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A new twist has emerged in the investigation of the cocaine discovered at the White House on Sunday - it was actually found in a different location. The bag of powder was found in a cubby near the White House's West Executive entrance, not the formal West Wing lobby, NBC News reported citing multiple sources. That entrance - which is in the West Wing but on the floor below the lobby - is also a heavily trafficked area, a description White House officials have used as a way to explain their doubts the culprit will be found. Numerous details about...

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ALWild Card (TBS): Toronto over the Orioles NL Wild Card (ESPN): San Francisco over the Mets ALDS (TBS): Toronto over Texas ALDS (TBS): Boston over Cleveland NLDS (FS1): Washington over the Dodgers NLDS (FS1): Cubbies over San Francisco (go Giants!) ALCS (TBS): Boston over Toronto NLCS (Fox/FS1): Cubbies over Washington World Series (Fox): Cubbies over Boston Note: look for the whole spreadsheet and stats to be up soon on my new website under construction https://sonsofconstitutionalliberty.com/

Okay people. You all know that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Cubs' first season in Wrigley Field. You also know that as of last year the national version of WGN no longer carries Cubs games. The Chicago station does, but the "superstation" apparently makes more money showing episode after episode after episode of a show called "Bluebloods" (which I know absolutely nothing about) than it does showing the Cubbies. So I looked up the radio station that currently carries the games and found it online. Well guess what? At game time I get the very beginning but...

The media obsession with “dirty tricks” by Sen. Ted Cruz stands in stark contrast to the benign neglect of the slash and burn tactics of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The media seems to be treating Trump’s slanders and threats the way they coddled Vice President Joe Biden, with the chattering class seemingly uttering in unison, “Oh, that’s just The Donald.” As Sean Hannity noted on his Twitter feed, Trump tweeted recently a version of his “don’t mess with me” mantra, summing up his modus operandi very concisely: “I’m very proud of this record. Wouldn’t this be good to have for...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — In one of baseball's sweetest traditions, Stan Musial would play "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on his harmonica for the so-called seventh-inning stretch of baseball's Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Johnny Bench has stepped in for the 91-year-old Musial, doing a pretty good Harry Caray imitation. On Sunday, in Ron Santo's honor, Bench put on a Cubs jersey before he went to the podium and slipped into character. "Ron would have loved it," Vicki Santo, Ron's widow, said afterward. "He and Johnny were such good friends. He would have thought it was hysterical. He would...

Carlos Zambrano's dugout and clubhouse run-in with teammate Michael Barrett ended with Barrett going to the hospital with a split lip. CHICAGO -- Instead of swinging for the fences, the Cubs now are taking swings at each other. Chicago pitcher Carlos Zambrano, apparently angered by Michael Barrett's defensive mistakes, took a swing at the catcher in a dugout scuffle Friday in the Atlanta Braves' 8-5 win over the Cubs. Zambrano (5-5) and Barrett had to be separated after a skirmish in the dugout in the fifth inning. The Braves had just scored five runs, including one on a combination passed...

When former Cubs reliever LaTroy Hawkins tried to get Billy Williams to read one of the racist letters he received, Williams refused. ''I didn't want to read it,'' Williams said. ''So he told me its content. People might be angry, but they don't need to revert to that. Someone has to be sick to sit down and write a letter and try to get personal.'' Williams, who broke into the big leagues with the Cubs in 1959, had his own way of dealing with mail. ''When I looked at the envelope and didn't see a return address, most of the...

It's the only battle Cubs players won in 2004, chasing popular broadcaster Steve Stone away from the team he loves. Stone shocked Cubs fans Thursday by announcing his resignation as the team's color analyst, leaving two huge voids in the club's TV broadcast booth. Play-by-play man Chip Caray had already left to take a job with the Atlanta Braves. ''It was a very, very difficult decision -- something I agonized over,'' Stone said Thursday night from his home in Arizona. ''The toughest part of the decision is it severs a tie with Chicago. I've been there all or parts of...

MIDI - LODI - look under Creedence Clearwater It was three years ago...New Yorkers had cast their vote That is when bad luck started...historians will note Your Yankees won't win again...she brought bad karma, you see It is The Curse of Hillary She's from the depths of hell...the FReepers were warning you She is an evil presence...what are you gonna do Your Yankees won't win again...she brought bad karma, you see It is The Curse of Hillary Cubbie fans fought the goat...it just wouldn't go away Bronx Bombers have been reeling...they don't know what to say Your Yankees won't...

As read on the Senate Floor for open mike -g- UNITED STATES SENATOR ILLINOIS DICK DURBIN Durbin Statement Regarding the 2003 Chicago Cubs October 16, 2003 [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement on the floor of the Senate in honor of the 2003 Chicago Cubs: There's weeping on Waveland And Sheffield is dark, Another sad ending At Addison and Clark. The Cubbies lost the big one In the very last game, A season so different Has ended the same. There's no joy in Wrigleyville, As the ivy turns brown, But who can forget...

The managerial searches of the Giants, Mariners and Cubs proceed this week, but only one will play out in Arizona.Cubs President Andy MacPhail and General Manager Jim Hendry plan to meet today with Dusty Baker and his agent Jeef Moorad in the Phoenix area.'We hope we can get something resolved quickly, Hendry said.