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Ron Artest first to be eliminated from DWTS (Daily Mail)

Vid of Cubs'Aramis Ramirez telling reporters he has probably played his final game at Wrigley (CSNChicago.com) 


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"We'll see what happens with Ramirez...it depends on what the new guy wants to do..."  -- Cubs skipper  Mike Quade with Greg Jarrett/Dave Eanet this morning. 

FBI raids 7 IHops, including one in Evansville, Indiana (CBS) 

"Prohibition gave birth to organized crime..."  --  Legendary documentarian/Oscar-winner Ken Burns in the  WGN Radio studio this morning talking with Jarrett about his upcoming series, entitled 'Prohibition'.  It'll air Oct. 2-3-4 at 7pm on Channel 11-WTTW.

Kass lede, ‘And behold, another sign of the Apocalypse:  The  Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrush.” 

Zorn on two Chicago public schools that are achieving opposite results, yet they're located within a mile of each other on the Southwest side 

PETA plans porn website, peta.xxx, to promote its animal-rights andvegan-diet message  (WSJ) 

Early review of Simon Cowell’s new ‘The X-Factor’, which debuts tonight (LA Times) 

According to Wall Street Journal,Bears' offensive line is only the 3rd worst in theNFL.  Click here to see the two teams under them...

Detroit vandals pry eye glasses off Ernie Harwell statue outside Tiger’sComerica Park; police not sure when it happened (Yahoo)

Kobe being lured to play in Europe with reported $600,00-per-game salary (CBS) 

Why faking exuberance won’t land you a job (USA Today) 

Overnight Tweet exchange between Sheen/Joy Behar:  “You crack me up Joy!! RT @JoyVBehar Did you watch the #sheenroast? Anti-Semitism, sexism, profanity.. it's like dinner atMel Gibson's house”

Steve Martin posts open letter toEddie Murphy on his website, giving him advice on how to hostthe Oscars (stevemartin.com)

Fun vid of how a geeky guy persuaded a gal to go on a date with him (Daily Mail)