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Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now, he's showing again that he can carry a team. Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep and the surging Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Friday for their seventh win in eight games.
Lance Briggs threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field today and sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" before making a pitch for a new contract for his teammate Brian Urlacher. "He has outlived that contract, and I'm the biggest supporter of my big brother," Briggs said. Briggs also discussed negative events that have kept him in the headlines.
The Bulls believe Avery Johnson is not interested in becoming their next head coach and the team has no plans to further pursue him. Bulls general manager John Paxson has scheduled interviews next week with coaches currently on the staffs of playoff teams, including Utah Jazz assistant Tyrone Corbin.
Brenda Bromfield of west suburban Woodridge has become such a skilled shopper, she can come up with a coupon or a bulk bargain buy on nearly everything.
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The expectant mom on the cover of the new, revised edition of the 25-year-old "bible" on childbirth, What to Expect When You're Expecting, is wearing jeans, standing up, showing off her belly with a proud smile. "She's off her rocker, finally!" author Heidi Murkoff wrote in an e-mail interview of the hot mama fronting the fourth edition of the influential book, which Murkoff first co-authored in 1984. The mom on that original cover was shown in a rocking chair, taking a load off her presumably aching feet.
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With his wedding to Ashlee Simpson apparently looming, Pete Wentz spent a night celebrating with the guys — including future father-in-law Joe Simpson.
The Fall Out Boy rocker gathered 10 or so male friends for a Thursday night dinner at the Beverly Hills, Calif., restaurant Mr. Chow.
The Great Migration of Chicago traders is almost over and that means a new era begins for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Today is the final day of trading at the old Merc, its home for nearly 25 years at 20 S. Wacker. It will be left to the meat traders, stalwarts whose business goes back to the exchange's earliest days, to turn out the lights for good. They will mark the occasion with laughter and lumps in their throat and maybe smuggle in a flask or two to give the place a proper sendoff.
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When I read reports that more than 47 million Americans have no medical insurance, I realize I'm extremely blessed. In December, when I was billed $31,500.65 for a two-night stay at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to undergo an angiogram and other other tests, my insurance paid everything except about $1,200.
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