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Hospitals Compete For First Baby of 2010

Photo by: fotomattic While you were at a party trying to find someone to kiss at midnight, local Chicago hospitals were vying to have the first birth of 2010. One hospital says a baby was born at the stroke of midnight, and two others are reporting births just seconds after the clock struck…

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Baseball | MLB: Marlon Byrd Signs With the Cubs

The Chicago Cubs completed their first major free agent acquisition of the off season signing former Texas Rangers outfielder Marlon Byrd to a three year deal reportedly worth $15 million. It is expected that Byrd will man center field for the Cubs next season while Kosuke Fukudome is expected to…

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New Years Day Diversion

So a chimp goes on a Japanese game show to walk some bulldogs... [via]

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Cubs Sign Byrd

Now that Milton Bradley's gone, the Cubs have brought in another Texas Ranger outfielder, signing free agent Marlon Byrd to a three-year, $15 million deal. Byrd, 32, will play center field for the Cubs; he batted .283 with 20 HR and 89 RBI for the Rangers last year. …

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Rockin' My Nightlife In 2009: Veronica

The year has a been a tumultuous one for nightlife and electronic music in Chicago. Promoters had to think smart to pull in crowds with far less spending money and we lost our shining star, the always tasteful Sonotheque. With Lava Lounge set to relaunch in 2010 as a cocktail lounge and a long…

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Another Fenger Student Killed, Act Caught On Tape

Video still of surveillance tape via The Trib A year when the city's highest-profile killing was a Fenger High student whose death was caught on tape has ended with another Fenger High student killed and his murder captured by surveillance footage. Fred Couch, 16, was shot Wednesday night at…

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Morning Box Score

AP Photo/Paul Beaty Blackhawks Burn Devils The Blackhawks kept rolling into the New Year burning the New Jersey Devils 5-1, the 'Hawks eighth win in their last 10 games. Five different Blackhawks scored: Troy Brouwer on a power play in the first followed by Ben Eager; Andrew Ladd in the…

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Downtown Chicago Hotels: W Chicago - City Center

Herzlich willkommen in der aufregenden Stadt Chicago. Im Zentrum des berühmten Chicago Loop gelegen, ist das W Chicago – City Center der perfekte Ausgangspunkt zur Erkundung der nahegelegenen Sehenswürdigkeiten wie des Sears Tower, des Chicago Art Institute, Musikveranstaltungen im Millennium…

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Today's Weather: Fresh

Photo by jlurie We made it! It's 2010. In spite of the recession, the weather, and the threat of nuclear annihilation, we made it. It's a new year and a clean slate. Not that the weather is noticing. In with the new year has come a new blast of cold air with temps this morning in the single…

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Comcast may drop Village Board meeting coverage

By ED COLLINS Special to The News-Sun Cable television coverage of Mundelein Village Board meetings may end unless the village reimburses Comcast as much as ...See all stories on this topic (via Google Alerts and AlertRank)

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In a Cold, Skeptical World, O.J. Simpson Found Someone Who Believed in Him: Washington Mutual - Seattle News - The Daily Weekly

wow. RT @seattleweekly: In a Cold, Skeptical World, O.J. Simpson Found Someone Who Believed in Him: Washington Mutual http://bit.ly/4irhWE [from http://twitter.com/ryantoddrose/statuses/518035049 7]

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Live In Lakeview for just over $100K!

For any home that you buy or sell with the smartiepad team, a large donation is made to the charity of your choice (in your name) from the real estate commission proceeds. That donation becomes a tax write-off for you, saving hundreds or thousands of dollars from your purchase. Everybody wins!

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