Metro & Tri-state Meeks: Boycott is on Road work to start on northbound Lake Shore Drive Helping others realize 'Hispanic American Dream' Can Drew get fair trial in Will County? One dead, one critical in Uptown shooting Bolingbrook police chief to run Naperville Park District Woman hit by ball at Crosstown Classic game files lawsuit Phelps is coming to Chicago Park District faces up to 300 job cuts Winnetka families celebrate new city school Suspected 'Time Bandit' held without bail City plumbing inspector convicted of taking bribe Edwards hikes speaking fee Obama draws parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.

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Sports Soriano powers Cubs to seventh straight victory The Cubs captured their seventh straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Alfonso Soriano belted a one-out homer in the seventh for the game-winning hit. Jeff Samardzija picked up his first victory and Carlos Marmol got the final five outs.
Matsuzaka, Red Sox blank White Sox Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed two hits in eight innings, Dustin Pedroia had four hits and Jason Bay drove in three runs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the White Sox 8-0 on Friday night. The White Sox, who came in with a 11/2-game lead on the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central, lost their second straight.
First things worst: Bears' starters underwhelm Hoping to find some improvement and maybe a little momentum after a poor effort the week before, the Bears instead found reason for alarm 10 days away from having to face Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.

Lifestyles Free months at gym shapes up into real problem Dear Fixer: In March, my friend Holly and I decided to join a gym. We had a coupon for a free month at Bally Total Fitness and decided to take advantage of it. When we got to the gym, we listened to a sales pitch and decided to sign up for a membership. We were promised a) We would get one month for free; b) after the second paid month, we could cancel our membership with no penalty.

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Entertainment Chicago native Bonnie Hunt launches talk show Bill Zwecker: Local native Bonnie Hunt's legion of fans better hope her new talk show is a success. Because if it is, ''I'm bringing it back to Chicago,'' said the actress and comedian, calling from Los Angeles. And we're not talking about taping a few shows here -- as Hunt's mentor David Letterman and Jay Leno and even Ellen DeGeneres have done.

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Business Machinists union balks, calls for strike on Boeing Machinists union leadership has called for a strike after deciding Boeing’s final contract offer isn’t good enough. The union plans a news conference at 5 p.m. to explain the union’s objections. Boeing presented its third and final contract proposal on Thursday, calling for an 11 percent raise and 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment.

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