Articles filed under Chicago
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Pitching prospect Johnson ready to help CubsMay 18, 2017 1:01 am - The next time Joe Maddon looks down his bench seeking a pitcher to pinch-hit, maybe the Cubs manager will tell new call-up Pierce Johnson to grab a bat. Consider what Jo...
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May believes he will get another shot with Chicago White SoxMay 18, 2017 1:01 am - If the proper attitude counts for something - and it certainly should - Jacob May is going to be back with the Chicago White Sox later this season. May was understandabl...
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No homer for Lester, but Baez powers Cubs to sweepMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - The elusive "it" - the only "it" that matters for the Cubs - happened last year. Another "it" might happen this year. Then again, Jon Lester isn't optimistic. The pitche...
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Suspected robber fatally shot by off-duty Cook County sheriff's deputyMay 17, 2017 11:00 pm - A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by an off-duty Cook County sheriff's deputy Wednesday afternoon during a suspected robbery at a salon in the Englewood neighborhood...
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Study says City Council growing more independentMay 17, 2017 11:00 pm - The City Council is making "glacial progress" toward shedding its reputation as a rubber stamp because Mayor Rahm Emanuel is "undeniably weaker" and the city's recalcitr...
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Imrem: New rules have made baseball even softerMay 17, 2017 5:01 pm - It was just another throwaway line in a 162-game baseball season full of them. Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester basically said recently that with the new rules baseball h...
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Law firm backs students who want to form anti-abortion clubMay 17, 2017 7:00 am - ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Chicago-based law firm is backing a pair of eastern Pennsylvania high school students who say school officials have denied their efforts to start...
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Soldier charged in attack on Chicago female security guardMay 17, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man who was captured on video punching a female security guard is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond. Matthew De Leon is a U.S. Army serviceman...
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Rauner aide: Democrats' school funding plan a CPS 'bailout'May 17, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's office characterized a plan to overhaul of Illinois' school-funding formula as a "bailout" for Chicago Public Sch...
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Chicago Police release final version of use-of-force policyMay 17, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Police Department, struggling to regain public trust in the wake of a video of a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times, on ...