Chicago
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Moncada knows how to switch it up right
Mar 11, 2017 12:00 am - SURPRISE, Ariz. - Father knows best. Yoan Moncada, a natural right-handed hitter, says he started switch-hitting at age 10 because his father insisted on it. It has work...
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Veteran safety Demps may be Bears' missing linkMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - In the past two years, the Bears' unprecedented inability to pick off opposing passes has been a glaring weakness. Only the Jacksonville Jaguars had fewer interceptions ...
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Illini fire basketball coach Groce after 18-14 seasonMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois basketball coach John Groce was fired Saturday after an 18-14 season in which his team was ninth in the Big Ten. The Illini made just one...
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No worries with Schwarber's defense
Mar 11, 2017 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - Lots of folks remember how rough it was for Kyle Schwarber in left field during the 2015 NLCS. In the seventh inning of a close Game 3 against the Mets at ...
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WR Wheaton provides Bears with another threatMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - The addition of free-agent wide receiver Markus Wheaton doesn't replace the loss of Alshon Jeffery, but he does provide the Bears with another long-ball threat. At 26, t...
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Chicago woman held on $1 million bond in man's death
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman has been ordered held on $1 million bond for forcing her boyfriend to drink bleach, which killed him. Prosecutors said during a Thursday b...
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Chicago school to pay balance on $4.3M to whistleblower
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University appears set to give the remainder of a $4.3 million payment to a former administrator who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against s...
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Teachers reach contract deal at Chicago charter schools
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers at a network of charter schools in Chicago have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a possible strike. A union representing the teac...
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Teen blogger seeking US asylum fears return to Singapore
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A teenage blogger awaiting a Chicago immigration judge's ruling on his asylum request to stay in the United States said Friday that he's afraid of returni...
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North: Miami heating up as Bulls struggleMar 10, 2017 4:00 am - The Chicago Bulls (31-33) are like a circus right now. They might make the playoffs, and then again might not. But they are in limbo because one of the hottest teams in...