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Obama: Energy 'naysayers marginalized'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, citing a global competition for development of clean-energy alternatives to oil, insisted today that the United States must win that race and called on Congress to enact legislation also intended to curb climate...Tags: Travel, Christopher Dodd, Jon Corzine, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Washington (Litchfield, Connecticut)
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Baylor's loss is a major gain for women's basketball tournament
You want more parity in the women's NCAA Tournament? You got it. Brackets busted all over the country when Louisville delivered the biggest upset in women's basketball tournament history with an 82-81 shocker over No. 1 seed and defending champion...Tags: Connecticut Sun, Basketball, Connecticut Huskies, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports
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Sergio Garcia's envy of Tiger crosses racist lines
Congratulations Sergio Garcia. You've managed to accomplish the unthinkable: Turn Tiger Woods into a sympathetic figure. Nothing trumps ignorance and/or racism, and you're now on the podium, along with one of the all-time greats, Fuzzy Zoeller....
Tags: Tiger Woods, Social Issues, Sports, Foods and Beverages, U.S. Open (golf)
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Interview: Behind the snarl of CM Punk
When he blasted WWE's higher-ups on live TV, CM Punk had GQ, ESPN and "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" banging on his door. TMZ and CNN interviewed him about his recent Twitter feud with pop star Chris Brown. But on this particular March afternoon on the Blue Line...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Music, CNN (tv network), Wrestling, Media Industry
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'Dead Man Down' review: As well-constructed as its title
* (out of four) Following "Stoker" and last year's "Bernie," "Dead Man Down" marks the second time in two weeks and the third time in 10 months that a movie has featured a dead body in a freezer. Criminals need new storage ideas. Perhaps they'd enjoy a...
Tags: Bernie (movie), Taken 2 (movie), Amadeus (movie), Dead Man Down (movie), Drive (movie)
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A history of celebrity-owned restaurants in the Chicago area
The week before The Squared Circle opened in mid-March, owner and pro wrestler Lisa Marie Varon — better known as Victoria during her WWE days and Tara currently with TNA wrestling — sat in a corner booth of her Lincoln Park restaurant,...
Tags: Kanye West, Wrestling, Walter Payton, Arts and Culture, Football
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50 Cent Fills The Boxing Impresario Bill
The Hartford CourantWhen the hands on the clock climb toward midnight at 50 Cent's Birthday Bash on July 5 at the Connecticut Convention Center. When the hands climb toward the actual birthday of Curtis James Jackson III, we may find it appropriate to consider three men...Tags: Boxing, Demographics, Vince McMahon, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Meriden
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Flying with Swan
When you travel as much as I do, you’re bound to run into the occasional luminary. In Cincinnati I’ve waited for the same plane as Gallagher, the comedian who smashes watermelons. Of course I covered myself in plastic and hid my bag of...
Tags: National Football League, Arena Football League, Franco Harris, Pittsburgh Power, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Interesting flight companions
When you travel as much as I do, you're bound to run into the occasional luminary. In Cincinnati I've waited for the same plane as Gallagher, the comedian who smashes watermelons. Of course I covered myself in plastic and hid my bag of grapefruit...Tags: National Football League, Arena Football League, Franco Harris, Pittsburgh Power, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Interview: Pam Grier takes trip down memory lane, with fans' help
Pam Grier plans on taking a break from fan conventions and autograph signings for a while following her many movie theater and autograph show appearances in the Chicago area this weekend. It's not that the blaxploitation movie legend doesn't enjoy meeting...
Tags: The Man with the Iron Fists, Freddie Prinze, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Abusive Behavior
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Playoff win so memorable I wanted to play for Billick
It's impossible to go through the 2000 Super Bowl season without remembering the Ravens' divisional playoff win over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville.
There is no better game in team history. I covered it live and have watched it six times on tape....Tags: National Football League, Crime, Law and Justice, Eddie George, Football, Athletes
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Cubs' Ryan Dempster puts teammates to work at casino-themed benefit, Charlie Sheen coming to Chicago, Tom Morello vs. Rahm Emanuel
How did Ryan Dempster convince his Cubs teammates to wear tuxedos and man the blackjack and craps tables at his charity event Wednesday, just hours after the team’s game against the Atlanta Braves? I’m not exactly sure. But whatever he did,...
Tags: Starlin Castro, Food Network (tv network), Charlie Sheen, Breckin Meyer, Grant Park
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