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Chicago Cubs sale talks reportedly reopen with another bidding group

Jun. 18, 2009
Talks to sell the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team have reopened with a rival bidding group and are continuing alongside negotiations with the original Ricketts family buyers, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch