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Contreras tosses glove better than ball in White Sox lossJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Jose Contreras' glove tells the whole story of how Wednesday night's game went for the White Sox. The leather started out on the starter's left hand and lasted there ...
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RED SOX NOTEBOOK: A foothold in Japan as team signs agreement with Chiba Lotte MarinesJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Having taken one giant step by signing Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima over the winter, the Red Sox have further strengthened their ties in Asia by signing what the...
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Are Abe artifacts honest or fake?Jul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - BREAKOUT: IF YOU GO The exhibit "Is It Real?" runs through Jan. 6, 2008, at the newly revamped Chicago History Museum, 160 N. Cla...
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Centennial of healing: Mass. Hospital School pioneered physical therapyJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - When Barbara Sweatt was 6, she was paralyzed from the neck down by polio. ''I couldn't move anything but my eyes,'' said Sweatt, now 43. The little girl and her parents ...
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Jim Hillibish: Enter the bizarre world of okraJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - You know you've had too much okra when you're sitting there before your TV watching Okra Winfrey describe how the state of Okrahoma is O-Kray. Next is a WWII documentary...
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Interview: Shirelles lead singer talks about stage days, love of touringJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Before Destiny's Child, before the Go-Go's, before the Supremes ... even before the Ronettes, there was the Shirelles. The legendary girl group was the first all-girl gr...
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Veteran battles emotion to record video storyJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Staff writer Bridget Tharp may be reached at 815-987-1354 or btharp@rrstar.com. Richard Sibley was 17 years old when he left his parents' farm in Princ...
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Teen mayor pleads no contest in harassment caseJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Michael Sessions is used to serving the community as the young mayor of Hillsdale, but he'll be serving the community in another manor after he was sentenced on a charge...
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Gals and gaming: Don't be intimidatedJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A few years ago, Brandi Casey sat down with her husband at a blackjack table during a Las Vegas vacation. The Holliston, Mass., woman had never played a table game at a ...
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Jim Hillibish: End rot bluesJul 04, 2007 11:00 pm - There's nothing more disappointing than laboring hard over our vegetable plants only to find blossom end rot on the fruit. The disease looks serious and is, but not for ...