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Charlie Meyerson, Daywatch columnist
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McCAIN'S SPEECH. It may go down as one of the quietest acceptances in presidential campaign history. Jim Tankersley reports:
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-- Chris Jones: McCain's story "gripping, heroic, explicitly personal."
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-- Full text of McCain's address (Los Angeles Times):
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-- Fact check:
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-- Lynn Sweet: "McCain's team wants to emphasize how wonderful the words in Obama's speeches are and then take the next step -- asking him what else he's got" (Sun-Times):
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-- Editorial: "Few of us can doubt that he means what he says when he talks to America."
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Hundreds arrested in anti-war march outside Republican convention:
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Tribune analysis: Sarah Palin's claim she sold jet on eBay doesn't fly.
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Mary Mitchell on Palin: "It is scary that a woman who hails from a small town in Alaska felt so at home on the national stage being downright mean" (Sun-Times):
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Watching the convention on TV, Phil Rosenthal finds out: "Me and everyone else in the media. We stink."
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Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new political film online and for free:
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GOOD EYE FOR A HEIST? Police have nabbed an aspiring clothing designer whom they believe to be the "Second Hand Bandit," who earned the name by wearing what seemed to be used suits and coats in the robberies of as many as 21 banks. Jeff Coen and Azam Ahmed report:
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Illinois Math and Science Academy custodian charged in child-porn case:
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CITY HALL DEPARTURES. Dozens are taking buyouts. Clout Street has an exclusive list:
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Freed after 26 years for a crime allegedly confessed to by another man, Alton Logan wants an apology from Mayor Daley:
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BASSINET DANGERS REMAIN. Illinois attorney general staffers have been able to buy models that could kill a baby but were excluded from a federal alert issued last week. Patricia Callahan reports:
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Suburban college student one of two severely burned in crash of university p***:
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CORNER BAKERY SHUT. Citing a major plumbing problem involving raw sewage that backed up into the kitchen, public health officials have closed the Corner Bakery Cafe in the Sears Tower:
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Database lets you check results of Chicago restaurant inspections:
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LAWN MOWER CRACKDOWN. A new EPA rule will place new limits on a big source of air pollution:
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Woman accused of leaving dog in hot car for hours at Great America:
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'THE CUBS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS.' Phil Rogers says so:
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Rick Morrissey: "A raindrop to another club is a possible Category 5 hurricane for the Cubs."
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Sox skipper doesn't expect much more lineup tinkering:
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Tribune staff predictions for the Bears season opening Sunday:
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NFL to honor player's decision to change his name to Chad Ocho Cinco:
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WEEKEND WEATHER. Latest forecast, continually updated radar pictures and Tom Skilling's seven-day outlook:
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Yesterday: Chicago area's heaviest official rain in more than five years.
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NEWS QUIZ SCORE ACCEPTED WITH GRATITUDE, HUMILITY. But "humiliation" might be more appropriate. Can you beat 60 percent?
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For first time, scientists catch brain in the act of remembering (New York Times):
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