CHICAGO — Out of patience after three straight playoff misses, many Chicago fans were calling for coach Lovie Smith to be fired a year ago. The Bears stuck with him. Now, they plan to keep him around a little longer. The Bears gave Smith a two-year contract extension Friday, keeping him through the 2013 season [...]
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Lovie Smith Gets Two-Year Extension: Mistake Or Masterstroke?
Posted by newsonline on March 1st, 2011
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Michael Giltz: CDs of the Week: Adele and The Low Anthem
Posted by newsonline on March 1st, 2011
If you have adventurous ears and like music from all sorts of genres, keep checking in. This week, I’ve got two albums you should hear — Adele’s excellent second album and more distinctive Americana from The Low Anthem. Enjoy. ADELE — 21 It’s a big leap from the age of 19 to 21 and in [...]
LeBron Throws Down Amazing Back-To-Back Dunks
Posted by newsonline on March 1st, 2011
In the first quarter of Miami’s 93-89 loss to Chicago on Thursday night, LeBron James went on a quick scoring run which included back-to-back dunks. Miami turned a missed shot from Luol Deng into an easy fast break that ended with a ridiculous reverse dunk from LeBron. The Bulls got the ball back, but turned [...]
Stanton Peele: Why Government Dictating What People Put In Their Bodies Violates Personal Liberty
Posted by newsonline on March 1st, 2011
Everybody in America is for the burgeoning democratic movement in the Middle East: “Hands off the human urge to express yourself politically,” we all agree. But paradoxically, everyone in America is for controlling drugs: “You can’t let people decide for themselves whether to take drugs — they’re addictive, for God’s sake!” we say. And so, [...]
Obama Administration Asks Court To Uphold ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Posted by newsonline on March 1st, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration may have concluded that laws targeting gay Americans are presumably unconstitutional, but it still asked a federal appeals court Friday to refrain for now from striking down the ban on gays serving openly in the military, court documents state. Justice Department lawyers asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of [...]
