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BASEBALL / Deal for Cubs is done

Aug. 22, 2009
Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family, capping a tortuous process that began nearly 2 1/2 years ago. Tribune valued the...
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