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Quintana wants to stay with rebuilding White Sox

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CHICAGO (AP) Jose Quintana pulled on his No. 62 White Sox jersey for the first day of the team's fan convention. He grinned when asked about pitching for Colombia in the World Baseball Classic. Reported by FOX Sports 5 hours ago.

Former Phillie Peter Bourjos Signs With Chicago White Sox

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Another former Phillies starter is on the moveAccording to Colleen Kane of Chicago Tribune, free agent outfielder, Peter Bourjos, has signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox.Although the full details of the deal are not yet available, it does appear that it does include an invita... Reported by FOX Sports 5 hours ago.

Cubs invite Henderson, Kawasaki to big league camp

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CHICAGO (AP) Relief pitcher Jim Henderson and infielder Munenori Kawasaki are among the 24 non-roster players invited to the Chicago Cubs' big league camp for spring training. Reported by FOX Sports 5 hours ago.

White Sox and CF Peter Bourjos agree to minor league deal

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CHICAGO (AP) Center fielder Peter Bourjos and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to big league camp for spring training. Reported by FOX Sports 5 hours ago.

Jimmy Butler walks off court, seemingly on his own accord (Video)

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The dysfunction from the Chicago Bulls continued on Friday night when Jimmy Butler checked himself out of the game.To say it's been a trying year for the Bulls would be an understatement. The second year of the Fred Hoiberg era has not produced the results fans or the team's front office... Reported by FOX Sports 4 hours ago.

Frazier, Quintana unfazed by uncertain future

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Somewhere around 90 minutes before Friday's opening ceremonies of SoxFest at the Hilton Chicago, Jose Quintana was surrounded by a media scrum during a reception with reporters. Todd Frazier received similar treatment about 10 minutes later. Reported by MLB.com 2 hours ago.

Faulkner scores 19, Northern Kentucky beats UIC 79-62

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CHICAGO (AP) Mason Faulkner scored 19 points to lead five Northern Kentucky players in double figures and the Norse beat Illinois-Chicago 79-62 on Friday night. Reported by FOX Sports 4 hours ago.

Goran Dragic leads Heat to 6th straight, 100-88 over Bulls

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CHICAGO (AP) Goran Dragic had 26 points and 11 assists, Willie Reed scored 20 points and Dion Waiters added 19 to lead the Miami Heat to their sixth straight win Friday night, a 100-88 victory over the bickering Chicago Bulls. Reported by FOX Sports 3 hours ago.

Goran Dragic Leads Heat To 6th Straight, 100-88 Over Bulls

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Goran Dragic led the Miami Heat to their sixth straight win Friday night, a 100-88 victory over the bickering Chicago Bulls. Reported by cbs4.com 3 hours ago.

Tomorrow's People: Open Soul

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Tomorrow's People: Open Soul When he’s not touring as Floating Points, Sam Shepherd also DJs a funk and soul party, called You’re a Melody. His selections skew ludicrously rare, and for most DJs, just flashing them before the trainspotters is enough. But Shepherd’s love of the music led him to start up Melodies International, a reissues label run in tandem with DJ Love on the Run, Mafalda, and Javybz. They suss out, lovingly remaster, and (legitimately) reissue long-lost singles for a new generation of fans, from a $500 7” to the complete recorded works of the woefully obscure Detroit band Aged in Harmony, housed in a picture sleeve with an accompanying newsprint fanzine. This level of care and dedication towards the physical artifact is rare in an increasingly streaming-only world. And while such speculation over old records typically benefits only the seller, the profits from these reissues wind up going back to the original artist themselves.

For the third release on the imprint, Shepherd went beyond, reissuing the lone full-length from Chicago soul-disco group Tomorrow’s People. Comprised of four brothers (Kevin, Maurice, Gerald, and Timothy Burton), their 1976 album Open Soul may not have sold many copies on the short-lived Stage Productions label, but since then it’s become a true “holy grail,” with copies in the last year changing hands for over $1,500. With the master tapes lost 20 years ago, the label set about reissuing the LP sourced from multiple copies of the original album. Alas, the foxy cover of the original is now replaced with a drawing of the four brothers.

