BY SUSAN DU Homicide Watch June 12, 2014 10:12PM

The scene of a homicide in the 2200 block of West 72nd St on Thursday. | Alex Wroblewski / Sun-Times

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A man in his 60s was struck by gang crossfire while cleaning a neighbors gutter Thursday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn community, area residents said.

The man was shot in the back in the 2300 block of West 72nd Street about 1:45 p.m., Chicago Police said.

He was cleaning his neighbors gutters, said neighbor Robert Robinson. He just was standing out there, and the car rolled by and they got to shooting ... he wound up being the only one getting shot. He had nothing to do with it.

When I found out he got shot, it hurt me. I wanted to slam my phone on the ground thats how mad I was. This has got to stop. All this shooting, its practically every day. Back and forth shooting.

Paramedics took the man in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

Neighbors said the man, who had six brothers and three sisters, regularly walked his sisters dog throughout the neighborhood.

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Police still looking for driver involved in 2013 fatal Bridgeport hit-and-run Police still looking for driver involved in 2013 fatal Bridgeport hit-and-run

Updated: Saturday, June 14 2014 11:02 PM EDT2014-06-15 03:02:32 GMT

?Police announced Sunday they are still looking for a man who was driving a maroon Hyundai Sonata that fatally struck a woman last year in Bridgeport.

?Police announced Sunday they are still looking for a man who was driving a maroon Hyundai Sonata that fatally struck a woman last year in Bridgeport.

Updated: Saturday, June 14 2014 9:54 PM EDT2014-06-15 01:54:17 GMT

The mangled pieces of metal on the Kennedy Expressway are the beginning of Carmageddon.

The mangled pieces of metal on the Kennedy Expressway are the beginning of Carmageddon.

Updated: Saturday, June 14 2014 9:52 PM EDT2014-06-15 01:52:10 GMT

A woman who died after a Humboldt Park blaze in a vacant building last week has been identified.

A woman who died after a Humboldt Park blaze in a vacant building last week has been identified.

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 10, 2014

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Ana Ivanovic, a grand slam winner and seven times a season-end top 20 player reached the first grass court final of her career on Saturday at the Birmingham Open.

The 26-year-old former world number one from Serbia did that with a thumping 6-2 6-2 win over Zhang Shuai, a steadily improving Chinese player contesting her first Premier level event in only her second grass court tournament.

By contrast Ivanovic has been trying to overcome the uncertainties of this surface for most of her career, and claimed she is finally achieving that at the Wimbledon buildup event.

She certainly hit the ball with unstoppable force off the ground, especially from the forehand, and grew conspicuously in confidence as the match went on.

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However that happened only after an indifferent start in which she went 0-2 down

"It was important to stay calm, because it's grass and it can slip away from you fast," she said. "I was happy to stay calm and get back into the match."

She also did so by improving her ratio of first serves, creating a better platform for her ground-stroking power, which in turn made Zhang feel that she had to do more with the ball, bringing more errors.

The 25-year-old from Tianjin sometimes generated the rhythm and the angles which had helped her to three good wins during the week, but found it difficult to reverse the tide of the match once it had turned against her.

After going 0-3 down in the second set Zhang showed brief signs of getting back into it at 2-4, but at that stage Ivanovic found some of her most flowing tennis which almost made her look like a grass court natural.

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I wish I knew all the names of the types of grass that grow here. Certainly I recognize them, and could describe them, (theres one that has spiky roots and one that has long, long roots) but other than witch grass, my father never taught me the names.I guess he felt like most people; why bother? Theres so much grass and its so ubiquitous that it doesnt really matter. All you have to do is recognize it.

My gardens are ready for planting, and today I decided to plant zinnias, which Im going to use for my daughters September wedding. As I sowed the seed I pulled up the bits of grass that were already taking hold in the tilled earth. As any gardener knows, grass is relentless and if you leave even a bit of root it will come back with renewed vigor.

Once the flowers were planted I moved over to my potato patch, and dug up some encroaching sod around the edge. I got on my knees and grabbed each clump of lawn with both hands so I could pound it against the ground and loosen the dirt around the roots. Then I gathered up the clumps and placed them on the bank by the river, to help forestall erosion.

I spend a lot of time fighting grass, and like most people, I take it for granted. But today, for some reason, I am thinking about how vital it is to us. Other than water and sun, grass is probably the most important thing on Earth. If some calamity overtakes our planet and every plant but grass dies we might still make a go of it. After all, barley, corn, millet, oats, rice, sorghum, bamboo and wheat are all grasses. Thatch, fuel, baskets, alcohol, paper and clothing can be made out of grass. The grass family, technically called graminoids, is the most versatile of all plants. It has adapted to every environment, and is the dominant vegetation in grassland, marsh, swamp and steppe. For many animals, including some omnivores, it is their main source of food.

Walt Whitman is not my favorite American poet, and I sometimes think he could have used some editing, but he made a brilliant choice when he called his first book Leaves Of Grass. Although it was apparently a pun, because publishers called minor works of literature grass and leaves is another name for pages, to me it has another, deeper meaning. The poems are as dense, ornamental, varied, ordinary and vital as grass. There is a section in Song of Myself that I always return to when someone I love dies.

