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Here are three big questions the Bears must try to answerAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Bears are just 20 days away from the start of what appears to be a much more challenging schedule than they faced last season, when they raced to a 7-0 start while f...
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iWork elegant and yet wimpyAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When you hear that Apple has released a new product, you think of a sleek Macintosh laptop, or perhaps a beautiful program for editing videos. But a spreadsheet? Not a s...
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Jewel card going digital for more savingsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Lisle-based Concept Shopping Inc. (www.conceptshopping.com) is behind your Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer card. That's the plastic card you use at the check-out register...
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Three-step approach will get you to the Latino marketAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The 1.8 million Latinos in the Chicago market - a majority of whom live in the suburbs - may not be high on your radar screen. On the other hand, your business probably...
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Lions club to offer vision screeningsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One of my favorite things to do (besides eating) is reading. Eyesight is a precious gift that those with 20/20 vision take for granted. Now that I have to hunt for one o...
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What's with that extra $1.5 million?Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - At 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Carlos Zambrano threw his first pitch as a $91.5 million man. That's the amount of money the Cubs guaranteed Big "Bucks" Z in the contract he agreed...
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Bicycle federation honors organizations that met the ChallengeAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Last month, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation honored participants and winners in the 14th annual Bicycle Commuter Challenge at a luncheon at the Fairmont Chicago hotel...
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All in good scrum for Fremd graduateAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Dan Mangan had a feeling his younger brother Mike might like a good scrum. Mike Mangan was looking for a way to sustain the competitive drive he had as a football and ba...
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Big deal for Big Z means a big loadAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Carlos Zambrano didn't just pick up a paycheck Friday morning. He picked up an entire pitching staff and put it on his back. It's now his to carry for the next five year...
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Price is right for Sky's superstar rookieAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Moving to the big city from rural Mississippi can take some getting used to. And a lot of tissue. Chicago Sky rookie guard Armintie Price could barely keep enough of it ...