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...local TV networks had interrupted their usual programming and the entire city was erupting in a gleeful frenzy of fireworks, honking car horns and footloose street celebration as Chicagoans by the thousands poured out of bars and basement rec rooms to celebrate their White Sox's World Series championship sweep over the Astros...
...traffic to a crawl. In the blue-collar Southside Bridgeport neighborhood, Sox home turf, giddy mobs of grown-ups in Sox regalia (a few of whom appeared old enough to have been around for the last Sox win) descended on the closed Cellular Field, where they used brooms to sweep away Texas toast and hoisted signs reading "Houston, You've Got a Problem" and "Next Year Is Here!" Even on Division Street, in Northside Cub territory, happiness reigned...
...said they wanted to lose weight. Another spur to the industry: celebrity closets. Often the most interesting part of MTV Cribs is a peek into the clothing warehouses of the rich and famous: Mariah Carey's revolving, glass-enclosed shoe cabinet, for example. Other shows--including TLC's Clean Sweep, HGTV's Mission: Organization and ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition--fuel the same hankering...
...points.”Contributing to the Crimson’s fast start was freshman Kathryn McKinley, who returned from an injury, and put up 17 kills and 16 digs. After dominating the first game, Harvard won a close second game and looked well on their way to a sweep. In the third game, however, the Crimson could not recover from its numerous service errors, which handed the Lions seven free points.“We missed seven serves that game, and lost by two points,” Trimble said. “Serving is just a basic part...
...that bird flu has touched down in Britain, Romania, Russia and Turkey, fear is growing that the virus will sweep through Africa and the Middle East too. Last week, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (fao) said that the risk of a major outbreak had "markedly increased," warning that some countries in these regions were unprepared. "We would have to mobilize donors, the international community and the veterinary services massively to respond," fao chief veterinary officer Joseph Domenech told Time. The fao suspects that wild birds could spread the lethal h5n1 virus - which can jump to humans and has killed...