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1. Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs have won plenty of postseason prizes in rece...
2. As an overflow courtroom of press and the public waited two hours Monday for a verdic...
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4. On March 25 at Freedom House in Washington, D.C., George W. Bush - - who has been mor...
5. The British filmmaker behind the 2004 musical "Bride and Prejudice" will direct John ...
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7. Stuart Appleby took a one-stroke lead over Greg Owen in the suspended second round of...
8. How the '06 Sox compare with '05 2005 Game 16: Sox 4, Tigers 3 Mark Buehrle...
9. EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami (2) vs. BULLS (7) Today: at Miami, 7 Monday: ...
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11. NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- China will make its own decisions on political freedom and human ...
12. Iran's success in developing enriched uranium, even if this achievement is limited in...
13. Abbott Laboratories completed its $4.1 billion buy of Guidant Corp.'s vascular busine...
14. A 26-year-old rookie Chicago Police officer has been fired for allegedly shooting at ...
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16. ST. LOUIS -- Todd Walker said some Cubs fans actually have gotten what they asked for...
17. A possible schism in the Bears organization about the future of the running-back posi...
18. Cook County Associate Judge Adam Bourgeois was not in a particularly forgiving mood F...
19. WASHINGTON -- In a highly unusual move, the CIA has fired an employee for leaking cla...
20. In 2001, I retired from the federal government after 36 years. I worked in every pres...
21. Ford Motor Co. posted a $1.2 billion loss in the first quarter, its worst performance...
22. CLEVELAND -- An Ohio antiques dealer claims to be holding fragments of papyrus from a...
23. Morgan Ensberg homered in his franchise-record sixth straight game, hitting a two-run...
24. ST. LOUIS -- Dusty Baker doesn't like to convene many team meetings. But the manager ...
25. The Bears are banking on having a multitude of options with their first-round pick ne...
26. The last time Mayor Daley appointed a woman as aviation commissioner, she was driven ...
27. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Shiite alliance nominated a tough- talking Shiite politicia...
28. RIVERTON, Kan. -- Five teenage boys fully intended to go on a shooting spree at their...
29. A new, more robust blend of coffee added zip to McDonald's Corp. first-quarter sales,...
30. ATLANTA -- The leaders of the pilots union at Delta Air Lines Inc. have ratified a te...
31. A.J. Burnett's sore elbow overshadowed a comeback victory for the host Toronto Blue J...
32. ST. LOUIS -- The last thing the Cubs needed Thursday in the wake of finding out that ...
33. When does an annoying myth become a full-blown, self-fulfilling, tragicomedy-on-green...
34. SILENT HILL Rating 2 1/2 Rose Da Silva . . . . . Radha Mitchell Cybil ...
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36. PARIS -- The Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian activist who won the peace prize...
37. CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Highly Recommended When: 8 tonight, 3 p.m. Sunda...
38. Taubman Woos Mills Corp. Taubman Centers Inc. said it might try to buy some prop...
39. NO ARRESTS IN GIRL'S SHOOTING Chicago Police detectives have strong leads but no...
40. Focus On: Running Backs Grade: B+ A decent group became great with an influx of ...
41. ST. LOUIS -- Looking for silver linings anywhere, the Cubs found one Friday when reli...
42. On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times will launch its Chicago White Sox 2006 Mini-Baseball...
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44. "Mission: Impossible III" director J.J. Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp s...
45. Internet domain names are red hot again. This year, 15 names used in Internet ad...
46. Howard Meyer thrived on the excitement of working at a big-city daily newspaper, whet...
47. Q: Is it important to you that you're the No. 1 overall pick? A: This is about c...
48. A couple questions are obvious: Can the Bulls stop Shaquille O'Neal? And can they con...
49. WASHINGTON -- Majority Leader Bill Frist intends to seek Senate passage of immigratio...
50. VATICAN CITY -- Despite the Vatican's opposition to condoms, a senior cardinal said i...
51. Well, that didn't take long. Rocker-turned-radio host David Lee Roth, who accepted th...
52. Lenovo, the Chinese company that took over IBM's personal computer line, and Sony are...
53. If the first game was a hitfest, it stood to reason that the second game of the Linco...
54. Give the Minnesota Twins an assist in creating the 2005 World Series champion White S...
55. Now that Luol Deng is not starting for the Bulls, the team's 18- 4 record in games th...
56. Metra is planning to install an automated safety system that could have prevented a d...
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58. 'JUDY AT CARNEGIE' Recommended When: Through Sunday Where: Lakeshore T...
