Metro & Tri-state Hundreds bid sorrowful farewell to Mya Our staffer (and Phoebe) taste gourmet dog food Grant to church spurs suit One dead, one wounded in Ukrainian Village bar Special Olympics marks 40 years of building hope Drive-by shooting leaves one man dead 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame rolling along Cubs early winner with TV broadcasts Signature moment: Obama's autograph worth $150, maybe more later Teen cashing in on rage for rain barrels Medicare changes help recipients as well as doctors 2 men charged in wrong-way Ike chase Her dream: Another Series win for Cubs Exclusive: The Obama we don't know: deli man

STNG Video View more local videos Chicago 24/7 Crime 19-year-old man shot to death in Chicago Heights One dead, one wounded in Ukrainian Village bar 'Person of interest' in Mya's slaying released Ex-con charged with attacking, robbing Gold Coast woman Education South Bend teen says planned attack was unreal Obama says he'll fix No Child Left Behind

Sports As Ozzie invents enemies, Twins stalk division lead Jay Mariotti: When Ozzie Guillen isn't picking stupid fights with someone named C.J. Wilson -- I see he's stooping to much lower levels than me and Magglio Ordonez -- he's peering at the big scoreboard and seeing The Piranhas nipping at his butt cheeks.

'O' still taking a break Maybe the Cubs need to add a hitter at the trading deadline after all. Or at least a capable bat or two they can check with the luggage when they go on the road. Because just when the Cubs seemed to have this home-road thing figured out, it looks worse than ever following another bleak performance by the hitters in a 4-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.

Shark on attack Greg Norman has another chance to win a major. This time, he might have nothing to lose. In gusts that approached 50 mph Saturday at Royal Birkdale, Norman finished off another chapter of this incredible script at the British Open with the perfect pitch shot over a pot bunker that settled a few inches from the cup, the easiest putt he had all day.

Lifestyles Brisbane, Australia: Racing the desert sun It was about this time last year when my father's offhanded comment during a phone call really got me thinking. "You know," he said, "April-May is the perfect time to do this trip." He was talking about the same trip we'd discussed many times before -- a desert highway journey across Australia's red center, traveling west from the East Coast city of Brisbane. Distance wise, it would be like driving from New York to San Francisco.
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Entertainment Spiritualized brings psych rock back to Pitchfork Jim DeRogatis: Few bands have embodied the mind-revealing or soul-manifesting goals of great psychedelic rock as effectively as Spiritualized. The band was dedicated to exploring what novelist Aldous Huxley called "the journey toward the white light" in swirling psychedelic-rock drones and the inherently transcendent qualities of American blues, bebop and gospel.
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Business 'Confidence' low? Time to buy David Roeder: This too shall pass. In life, as well as the financial markets, that's useful advice. It's the nag of wariness in good times and comfort in the bad times. It's important to keep it in mind because Wall Street, despite advances last week, still looks pallid, ready to jump at every noise in the night. The credit crisis and the inflationary squeeze on consumers are real concerns, but last week's markets offered positive news.

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