We’ll take what we can get! Babies, a good economic sign. https:///www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pregnancy-20110705,0,7711562.story

Chicago sports teams winners in community https:///www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-0705-around-town—20110705,0,4325288.column Around Town Fred Mitchell July 5, 2011  Invariably, sports franchise owners are judged by the number of championship trophies they collect.But they can use their positions make a real difference in the communities they represent. To that extent, the White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, Bears and Blackhawks organizations have

A Conversation with Tom Ricketts By John Arguello, Thursday at 10:27 pm https:///www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2011/06/30/a-conversation-with-tom-ricketts/ Today I attended the Citi Cubs Kids program at the Inter-American Magnet School in Chicago.  Cubs owner and chairman Tom Ricketts was also there and was gracious enough to give me a few minutes of his time.  What transpired turned out to be

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Wood unveils foundation to help children By Alex Ruppenthal / MLB.com | 06/30/11 1:31 PM ET https:///mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110630&content_id=21210548&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb CHICAGO — Kerry Wood has visions for a high school baseball stadium on Chicago’s North Side and other projects as part of the Wood Family Foundation, which Wood and his wife, Sarah, launched Thursday. The foundation will benefit children’s charities throughout the Chicagoland area.

Wood has no regrets rejoining Cubs Launching Wood Family Foundation to help Chicagoland kids David Haugh In the Wake of the News 7:01 p.m. CDT, June 29, 2011 https:///www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0630-haugh-cubs-chicago—20110629,0,891995.column Now we understand a little better why Kerry Wood turned down at least $10 million more from two other teams for another season of bad baseball with

DuPage 2011 budget largely on course By Susan Frick Carlman scarlman@stmedianetwork.com June 29, 2011 2:38PM https:///napervillesun.suntimes.com/news/6239058-418/dupage-2011-budget-largely-on-course.html Prudent policies pay off, DuPage County officials say as they review the current spending year halfway to the next budget. Fred Backfield, chief financial officer, this week provided the County Board with a mid-year update on the activity in the

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Navistar Names Jim Spangler Chief Communications Officer Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Industry Veteran will Lead Navistar’s Internal and External Communications Globally https:///www.marketwatch.com/story/navistar-names-jim-spangler-chief-communications-officer-2011-06-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jun 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Navistar, Inc. today announced that Jim Spangler has been named Chief Communications Officer and will lead the company’s Corporate Communications globally. “We are proud to