59. Google Soars $22.10 Google Inc. shares jumped 5.3 percent Friday after the world...
60. The Lockport baseball team, ranked No. 8, pounded out 17 hits off four pitchers and c...
61. Every first baseman can sympathize with the Cubs' Derrek Lee, injured in a freak play...
62. Entering or departing the Bulls-Heat series, which organization's momentum would you ...
63. Newly unsealed transcripts of closed-door hearings in former Gov. George Ryan's trial...
64. Sometimes the kind of infighting that can threaten the unity of a religious community...
65. WASHINGTON -- A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on Pres...
66. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters will tour North America this fall and perform the ...
67. www.podscope.com An overwhelming number of podcasts are vying for your ear. So h...
68. Kirk Maltby scored his second goal of the night 2:39 into double overtime to lift the...
69. Reliever Rafael Betancourt was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Cleve...
70. MIAMI -- On the eve of the playoffs, nearly every team is filled with enthusiasm and ...
71. SAN FRANCISCO -- Sometimes vulgarity is not just acceptable but necessary in the work...
72. Last month, a Des Plaines man who kicked his neighbor's 9-week- old kitten to death w...
73. NEW YORK -- An autopsy linking the death of a police officer to dust at the World Tra...
74. JERUSALEM -- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' choice of a Hebrew- flavored name for their...
75. It's been more than 10 weeks since former City Clerk James Laski stepped down, but ra...
76. It sometimes seems that all we hear about black people is data seeming to prove that ...
77. TONIGHT "Deal or No Deal" (7 p.m., WMAQ-Channel 5): NBC was supposed to be airin...
78. Say goodbye to a nearly square-block section of Greektown left over from the neighbor...
79. Hoping to differentiate itself from the two 800-pound gorillas in home improvement re...
80. The soon-to-open Bridgeview Stadium landed its first international match Thursday whe...
81. The Bears' offseason plan, including their intentions in the April 29 draft, should b...
82. ST. LOUIS -- The beginning of the end of the Cubs' 2005 season came last April, when ...
83. NBA teams were allowed to carry up to 15 players during the regular season and decide...
84. EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEWS No. 1 DETROIT PISTONS (64-18) vs. No. 8 MILWAUKEE BU...
85. MATT & SHANNON HEATON The husband-and-wife duo with roots in traditional Celtic ...
86. The evolution of slot machines from mechanical, reel-spinning "one-arm bandits" into ...
87. 'MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT' - Through June 4 - Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W...
88. The Life Safety Ordinance enacted by the City of Chicago contains new requirements re...
89. Due out Tuesday MATCH POINT Rating 4 (2006; Dreamworks; 124 minutes) ...
90. A Daley dose . . . . . . Of posey power: It's no secret Mayor Daley is crazy abo...
91. They're early. They're short. But they're certainly not sweet. Gov. Blagojevich ...
92. NEW YORK -- The city's doormen threatened to go on strike Friday in a walkout that co...
93. Ilove it when he calls. The Rabbi. He has this knack for showing up right w...
94. One hears warnings these days that the massive immigrant rights demonstrations may pr...
95. After enduring months of carping by beltway Republicans over falling approval ratings...
96. Dear Ellie: I met him in college and felt an instant bond. I was then involved, but w...
97. Google Inc. continued to amaze investors Thursday as it posted first-quarter profits ...
98. In-bar product sampling, usually done with the help of a cadre of buxom babes, has be...
99. PHOENIX -- Matt Kenseth's late-season charge last summer was unusual in NASCAR, where...
100. FOCUS ON: WIDE RECEIVERS GRADE: D The worst draft class in 10 years at wide rece...
101. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- New York Yankees minor- league manager Oscar Aco...
