Paramedic Michael Guerin used this defibrillator so save a woman's life Thursday. Ninety-five percent of people who go into sudden cardiac arrest die within minutes. (Scott Stewart/Sun-Times)
Heroics at Taste of Chicago
A 52-year-old woman who went into cardiac arrest on her way to the Taste of Chicago on Thursday was resuscitated, thanks to a quick-thinking passerby and a pair of paramedics on bicycles. The unidentified woman, an Arizona tourist, was walking to the Taste when she collapsed near Balbo and Columbus around 10:30 a.m., Chicago Fire Department officials said. A good samaritan on her bicycle spotted the woman and began administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
This year's Taste of Chicago July 3 fireworks spectacular transpired relatively peacefully, viewed by 1.25 million people and unmarred by the shootings that took place last year.
SportsSox finally whack Zack
After Greinke dominated the Sox in his first two outings against them this season, a no-decision last month at least showed the Sox they could make the Cy Young candidate bleed. In their fourth crack at the right-hander, they showed they could beat him. In handing Greinke only his fourth loss of the year in the 5-0 blanking at Kauffman Stadium, the Sox also remained the hottest team in the American League, winning their seventh in a row to stay in second place in the Central Division.
Cubs walk past Brewers 2-1 in 10 innings
Pitching and defense win games, as the Cubs proved Friday in a 2-1 walk-off victory in 10 innings, their second straight win to open a crucial series against the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. But manager Lou Piniella is tired of missing the hitting.
Hawks taking it from the top
It might seem like the Blackhawks did a lot in these early days of the free-agent signing period. Getting winger Marian Hossa was a huge deal, one that could push the team a step closer to the Stanley Cup. ''We made a long-term [12 years] commitment to a great athlete,'' Hawks general manager Dale Tallon said. ''It's going to be fun.''
LifestylesWoman's $3 ATM fee ends up costing bank $90K
ATM fees typically are one of life's minor annoyances, but one Chicago area woman made a federal case over the three bucks she was charged using an Oak Forest cash machine in November 2007. Now, her class-action lawsuit could put cash -- as much as $1,000 apiece -- into the wallets of thousands of other people who used the same machine.
EntertainmentThe Ciara club
"You will never ever catch me," a sexy cartoon figure warns in the album art for Ciara's new "Fantasy Ride." She is called Super C, "which is also my nickname," says Ciara, 23, flipping through the CD jacket after a photo shoot. Unlike Mariah Carey's Bianca or Beyonce's Sasha Fierce, C is not her alter ego. "She's my superhero character, and the superhero in all of us. She's the inner strength and drive that we need to overcome obstacles."
BusinessSwitch to digital pays off
A company with Chicago-based leaders and financial backers switched from paper to digital at just the right time to put it on the leading edge of a sea change in the legal profession. Encore Discovery Solutions, which changed its name last year from Encore Legal Solutions, gets 90 percent of its undisclosed yearly revenues from digital services ranging from data forensics to e-discovery to data-culling. Encore charges from $25,000 to $100,000 per client to set up data-retention policies, train employees to follow the policies and understand the rules on electronic discovery.
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