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Even with Saturday's loss to the Royals, the White Sox are in pretty good shape heading into the final week of the regular season.

Before Saturday's game against the Royals, manager Ozzie Guillen was channeling Don King as he pumped up the White Sox as hungry heavyweights.

Several members of the Chicago White Sox organization had reason to cheer before Friday night's win on the road in Kansas City.

First baseman Micah Hoffpauir and right-handed pitcher Mitch Atkins have been named the Chicago Cubs organization's Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.

A Mount Prospect native will hit the big time Monday, Sept. 22, when she appears on The Martha Stewart Show, which airs in Chicago at 11 a.m. on NBC.

After another long week of campaign coverage, it's good to take a quick look back and ahead.

A 17-year-old Palatine resident was ordered held on $30,000 bond Saturday on charges of drug possession and intent to distribute.

Cubs chairman Crane Kenney joined in the clubhouse frivolity Saturday after the Cubs clinched the National League Central with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before Saturday's division-clincher over the Cardinals, Cubs manager Lou Piniella tried to temper expectations about his Cubs team.

Perfect timing. Perfect place. Perfect positioning. Almost so perfect as to be corny.

What a long, strange trip it's been for the Cubs from the high hopes of spring training to finally clinching the NL Central title Saturday at Wrigley Field.

It was almost a surreal scene: Jim Edmonds had already caught the last out, Cubs players had rushed the mound for an abbreviated group jump with closer Kerry Wood serving as the middle man.

The famous Wrigley Field marquee scrolls a new message: "2008 NL Central Champs Chicago Cubs."

Cubs manager Lou Piniella tried to deflate some of the expectations surrounding the NL Central leaders on Saturday, saying he has trouble understanding why people insist his team is built to win the World Series.

The Bush administration is asking Congress to let the government buy $700 billion in bad mortgages as part of the largest financial bailout since the Great Depression.

More than 75 friends, family members and brothers in arms gathered at Bartlett High School's flagpole Friday to salute a fallen hero.

A Lake Zurich man was charged Thursday with stealing from the estate of a woman who died of cancer and using her husband's credit card while he recovered from a car crash.

Aurora mayoral candidate Stephanie Kifowit did not receive a box of roses, but a campaign donation by any other name is still a donation.

Teachers in Huntley Unit District 158 ratified a new contract Thursday, according to the district's teachers union. A union spokeswoman said 87 percent of teachers present voted for the agreement.

Serving one's country was a proud tradition in Leonard J. "Lenny" Gulczynski's family.