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Even Cards, White Sox fans may appreciate Joe Maddon's Cubs leadership

Phil Rosenthal

You don't have to know or like baseball to appreciate the way Cubs manager Joe Maddon has led them this season. You don't have to like the Cubs. Dare it be said, you can even be a Cardinals or White Sox fan. Effective leadership, wherever one might hope to find it, sadly has become as elusive as...

Game 1: Cubs lose to Cards 4-0 in St. Louis

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Why there are so many urgent care clinics everywhere

John Russell

On the bustling North Milwaukee Avenue commercial strip in Bucktown, inside a former Scoop NYC boutique that used to sell $200 designer jeans and $800 suede boots, you can now see a doctor to treat a broken bone, get a vaccination or examine an ear infection. Since February, the low-slung retail...
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Blue Cross eliminates most popular individual plan

Ameet Sachdev

Big changes are coming next year for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois individual health plans, causing stress among some consumers before open enrollment on the state's health insurance exchange begins Nov. 1. The state's largest health insurer is eliminating its most popular individual plan,...
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Wal-Mart names Brett Biggs as next chief financial officer

Tribune wire reports

Wal-Mart Stores named Brett Biggs as the retailer's next chief financial officer. He will replace Charles Holley who is retiring at the end of the year. Biggs, 47, has been CFO and executive vice president of Wal-Mart's international unit since 2014. He has held several roles at Wal-Mart since...
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After dissing McDonald's, LeBron James signs pizza deal

Kim Janssen

Less than a year after he disparaged McDonald's food in a moment of unexpected candor, NBA star LeBron James has split from the burger giant and signed an endorsement deal with Blaze Pizza. James, 30, inked a deal with McDonald's in 2010 but hasn't appeared in any of its ads since he told reporters...