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  1. Chicago breaks heat record with 97-degree day bit.ly/KvxduX #chicago 8 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  2. Bikes took over Lake Shore Drive on Sunday morning bit.ly/LV4K5H #chicago 8 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  3. Johnson wins Colonial after duel with Dufner bit.ly/KHquPl #chicago 14 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  4. Chicago breaks heat record with 96-degree day bit.ly/LJlCJO #chicago 40 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  5. Series preview: Padres at Cubs bit.ly/LJl9r4 #chicago 43 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  6. Venus silences young fan, Roddick loses in Paris bit.ly/KwOWSS #chicago about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  7. Chicago breaks heat record with 95-degree day bit.ly/LJ90m3 #chicago about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  8. Edgewater fire sends 15 to hospital bit.ly/Kv8s1J #chicago about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  9. Franchitti wins third Indianapolis 500 title bit.ly/KTW8Yi #chicago about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  10. Sox Game Day: Floyd looking for sweep of Indians bit.ly/K04npi #chicago about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. Cubs Game Day: Garza tries to stop the bleeding bit.ly/LrRUcK #chicago about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. Sox's Danks plays catch, reports improvement bit.ly/JZYKYh #chicago about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. Edgewater fire sends four to hospital bit.ly/LItHhO #chicago about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  14. Lions DT Fairley arrested again bit.ly/KTxx5Q #chicago about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. Dolis out as Cubs' closer bit.ly/LIfOjM #chicago about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  16. 4 dead, 28 wounded in weekend shootings bit.ly/KTnM7K #chicago about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. Sunday’s heat likely to be record-breaker bit.ly/KGmcHY #chicago about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. Human remains found at camp linked to missing Chicago man bit.ly/Kw3q5x #chicago about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  19. Lake Shore Drive closed for bikes until 11 a.m. bit.ly/Kw3nXj #chicago about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  20. Trayvon Martin’s parents in town to condemn violence bit.ly/MLUc5K #chicago about 16 hours ago via twitterfeed