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Sports Dice-K hot with two-hit roll News that Boston Red Sox ace Josh Beckett was scratched from his scheduled start Friday and moved to the disabled list was met with a smile by White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. ''I don't like to see anybody get hurt, but thank you, Josh,'' Guillen said.

Cubs enjoying the seventh winning stretch Victory No. 85 for the Cubs last season came a day after the champagne celebration for clinching the National League Central title and their trip to the playoffs. It came on the second-to-last day of the season ... and it was their final win of 2007. In 2008, with win No. 85 in the bank Friday and nearly a month left to go, the Cubs have no interest in talking about celebrations.
Tillman recounts ordeal leading to heart transplant Carol Slezak: When Bears cornerback Charles Tillman first learned that his 3-month old-daughter, Tiana, suffered from a heart condition called cardiomyopathy, a transplant was the furthest thing from his mind. ''At that point in time, I didn't know what it was,'' he said. ''I said, 'OK, we'll give her some [cough syrup], and it will be OK.' I didn't think it was something serious.''

Lifestyles Labor Day weekend time to stretch legs

Families who want a break from backyard barbecuing during the Labor Day weekend have several options.

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Entertainment Hollywod rings up a record summer haul Times may be tough in the real world. But not in Hollywood. As it usually does during economic downturns, the movie business has come on strong, expected to set a summer revenue record of about $4.2 billion from the first weekend in May through Labor Day.

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Co-CEO Gregory Q. Brown stands to make a mound of Motorola moolah if the company successfully spins off its phone business through a new three-year employment agreement described in a regulatory filing.

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