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By suspending Yankees infielder Josh Donaldson for making "inappropriate" comments — that some consider racist — to White Sox star Tim Anderson, Major League Baseball officials sent a very clear message to players across the league: Watch your mouth, or it will cost you.

Jeff Arnold On Sports: Name-Calling Directed At Sox's Tim Anderson Is No Laughing Matter

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  • Newly unsealed documents provide a glimpse of what the feds heard indicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan say on secretly recorded phone calls. (WBEZ)
  • Anybody interested in buying the Dinkel's Bakery sign? The iconic neon sign above the Lake View bakery that permanently closed after 100 years is up for auction with a $5,000 opening bid. (Patch)
  • Weeks after Dakota Early was shot in Lincoln Park, the 20-year-old's mother met the man who saved her son, Dave Hussar. "Dave's my hero. He's my family's hero," Joy Dobbs said. (Patch)
  • Bally's pitch to build a casino along the Chicago River looks like a safe bet. A City Council special committee approved the plan 27-3. A final vote of the city council is set for Wednesday. (Patch)
  • University of Chicago leaders announced plans to install 100 surveillance cameras and license plate readers near the Hyde Park campus. Chicago police will monitor the cameras. (Patch)

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