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Sometimes there is crying in baseball
There’s no crying in baseball? It was one of those moments when something just happens without any warning or buildup. It was hard to explain why it happened and what sparked it. I shed tears of joy. Yes, is this what I’ve come to in my...Tags: Sports, Baseball, The Herald-Mail, Baltimore Orioles, Memorial Stadium
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Toub and Hester give Bears huge plus on special teams
13th in a 14-part series leading up to the start of Bears training camp. None of Dave Toub's NFL peers were about to take any pity on the Bears special teams coordinator last season. But you can make a case it was the most challenging year Toub has been...
Tags: Green Bay Packers, Sports, Brian Iwuh, Brandon Hardin , Football
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Santorum is big labor? Pa. union leaders say 'ridiculous'
Call Washington BureauAs Rick Santorum's poll numbers rise, so do the Mitt Romney attacks. This week the Romney campaign, directly and through surrogates, have attacked Rick Santorum as “big labor’s favorite senator.” But that’s not how Pennsylvania...Tags: Trade Dispute, Mitt Romney, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Economic Organization, Government
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'Tintin' and HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' lead Visual Effects nominations
24 FramesSteven Spielberg's animated "The Adventures of Tintin" and HBO's period gangster series "Boardwalk Empire" scored the most nominations early Monday morning from the Visual Effects Society for the VES Awards.... -
Briggs, agent formally ask Bears for trade
Agent Drew Rosenhaus has filed a formal request to seek a trade on behalf of Lance Briggs, the Bears linebacker told the Tribune.
"The Bears made their decision, now I have to make mine," Briggs said. "It's just how the business works. It's not going...Tags: Mike Singletary, Lance Briggs, Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus, Football
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From storage unit into motel
Tribune staff reporterLife is infinitely more comfortable for the family that lived in a Streamwood storage facility, thanks to the generosity of friends, family and a wide swath of Chicago Tribune readers who stretched from around the block to around the world. Maria Maior,...Tags: Small Businesses, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Sports, Animals, Family
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Healthcare vote: Political prices to pay
The Swampby Mark Silva Republican leaders have warned that Democrats will face "a price to pay'' in the midterm congressional elections for their votes for healthcare reform today. But that's not the only party warning of a price to pay. An......Tags: Small Businesses, AFL-CIO, Sports, Family, Insurance
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Origins of football's shotgun formation
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Pro Football Hall of Fame traces the origin of the shotgun to the San Francisco 49ers and Coach Red Hickey, who in 1960 unveiled a version of the formation to help stage a series of upsets late that season and again in 1961. At the time, the...Tags: Firearms, Dallas Cowboys, Sports, Tom Landry, Chicago Bears
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The Chicago Bears wins the 1963 NFL Championship
![Grit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a dominant team since the early 1940s, and there were doubts that such success ever would come their way again, given owner-founder George Halas' tightfisted ways ("He throws nickels around like manhole covers," tight end Mike Ditka would later say) and his supposed resistance to new offensive strategies. The Bears would be smash-mouth or not be at all--that was the team image, and this game epitomized it.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/34346745-29112420.jpg "Grit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a dominant team since the early 1940s, and there were doubts that such success ever would come their way again, given owner-founder George Halas' tightfisted ways ("He throws nickels around like manhole covers,\" tight end Mike Ditka would later say) and his supposed resistance to new offensive strategies. The Bears would be smash-mouth or not be at all--that was the team image, and this game epitomized it.")
Chicago TribuneGrit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a...Tags: Green Bay Packers, Sports, Chicago Bears, Football, New York Giants
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Rite Aid Workers Want Contract
With tears in her eyes, Karen Schwarcz joined the other protesters in front of Rite Aid's corporate headquarters in Wormleysburg, Cumberland County. She says was fired nearly 5 years ago, she claims, so the company could hire younger cheaper labor....Tags: Rite Aid Corp., AFL-CIO, Employees, Career and Workplace, Lancaster (Los Angeles, California)
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Unbearable start to season
Tribune staff reporterWalking slowly off the field Sunday at 3Com Park after the Bears' humbling 49-7 loss to the 49ers, Brian Urlacher seldom looked up and never removed his helmet. His team didn't show up during the game, and Urlacher felt ashamed to show his face after it....Tags: Dez White, Jimmy Williams, Sports, Rex Grossman, Johnny Unitas
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Visual effects: 'Spider-Man 2'
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
This category was dominated for the past three years by the "Lord of the Rings" pictures, all three of which won. When winners John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), John Nelson, Spider-Man (fictional character)
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