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New York Times (blog)
GOP 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama
New York Times (blog)
The proposal was presented last week in Chicago to associates and family members of Mr. Ricketts, who is also the patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs. Brian Baker, president and general counsel of a super PAC called the Ending Spending ...
Herman Cain: Obama's Ties to Rev. Wright 'Fair Game'NewsMax.com
GOP Proposal Aimed to Use Jeremiah Wright as a Weapon to Destroy ObamaBET
Conservative group rejects ads targeting Obama's former pastorChicago Tribune
Nashua Telegraph -Los Angeles Times -Canada.com
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ChicagoNow (blog)
Cubs RHP Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons
KHQ Right Now
We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and...>> The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise ...
Kerry Wood Strikes Out Final Batter, RetiresNBC Chicago
Cubs In Haiku: So Long, WoodyChicagoNow (blog)
Peavy, Dunn lead White Sox past Cubs 6-0KLAS-TV
Rant Sports -Chicago Tribune -Chicago Daily Herald
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ESPN
Theo Epstein doesn't regret the Kerry Wood deal
CSNChicago.com
... baseball decisions based on public relations, Kerry Wood walked out onto the balcony and heard the roar inside a Hilton Chicago ballroom. It was a made-for-TV moment, Kid K returning just in time for the start of the Cubs Convention last January.
Baffoe: Kerry Wood's Numbers Aren't Worthy Of Retiring HisCBS2 Chicago
Inside The Park Farewell to a PhenomBaseball Prospectus

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New Yorker
Commentary: Joe Ricketts' good move in backing away from anti-Obama hatefest
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Not to mention the very diverse fan base of the Chicago Cubs. The team is 95-percent owned by the Ricketts family. Supervised by a veteran GOP ferret named Fred Davis, the political operatives advised the the elder Ricketts to bankroll a media blitz ...
Centrist CensorWall Street Journal

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Fans Blast Cubs' Owner's Plan to Defeat Obama
Patch.com
By Steve Sadin Shoppers at Deerfield Square were not ready to abandon their loyalty to the Chicago Cubs over owner Joe Rickets' plans to spend $10 million to finance an effort to produce negative advertising criticizing President Barack Obama.

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San Ramon Express
Tom Cushing is a member (registered user) of San Ramon Express
San Ramon Express
The specific organization in-question is the 'offspring' of a fiscally conservative billionaire named Joe Ricketts, whose various interests include TDAmeritrade brokerage and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The corporate entity, known as The Ending ...

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The Guardian Blogs (blog)
The other US-Afghan alliance in Chicago
The Guardian Blogs (blog)
Unlike Allen, many decorated US military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the Nato summit without their medals. They marched on the paramilitarized convention center, where the generals and heads of state had gathered, and threw their medals ...

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