan's Lawyers Submit Request For Clemency To Bush

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: George Ryan Presidential Pardon, George Ryan Pardon, Presidential Pardons, Bush Pardons, George Ryan, Jim Thompson, George Ryan Clemency, Chicago News

Lawyers for former Illinois Governor George Ryan finally submitted a request yesterday asking President George Bush to let their client out of jail. ...

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Former Gov. Thompson Defends Palin Vetting

NBC 5 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson defended the McCain campaign's vetting of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in an interview with Carol Marin at ...

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