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By
Charlie Meyerson, Daywatch columnist
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 SARAH PALIN'S SPEECH.
-- "Hockey mom" taunts Obama: "This is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform -- not even in the state Senate."
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-- Full text: "The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: lipstick." (Los Angeles Times)
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-- Fact check on her remarks:
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-- Editorial: "Wow. Now America knows why John McCain wanted Sarah Palin on his presidential ticket."
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-- John Kass: "Expect Palin to knock squirrels out of trees."
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-- Mary Mitchell: "She's a fighter, all right" (Sun-Times).
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-- Theater critic Chris Jones: "The women of ‘Saturday Night Live’ will have a field day."
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-- Zay Smith: "Now we know ... that American sports aren't good enough for her, that like most elitists she owns her own airp***, that hamburgers evidently aren't good enough for her, either" (Sun-Times).
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 Bristol Palin, Alaska's poster teen-mother:
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War hero McCain's campaign posing a problem for the Pentagon:
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REV. JESSE JACKSON IN THE HOSPITAL. He was being treated overnight for stomach pains, but he talked to the Tribune by phone:
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'THEY TRIED TO SAVE HIM.' The father of Milos Hrsto, who fell to his death at Starved Rock State Park on Sunday, says the park's canyon trails should have had safety railings. Deborah Horan and Steve Schmadeke report:
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Toys "R" Us issues threat to manufacturers: Make cribs safer -- or else. A Tribune exclusive:
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Classrooms built for politically connected private school with $1 million from state found unfit for students:
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SONY RECALL. Almost half a million Vaio computers made over the last year may be prone to overheating because of faulty wiring:
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Consumer Reports: Some issues with digital TV converter boxes?
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MOUND OF TROUBLE. The Cubs have lost their fifth in a row -- and Carlos Zambrano was MIA for an exam of his right shoulder. Dave van Dyck reports:
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Mike Downey: "We wait for the sound of evil laughter coming from the gods of baseball."
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Sox beat Cleveland with overhauled lineup:
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David Haugh: Injuries to Indianapolis offensive line and lack of practice for Peyton Manning could add up to a Bears upset.
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ALL CHICAGO SPORTS, ALL IN ONE PLACE. From now on, the great features of ChicagoSports.com live at chicagotribune.com/sports:
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Editors' note:
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STARBUCKS' BREAKFAST MENU. A review in The Stew finds it wanting:
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Chicago dominates world at pastry smackdown:
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What you need to know about the first-ever "Chicago Gourmet" festival -- an upscale Taste of Chicago -- now just three weeks away:
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PAGE 90. Veteran radio broadcaster Paul Harvey becomes a nonagenarian today. Phil Rosenthal reviews Harvey's career:
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"Peanuts" animator -- and the voice of Snoopy -- Bill Melendez dies at 91:
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David Letterman on guitarist Warren Zevon's final appearance on "Late Night": "I just started sobbing" (Rolling Stone).
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Acclaimed NPR show RadioLab bringing live show to Chicago (Victory Gardens Theater site):
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BUCKETS OF RAIN. Tom Skilling says the remnants of Hurricane Gustav could bring severe storms to Illinois:
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Latest forecast, continually updated radar pictures and Tom Skilling's seven-day outlook:
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