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  • Sveum Rizzo cant let pitchers dictate his approach

    Email CINCINNATI -- Manager Dale Sveum considered giving Anthony Rizzo a day off Saturday. The Cubs first baseman entered the game 0-for-22 in his last five games. "Not yet," Sveum said. "Obviously, it's a thought, but I don't think we're quite there yet." Rizzo showed his frustration in the seventh inning of Friday's 7-4 loss to the Reds, after he flew ...

  • Sveum urges pitchers to better utilize scouting reports

    Email CINCINNATI -- On Friday, the Cubs' Scott Feldman hung a curve to the Reds' Ryan Hanigan that he wished he hadn't thrown. Hanigan hit a go-ahead three-run home run. There have been other similar instances this season. On May 10, the Nationals had two outs with two on in the second, and Jeff Samardzija couldn't get No. 8 hitter Kurt Suzuki, who hit a two-run double. On ...

  • PAWS Chicago Oklahoma Pet Rescue Windy City Shelter Saves 76 Pets From Tornado-Torn State

    Thanks to PAWS Chicago, the lives of 76 pets (51 dogs and 25 cats) have have been rescued from tornado-torn Oklahoma. Volunteers with the no-kill ...

  • Man Wanted For Attempted Sexual Assault On South Side

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are searching for man who attempted to sexually assault a woman in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday morning. Police said the man tried to sexually assault a woman about 7:45 Friday in the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue after she had pulled over her vehicle to tend to a problem it was having, according an alert from Area Central ...

  • Noise From Music Fest At Chicagoland Speedway Has Neighbors Up In Arms

    JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – It’s an electronic dance music festival, not race cars, making noise this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. And as WBBM’s Bob Roberts reports, some people are up in arms about ...


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Limitless

Limitless

Although it has long since been discredited by neuroscience and functional imaging techniques, the old adage that we only use a small percentage of our brains (the number generally ranges from 10 to 20%) has had an impressive staying power in our cultural consciousness for close to a century ... ...

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  • Andris Biedrins exercises option to stay with Golden State MAY 25

    Warriors will be forced to pay him $9 million for his services, or lack there of. 2013-2014 will be the final year of Biedrins' six-year, $54 million contract that he signed back in 2008. At 27 years of age, he could opt out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent, but according to his agent Bill Duffy, he will ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 25

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...

  • Roseland Hospital Cuts Staff Salaries To Keep Doors Open

    CHICAGO (STMW) – As it waits to hear if it'll receive a $7 million bailout to stay open, Roseland Community Hospital laid off almost 70 employees, and other hospital employees will take a pay cut. The 68 people who were eliminated this week included lab and radiology clerks, secretaries, emergency room nurses and managers, Roseland hospital staff said. An additional 47 employees ...

  • Luol Deng not planning to have surgery on wrist MAY 25

    Luol Deng is not planning to have surgery this offseason to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist. Deng first injured the wrist in the middle of last season, but he elected to play through it and decided to opt-out of surgery in the offseason in order to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Deng then played through this season with the wrist issue to go along with a ...

  • Gay Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Joins LA Galaxy After Trade With Fire

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports. He told The Associated Press his fears about returning to soccer were eased by the strong support he received from family, fans and players, including Galaxy star Landon Donovan. Now Rogers is ready to accept his role as the league’s ...

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