102. With the possibility of offseason surgery on his herniated lower disc looming, Bulls ...
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104. Actor Tim Robbins is not shy about his political beliefs. Along with his significant ...
105. Saturday is Earth Day and it's time once again to pay tribute to Mother Earth by help...
106. Josh Hartnett is back, and he's pumped about it. He was last seen in a major role two...
107. Q. How does a construction loan work? A. A construction loan (also known as an i...
108. AMERICAN DREAMZ Rating 3 Martin Tweed..................... Hugh Grant ...
109. Chicago and two police officers -- the first to be called and the last to arrive at t...
110. Chicago public high school freshmen are battling daunting odds: Only 6.5 percent of t...
111. MODESTO, Calif. -- An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her miniv...
112. GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- A 37-year-old man was arrested after police say he tried to sell...
113. 11% of consumers believe housing prices in their local market will decline over the n...
114. The Chicago Police Department agreed Thursday to take a second look at a 153-year-old...
115. Is your closet a mess? Are you one of those women who, when getting dressed in the mo...
116. Parco Foods, which operates a cookie factory in Blue Island, will lay off about three...
117. - Billed as one of Europe's most respected producers, Marion Lange is joining DDB/Chi...
118. Former Minnesota Vikings running back Moe Williams, charged last fall after a raunchy...
119. After finishing with the third-worst record in the NHL this season, the Blackhawks dr...
120. It was early morning, baseball-player time, and A.J. Pierzynski strolled in Thursday ...
121. BULLS PLAYOFF ROSTER NO. PLAYER POS. HT. WT. FROM YRS. 1 Randy Livingston G...
122. A South African wine dinner will be held Sunday at the West Town Tavern in River West...
123. JOFFREY BALLET -- 'COOL VIBRATIONS' -April 26-May7 -Auditorium Theatre, 50 ...
124. When it comes to laughter, few movie directors are as expert at it as the incomparabl...
125. Downtown Wheaton is a model for any town or village looking to revitalize its nostalg...
126. The brightest spring display at the Chicago Botanic Garden right now is the carpet of...
127. THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE Rating 31/2 Bettie Page Gretchen Mol Paula K...
128. His birth certificate says he's 55, but Bill Thompson's kidney is 82 years old. ...
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130. KABUL, Afghanistan -- A chorus of complaints against the Bush administration erupted ...
131. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University graduate student has been charged with ma...
132. The April 5 commentary "Laptops don't teach students to stand on their own" concernin...
133. A woman chatting with her identical twin on the South Side was killed last weekend wh...
134. ANYONE UP FOR A FASHION CRAWL? This is wayyyyy better and less fattening than a ...
135. Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said it recently began modifying its faulty...
136. Shares of Steven Madden Ltd., the Long Island, N.Y., shoe maker, surged almost 30 per...
137. Benet's Connor Powers is ready for the challenge of playing in the Southeastern Confe...
138. Pat Quinn missed the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons as coach of the Tor...
139. ST. LOUIS -- The Cubs likely will be without reigning National League batting champio...
140. Tyson Chandler is the only member of the Bulls not acquired by John Paxson, who becam...
141. THE OTHER STRING Spanish guitarist David Martinez Garcia will perform a free con...
142. CHRIS BROWN; T-PAIN; MEGAN ROCHELLE - 6:45 p.m. Sunday - House of Blues, 32...
143. Marcia Gay Harden's childhood zipped her between countries and between cultures. It w...
144. The ancient city known as Casas Grandes (Great Houses) was discovered by archeologist...
145. Monique and Jim Harvey and their two sons were pioneers -- the first buyers -- at Cam...
146. TAKE MY EYES Rating 3 1/2 Pilar Laia Marull Antonio Luis Tosar An...
147. More than two dozen University of Illinois at Chicago students joined immigration act...
148. Chicago Police officials said Thursday several people were in custody in connection w...
149. WASHINGTON -- Nearly 100,000 Americans are working in intelligence in the U.S. and ar...
150. SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- The woman believed to be Indiana's oldest person celebrated her ...