After my mother died, when I was sixteen, my father kept her ashes on a bureau in the living room. They sat there radiating sorrow, and I used to make a wide arc around them as I walked through the room. One day I gathered up my courage, and my sister and I opened the box. I had expected something like stove ashes, but instead found pebbles of clean, porous bone. Perhaps my father knew how hard it was for us to have the ashes there, becuase eventually he spread them on the garden and lawn.

Through some bit of serendipity, I was studying Whitman in high school. I found a section in Song of Myself, which spoke to my very heart, and copied it out and pinned it on the wall in my bedroom. Heres an excerpt:

A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;

How could I answer the child?. . . .I do not know what it

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(PRWEB UK) 11 June 2014

Oxleys Furniture has teamed up with Unosider, the luxury Italian gazebo makers, to offer their range to the UK market. Oxleys is now the UK distributor for the Italian outdoor shading manufacturers range of high quality products.

Oxleys MD, Simon Hudson, felt the collaboration between the two companies would lead to a new era in the UK outdoor furniture industry. Oxleys designs and manufactures luxury outdoor furniture for our discerning clientele. We have found the perfect partner in Unosider to provide our customers with gazebos that are of the highest quality and design.

The partnership between Oxley's and Unosider was unveiled at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, where the Novocento Prestige gazebo was at the centre of the stand, giving a sense of elegant calm, and complementing Oxley's all weather outdoor furniture perfectly.

We are very proud to be working with Oxleys Furniture as our UK distributors. We feel there is a lot of synergy between our brands with the high quality of Oxleys products matching the specifications of our gazebos and outdoor coverings, said Moreno Semprini, Export Sales Manager of Unosider.

Unosider and Oxleys work with the same ambition, to bring beauty and functionality to the outside environment. Oxleys with their timelessly elegant outdoor furniture and Unosider with their structures that create a convivial hub for outside entertaining.

Unosider have been making their Gazebos near Rimini in North East Italy for many years. They have been exported to all over the World and Oxleys are very pleased to partner with them in the UK.

About Oxleys Furniture Oxley's is an English Company making luxury elegant outdoor furniture for discerning customers. By combining their classic designs and rich palette of colours with a large range of available outdoor fabrics, they create a unique look for each and every one of their customers.

The company delivers worldwide and their furniture graces some of the most beautiful properties imaginable. The furniture they produce is all weather proof and maintenance free. It is made to be left outside year round and bring a sense of elegance and beauty to gardens and outside spaces.

Oxleys has been producing beautiful outdoor furniture for over 20 years from their factory in the Cotswolds.

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Mahopac, NY (PRWEB) June 12, 2014

Best in Backyards, the experts in outdoor rooms, is partnering with Bull Outdoor Products to bring a new line of outdoor kitchen islands, barbecue grills and grill components to its six superstores in Connecticut and New York.

After entering the outdoor kitchen market in 2013--two years after Best in Backyards positioned itself as the authority in outdoor rooms with its selection of elegant and functional pergolas, pavilions and gazebos--the company discovered through market research that there had been a surge of interest in outdoor kitchens and the like. Looking to gain market share and expand its offerings for retail consumers, Best in Backyards saw the partnership with Bull as a natural next step for the growing business.

The new items on display at Best in Backyards locations include islands with grills, refrigerators, rotisserie motors, storage and electric outlets (plus plenty of stucco, stone and tile options); grill carts that offer choices in terms of cooking power, number of burners, lighting options and more; and grill head components for customers who are designing their outdoor kitchens from scratch.

"We are so pleased to have such a fantastic line of outdoor kitchen products in our stores," said Best in Backyards Vice President of Sales Rolf Zimmermann. "There is so much value in these islands, grill carts and components, and the quality simply cannot be beat."

These outdoor kitchen islands come fully assembled, so the team of professionals at Best in Backyards is able to install them in just one day, without the need for a contractor or a time-consuming planning process. In addition, Bull Outdoor Products' production time allows for customers to receive islands as quickly as possible.

Best in Backyards also carries Bull accessories (cleaners, tongs, pans, racks, woks, skewers, meat thermometers, smoker boxes and more) for those looking to master the art of outdoor cooking. Scott Honigsberg, one of the co-owners of Best in Backyards, made great use out of the pizza stone at the first Bull Burger Battle of 2014, held at the Mahopac, NY location. It was a great day filled with competition, food tastings and Bull product demonstrations. The winner, Skip Day, took home a premium outdoor Angus Bull grill, valued at $2,500, and is headed to Las Vegas to compete in the World Food Championships. Talk about a great way to kick off the grilling season!

-- About Best in Backyards Best in Backyards is the retail division of Eastern Jungle Gym, a leading manufacturer and supplier of wooden swing sets for 22 years. Best in Backyards superstores offer swing sets, storage sheds, trampolines, retractable awnings, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, playhouses, cupolas, basketball systems and pool houses. There are six locations in Connecticut and New York.

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