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, Dec 26, 2012
Photo Issue 2012
A collection of reader-submitted images honoring Chicago's quiet-but-worthy moments
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, Dec 19, 2012
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Roger Sosner, the hawker
"Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."
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, Nov 19, 2012
Jerry Reinsdorf—the smartest team owner in town
The Bulls owner doesn't need a subsidy for the United Center any more than the Ricketts need one at Wrigley Field
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, Oct 11, 2012
Governor Quinn stands up to Mayor Rahm
Governor Quinn goes back in time to his glory days to take a stand against Mayor Rahm's Wrigley Field handout
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, Sep 14, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band featuring Eddie Vedder, "Atlantic City"
At Friday's Wrigley Field show, the Boss brought out Evanston native Eddie Vedder for a full-band rendition of this haunting classic
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Shows to see: Bruce Springsteen, Primordial, 2 Chainz, Hoax
Shows to see this weekend include Primordial, 2 Chainz, Hoax, and the fuckin' Boss
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, Jun 28, 2012
Joy in Mudville: Adam Dunn connects!
Minnesota pitchers struck Adam Dunn's bat five times in a single afternoon
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The mayor's millionaire club, part II
A look at Rahm Emanuel's calendar shows how wealth and access, far more than party identity or ideology, have come to comand the attention of politicians—leaving everyday people out of the conversation
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Best Bowler for Hitting the Pins Hard
Keith "Cap" Porter
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Best Moment of Unity on the Red Line
When Cubs fans finally get off the train at Addison
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, May 29, 2012
Hey, Mayor Rahm: Don't give the Cubs our money!
Just a few reasons not to waste untold millions in tax dollars on the Cubs
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, May 19, 2012
Splitsville: White Sox win, Wood walks off
Kerry Wood retires as the White Sox beat the Cubs in the first game of their 2012 city series
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, May 17, 2012
The family Ricketts, Obama, and the Cubs
The family Ricketts, Obama, and the Cubs
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, Apr 6, 2012
Merit pay for the Cubs
The city should link any handout to the Cubs to how the team performs on the field
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, Mar 6, 2012
Hope springs infernal for Chicago baseball fans
The Sox and Cubs will certainly win some games
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, Dec 22, 2011
Laura Ricketts, the owner
'We want to be thought of as a Chicago team and not just the north-side team or the yuppie team, which isn't really true'
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, Nov 7, 2011
Is this the year for Santo?
Ron Santo is up for Hall of Fame induction . . . again.
by Ted Cox
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, Nov 2, 2011
Cubs: The wonks are running the asylum
Theo Epstein brings his Boston stats heads to Wrigley Field.
by Ted Cox
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, Aug 25, 2011
The doubledays of summer
Baseball fans double their "pleasure" with both Cubs and Sox in town
by Ted Cox
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, Aug 10, 2011
Give blood, get a Ron Santo biography
Lifesource holds Ron Santo memorial blood drives
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