For those not taken with the rarefied stratosphere of private press funk and soul albums, the first half of Open Soul might leave you wondering what the fuss is all about. “Lovers to Friends” is a slow-burner featuring the brothers’ effortless harmonies, but there’s not too much that would have made it stand out during that decade. “It Ain’t Fair” continues along at nearly the same tempo, with a bit more eerie analog synth and a saxophone line drifting across as the brothers coo “ooooh, don’t take your love away.” It’s a soulful plea, but unless you’ve worn out the Gamble & Huff discography, there’s more immediately rewarding fare to be had there. More upbeat is “Let’s Get Down With the Beat,” which features the kind of proto-disco beat and cymbal work that Earl Young pioneered during those years. The fidgety instrumental “Hurt Perversion” puts the keyboards front and center—but it’s contemporaneous of Bernie Worrell and his key work with Funkadelic, and not nearly as wigged out.

No matter how rare the album might be, no one is paying a month of New York City rent for the first five songs of Open Soul. And no one pleaded during a You’re a Melody DJ set for this album to be made available again (based on the A-side). But flip it over and you’re presented with the stunning 20-minute title track. Brother Timothy’s spare organ work and Brother Gerald’s guitar cast a spell, and for the first minute, you might think you’re in for a beatless cosmic soul trip. Just as the two-minute mark approaches, though, that guitar tightens up, a conga drum flares to life, and “Open Soul” bursts into full flame. “Soul.../Everybody’s asking me what it is,” the brothers chant as the drums and hand percussion run at double time.

Like any good writer, in providing an answer, they show rather than tell. “Open Soul” soon moves into a psychedelic break, with each successive electric guitar solo and sax squall nudging the temperature up a few more degrees. Seven minutes in, the brothers’ harmonies return, and it seems that surely the song will begin to lose steam or focus. But the Burtons keep that momentum going (and going). And while the song never veers off the path of funk, in its tirelessness and doggedness it starts to mutate and resemble a motorik groove, seeming like it might forever run to the horizon.

There’s examples of such audacity in African-American music of that time—Funkadelic’s double-digit explorations, the unreleased J.B.’s album, and Norman Whitfield’s ambitious productions for the Temptations immediately spring to mind—but none are as determined and downright exhaustive as “Open Soul.” By the time that final drum roll comes around some 17 minutes in, it feels like a marathon runner collapsing at the end of a race and the song recedes back to its soul ambient opening. The song no doubt wore down even the most fervent of dancers during Shepherd’s DJ sets. And thanks to his due diligence, now it can perform a similar feat in your living room. Reported by Pitchfork 1 hour ago.

NBA: Miami Heat roll over bickering Chicago Bulls, 100-88

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Goran Dragic had 26 points and 11 assists to lead the Miami Heat to their sixth straight win Friday night, a 100-88 victory over the bickering Chicago Bulls. 

Dwyane Wade had 15 points to lead the Bulls, who began the day with a team meeting. Wade and Jimmy Butler started the controversy when they... Reported by L.A. Times 1 hour ago.

Executive Order Ban Leaves Travelers In Disarray At Chicago Airport

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At the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, confusion over the immigration executive order has travelers in limbo, with immigration lawyers rushing to the scene to help those affected. Reported by NPR 7 hours ago.

Chicago Bears 2017 NFL Mock Draft: Stockpiling Picks

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Chicago Bears 2017 NFL Mock Draft: Stockpiling Picks The Chicago Bears have a huge opportunity to infuse their roster with some premier talent in what looks like a deep 2017 NFL draft class.This is provided they play their cards the right way. Being able to coach at the Senior Bowl is an added benefit that could yield big dividends. GM Ryan Pace and... Reported by FOX Sports 7 hours ago.

These Are The Refugees And Immigrants Already Affected By Trump’s Executive Order

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The real-life consequences of President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday banning Syrian refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations became apparent within hours of his signing it.

A wide range of mainly Muslim immigrants learned that their hopes of finding safety in the United States or reuniting with family here were suddenly in serious jeopardy ― if not dashed entirely. Syrian families approved for resettlement in the U.S. were stuck in limbo at the last minute. Iraqis who risked their lives interpreting for the U.S. military during the war were detained upon their arrival in American airports. And longtime American residents were faced with indefinite separation from family members.