151. Take your best shot. But it helps if you read the paper more than once a year. P...
152. The expected increase in gas prices this summer has been partly blamed on the use of ...
153. A company under investigation by Congress was sued Wednesday by Attorney General Lisa...
154. PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. -- Donald Trump is donating 436 bucolic acres in New York City's ...
155. 71% believe it is very likely or somewhat likely that housing prices will collapse in...
156. The Bush administration is expected to shortly approve a plan to handle a national in...
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158. 'THE GOLDEN TRUFFLE' Recommended When: Through June 18 Where: Redmoon ...
159. EOEC CITES VON MAUR The Iowa-based Von Maur department store chain has been hit ...
160. China will keep the yuan's value "basically stable" as the country continues to trans...
161. Five pitchers who have gone from here to there are getting it done in college basebal...
162. HAPPY AT HOME DANICA SQUELCHES F-1 SPECULATION Indy car driver Danica Patri...
163. Designated hitter Jim Thome has been even better than advertised after the White Sox ...
164. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to the defense of her embattled colleag...
165. Prepare for more pain at the pump. Gasoline prices will keep climbing and could ...
166. Two teenagers accused of taking part in a vicious Kennedy High School beating told th...
167. ATLANTA -- In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminar...
168. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert returned to Illinois this week from Easter recess tra...
169. George Ryan said after his conviction: "I believe this decision today is not in accor...
170. LOS ANGELES -- It turns unknowns into icons overnight, but "American Idol" isn't just...
171. At the intersection of modern lounging and fine dining sits Avenue M, a new bar-resta...
172. Abbott Laboratories watched its sales slip in the first quarter amid weakness in its ...
173. Shares of Motorola Inc., the Schaumburg technology company, closed at $22.49, down $1...
174. Larry Nelson, overlooked as a Ryder Cup captain and often forgotten despite his remar...
175. Welcome to 40 days and 40 nights of NBA playoff coverage, which seem like a flood onl...
176. Not since Wilson Alvarez did it in August 1991 has a White Sox pitcher thrown a no-hi...
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178. TomKitten? Are you kidding me? Is that a real baby, or the name of a new animated ser...
179. Robert Novak said Wednesday that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald knows who outed a...
180. DURHAM, N.C. -- An attorney for one of two Duke University lacrosse players charged w...
181. The judge who refused to allow an injunction against Gov. Blagojevich's stem cell res...
182. The conviction of George Ryan means that four of our last nine governors have been ar...
183. Five months after Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson announced their separation, Lachey ...
184. In the 30 years since PCB contamination was found in Waukegan Harbor, there have been...
185. Kraft Foods reported a 41 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, mostly attributed t...
186. When Jose Garza's son, Richard, visited homes in Chicago's Latino neighborhoods at th...
187. PGA TOUR: Houston Open Site: Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course (7,422 yards,...
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189. INDIANAPOLIS -- Underachievers for much of the season, the Indiana Pacers look danger...
190. WASHINGTON -- White House political mastermind Karl Rove surrendered a key policy rol...
191. An Elmhurst man charged with smothering his wife first slipped her the date-rape drug...
192. A proposed settlement between owners of the E2 nightclub and dozens of people trample...
193. WASHINGTON -- The tobacco industry is facing lawsuits across the country, including i...
194. 'President's U.S. visit will help Americans better know China," read a headline in th...
195. DENVER -- Rick O'Donnell looks 25 but is 35 -- old enough to know better. Nevertheles...
196. 'MAD' WOMAN TO BACK UP SHORT Together at last: a "Saturday Night Live" legend an...
197. THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING broadcaster John Stossel, who co-anchors the ABC newsmagazine ...
198. First-quarter profit at the Chicago Board of Trade rose 69 percent as the world's thi...
199. Chicago singer-songwriter Tom Dundee performed from a tender songbook that was define...