Home Run Derby Open Thread - Over the Monster

(by Al Yellon)

Probably not. But, hey, it's the Home Run Derby! Time for everyone to get their fill of the word "back" for the year and maybe even pretend to care for a day or two. I already miss real baseball. ...

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The 2011 MLB All-Star Game Has Become a Farce

(by carloscbs5)

The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played on July 12 at Chase Field in Phoenix. It will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and Le Reseau des Sports, ...

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ComEd Feeling Heat From New Competitors « CBS Chicago

(by Rich Miller)

ComEd is beginning to feel the heat from new competitors.

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Life Inc. - Free Slurpees = cash in 7-Eleven's coffers

(by tlee)

But the paper says that 7-Eleven has found freebies to be very lucrative. The chain's vice president of marketing Nancy Smith tells USA Today that the same gimmick last July 11 pushed Slurpee sales for the day up 33 ...

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Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested in Bizarre Walgreens Robbery

(by Kimberly Nordyke)

The bassist for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria was arrested Sunday for walking into a Massachusetts Walgreens and telling a worker he had a bomb, and would detonate it if he wasn't given Oxycontin.

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Victoria, David Beckham Name Daughter Harper Seven - UsMagazine.com

(by Perez Hilton)

Hours after his daughter's Sunday morning birth, happy dad David reveals her name to fans.

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Good news, college kids: video games and weed help memory | DVICE

(by edmundchronister)

Good news, college kids: video games and weed help memory · Tweet. Here's a fun study to be a part of: a Dutch group tested the effects of video games and marijuana use on Alzheimer's patients to see if it helped their ...

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Alcatraz at night offers visitors an eerie experience | The ...

A lighthouse shines into the fog above the remains of the warden's house during a night tour on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Most of the more than one million tourists who visit the famous former prison never get to ...

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