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Cubs prioritize Vitters development over Stewart
Ian Stewart was projected as the Cubs' regular third baseman for 2013 before he was injured in Spring Training, and he is now playing for Triple-A Iowa. However, Stewart is not high on the organization's depth chart at third base. According to Stewart, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein told him that Josh Vitters, the team's No. 1 Draft pick in 2007, would be getting ...
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Wilmette School Claims Record For Most Twins In Single Grade
WILMETTE, Ill. (CBS) — Teachers, students and staff at a Wilmette school are seeing double, and with good reason. The fifth grade at the Highcrest Middle School is claiming the world record for the most twins in one grade of a single ...
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Man sentenced for mailing pipe bombs threats
A former machinist from Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to 37 years in prison for mailing pipe bombs and threatening letters to investment firms, including some sent from Rolling Meadows and Palatine. John P. Tomkins, 48, known as "the bishop" for how he signed his letters, mailed the bombs and threats between 2005 and 2007, federal authorities said in a ...
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Reinsdorf Says He Won’t Be Selling Sox Anytime Soon
(CBS) — In an interview with the Sports Business Journal, White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdaorf said that he has no immediate plans to sell the team and plans, saying he plans to be at the ballpark for the 2033 MLB All-Star Game. In a statement by the White Sox, Reinsdorf, 77, said he recommends the Sox go up for sale when he dies, but acknowledges that it won’t be his decision to make. ...
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Police Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA Station
The suspect is described as a 20- to 30-year-old Asian man with a medium build and short black hair, police said. He wore glasses, blue jeans and carried a backpack.(Credit: Police News ...
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Briggs On Bears’ Turnover ‘I Miss Everybody’
HALAS HALL (CBS) Bears linebacker Lance Briggs is still getting used to life without his old buddies. Brian Urlacher is gone. Israel Idonije is gone. Lovie Smith and Rod Marinelli are gone. ';I miss everybody, you guys,'; Briggs said Tuesday when asked specifically about Idonije. ';I miss everybody.'; Briggs hasn’t said much publicly since Smith was fired and Marc ...
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State Poison Control Center In Jeopardy Of Closing
(CBS) – Every year, the Illinois Poison Control Center handles nearly 82,000 poison related cases. Nearly half of them involve children. Dr. Michael Wahl says each year, they lose more funding. ';We’re actually running a loss right now. We are losing at about a half a million dollars a year. We are looking at closure in 2014 unless we can increase revenue somewhere,'; said ...
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Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year
Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...
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LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... MAY 21
I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.Do you even know their roster...? Ohthere you go to google ...
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Ex-IRS Commish Withdraws Bid for CBOE Board Seat
CBOE Holdings Inc. said former IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman has withdrawn his bid for election to the company's board days before its annual meeting as he prepares to testify before Congress about allegations that the IRS targeted conservative groups with extra scrutiny. Shulman, 45, was a new nominee to the 15-member board. He was the head of the Internal Revenue Service from ...
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Guilty plea in slaying of Lake Villa Township Bears fan
Nick Viverito, left, with close friend William Christopher Pettry. The men were in Jacksonville, Fla., to watch the Bears when Pettry was killed in a bar the night before the ...
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Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma at least 24 killed
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemire’s Role
Searching for ways to improve next season, the New York Knicks could use a reliable second scorer and dependable low-post option. They have no way of knowing if Stoudemire can provide either because of his ...
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Break Down Of Kyle Long’s Contract
(CBS) The Bears inked first-round draft picked Kyle Long to a four-year contract over the weekend with an option for a fifth year. In total, the No. 20 overall pick out of Oregon will earn$8,300,952 through the first four years of the deal. Here is a break down of the disbursement, as compiled by the Chicago ...
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Hoge’s Observations From Bears’ OTAs Trestman Running A Tight Ship
HALAS HALL (CBS) As the Bears broke into groups for special teams drills at Tuesday’s OTA practice, safety Tom Zbikowski, a noted boxer, went over to the tackling dummy and gave it a few jabs and an uppercut. Linebacker Blake Costanzo then came over and playfully threw Zbikowski onto the padding that was placed on the ground. Little did they know that they had caught the eye — and ...
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Janelle Monae and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Rock the Windy City
Phish 's Trey Anastasio noodled on his guitar alongside several metropolitan city orchestras on a cross-country tour a few months prior. However, few have slid so comfortably into such a hit-or-miss experiment as Janelle ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Wood Lockhart representing Cubs at Draft
Email PITTSBURGH -- Kerry Wood will be one of the Cubs' representatives at the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, to be held June 6 at MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. Wood, who was the Cubs' first-round pick in 1995 and the fourth player taken overall, will be joined by Chicago area scout Keith Lockhart, a former big leaguer himself whose son, Daniel, was the Cubs' ...
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Cubs claim Sanchez off waivers from Cards
Email PITTSBURGH -- The Cubs claimed right-handed pitcher Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the Cardinals and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. Sanchez, 24, had one save and a 3.72 ERA in nine relief appearances for Triple-A Memphis, giving up four earned runs over 9 2/3 innings. He has spent part of the last two seasons in the big leagues with the Cardinals, combining to go 3-2 with five saves and ...
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Florida man admits guilt in fatal stabbing of Chicago Bears fan
A Jacksonville man who stabbed a Chicago fan at the Landing last year before a Bears/Jaguars football game pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. Matthew Reid Hinson, 28, will be sentenced by Circuit Judge Suzanne Bass at a later date and could get life in prison. Hinson slashed William "Chris" Pettry's neck with a pocket knife at Fionn MacCool's, an Irish-themed ...
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Utica Mayor Worries About Scammers Thieves In Oklahoma
CHICAGO (CBS) — The mayor of an Illinois town that suffered from a killer tornado nine years ago, has a warning for those in Moore, Okla.: They’ll see both the best and the worst of human nature as they struggle to pick up the ...
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Rapper Chief Keef Arrested In Georgia Hotel After Staff Smells Marijuana
DUNWOODY, Ga. (STMW) – Chicago rapper Chief Keef makes no secret of his fondness for marijuana. The staff at the swanky LeMeridien Atlanta Perimeter hotel doesn't share that fondness. Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested for disorderly conduct, after security at the hotel "observed smoke and a smell of marijuana from a room," according to Dunwoody, ...
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing Of Bears Fan
(CBS) A Florida man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Bears fan who traveled to Jacksonville to see his favorite team take on the Jaguars in ...
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Kenosha Police Seeking Info On Man Wanted For Questioning On Shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS) — The Kenosha Police Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of Lamarkous D. Washington. The 28-year-old Washington is wanted for questioning in regards to a shooting in 4500 block of 29th Ave. in Kenosha on May 14 where two adult men were shot multiple times, according to Kenosha Police Anyone having information on this case is asked to call Detective ...
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Del Negro Out As Clippers Coach
According to a report from Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers will not offer Del Negro a new contract. Despite his team’s regular season success, the Clippers were bounced in the first round of the playoffs this ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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