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A bike ride to find a letterTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:01AMDwane Cochran is the 2010 Scrabble Scramble champion. Cochran earned a total of 91 points by adding an "s" to "Scramble" and making the word "swollen" on the Scrabble board. Cochran received a $50 gift certificate to the Canteen Bar and Grill.

Wrigley rooftops hurting as Cubs, economy struggleTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:00AMThe crowded rooftop bleachers overlooking Wrigley Field stand as proof that no matter how bad the Chicago Cubs played, the ballpark was simply not big enough to hold everyone who wanted to see them play.

U.S SenateTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:00AMName: Bruce Blakeman Age: 54 Party Affiliation: Republican Occupation: Attorney Decision To Run: For the first time in 100 years, the current generation of Americans is predicted to do worse than the previous one. The recession has cost us more than 8 million jobs and the unemployment rate is 10 percent or worse in many parts of New York. Washington has a deficit approaching $1.4 trillion and ...

New gadgets are designed with penny-pinchers in mind.Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:59AMNEW YORK - How do you get penny-pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

State plaza sidewalks will stay warm in winterTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:58AMWork has begun on an approximately $2.9 million project to rip up the expansive sidewalks in the state plaza west of the Capitol and replace them with heated high-tech walks.

Wrigley rooftops hurting as Cubs, economy struggleTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:58AMRooftop bleachers around Wrigley Field hurting with bad economy and struggling Chicago Cubs

John Deere sells wind businessTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:57AMBy Kate HesslingTribune Staff Writerand The Associated Press

Birthday wishTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:55AMIn folklore and fantasy, genies and fairy godmothers grant wishes. In the real world it is often Make-A-Wish, with its mission to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, that grants them.

Report: Money can buy you happiness, to a pointTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:54AMPeople's emotional well-being -- happiness -- increases along with their income up to about $75,000, researchers report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.