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Piniella says Soto could be Cubs' top catcher next yearSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - For catcher Geovany Soto's first six years in the Cubs' organization, he was considered a decent prospect. Now the Cubs are looking at the 24-year-old Soto as possibly b...
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Getting out from under rental home isn't easySep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. A couple of years ago, I purchased an investment property in Sacramento, Calif. For a period of time all went well. But in 2006 I was without a tenant for the first h...
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The old reliable comes through againSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Successful professional anglers become money-winners for two basic reasons. First, they are great students in the school of hard knocks and angling knowledge. Second, ...
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Survivor storiesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Bush administration has all but banned news media from showing coffins and body bags coming back from Iraq, but there's nothing it can do to silence the walking woun...
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Give Guillen another chanceSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- When the White Sox beat the Houston Astros in Game 4 of the 2005 World Series to complete the sweep, there was a predictable celebration scrum in the middle o...
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Cubs'offensive numbers tell an interesting storySep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The 2006 version of the Cubs offense couldn't have been much more painful to watch. Under the tutelage of former manager Dusty Baker, Cubs hitters swung early, swung oft...
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Fair to help you, school go greenSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifth-grader Kate Schneider is saving the world -- one energy-saving light bulb at a time. Schneider e-mailed me about an International Fair she's participating in at Ca...
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Hillary is battle-tested from her lifetime of strugglesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As the serious stage of the presidential campaign begins this fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly established herself in the lead of the race for the Democratic nom...
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No Phil? No Padraig? No matterSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - If you're sick of hearing about how terrible Carlos Zambrano and Rex Grossman have been treated, or tired of seeing them drop the ball, as it were, there is a solution t...
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3 guys, 30 instruments and 30 years with 1 bandSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Rock bands break up, egos get out of hand, musicians burn out, and a new study says band members are much more likely to die early. That makes the consistency and longev...