The Trump administration also made clear that the 500,000 American green card holders from these countries ― Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen ― would be approved for re-entry only on a case-by-case basis. If they are currently in the U.S., those green card holders will be required to consult with the government before traveling outside the country.

Here are just a few of these people’s stories.

*Hamid Khalid Darweesh and **Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi*

Hamid Khalid Darweesh, a former Iraqi interpreter for the U.S. Army, and Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, an Iraqi refugee, were detained upon arrival at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday night.

Darweesh, who was released Saturday afternoon, said at a press conference that he had endured hours of questioning during his overnight detention.

But he nonetheless emphasized his excitement at arriving in the U.S., which he called the “greatest country in the world.”


Iraqi interpreter released, excited to be with his family. He still loves America. pic.twitter.com/ZpeQ933d9d

— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) January 28, 2017


Earlier on Saturday, Mark Doss, an attorney with the International Refugee Assistance Project who is representing Darweesh and Alshawi, told CNN that he had been unable to communicate with his clients during their detention.

Alshawi was coming to reunite with his wife, a former U.S. government contractor, and his children, who already live in the United States. He remains in detention along with 10 other immigrants being held at the airport, according to Murad Adawdeh of the New York City Immigration Coalition. 

“They’re treating them like they have no rights,” Adawdeh said.

While Afghanistan is not on the list of proscribed countries, an Afghan interpreter was detained at San Francisco International Airport on Friday while his wife and children were allowed through, according to Matt Zeller, founder of No One Left Behind, a nonprofit that helps Afghan and Iraqi combat interpreters resettle safely in the United States.

*Azaz Elshami*

Azaz Elshami, a Sudanese citizen in her mid-30s, has been a permanent U.S. resident since 2012, when she was picked in a State Department lottery. Prior to that, she worked at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia, where she had an American security clearance.

Elshami, who now earns a living as a nonviolent-communication consultant, was on vacation visiting friends in Ethiopia when Trump issued his executive order barring immigration from Sudan.

Although she is a green card holder, Elshami is not willing to take her chances at an American airport without a lawyer’s help. She worries that if the United States turns her away, she will ultimately be sent back to Sudan, where her work advocating for human rights would put her life in danger. 

“This is the irony: I don’t approve of my country’s government. I have not visited Sudan since 1997. And yet I am living with the consequences of this government,” she told The Huffington Post.

Elshami’s Ethiopian tourist visa will soon run out, at which point her options will dwindle. She plans to go to a country that accepts Sudanese citizens without a visa and begin the process there of securing U.S. approval for her re-entry. Meanwhile, her aging mother, who recently survived a heart attack and relies on Elshami’s assistance, is living in the United States. 

“This is not the America that I know. I will refuse to hold this as the image of the America that I know,” she said. 

*Meathaq and Mahmoud* 

Meathaq, 45, and Mahmoud, 49, of Baghdad just arrived in Knoxville, Tennessee, in August with their 5-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter. But they have twin 18-year-old daughters still living in Iraq.

Thanks to Mahmoud’s work as a translator for the U.S. Army, they were able to get special immigrant visas. The process for approving those visas took four years, beginning when they first applied in 2012. In the interim period, Iraq’s deteriorating security situation began to endanger them. Mahmoud was seriously wounded by a car bombing in 2014. 

By the time their visas were approved, their daughters were over 18, which meant the U.S. government required additional processing before it would green-light their admission. Now the twins are stuck in Baghdad, and their parents fear the family will not be able to reunite. (Meathaq and Mahmoud withheld their last names out of concern for their older daughters’ safety.)

“I am crying all the time, especially after the new law from President Trump,” Meathaq told HuffPost. “I miss them and the situation in Iraq is so bad and I don’t know what to do to help.”*Mohammed Al Rawi*

Mohammed Al Rawi, who risked his life working for the Los Angeles Times bureau in Baghdad, moved to Long Beach, California, in 2010. His father was leaving Qatar to fly to Los Angeles to visit him Friday night when a U.S. official stopped the 69-year-old man and informed him that Trump had “canceled all visas,” Al Rawi wrote on Facebook.

U.S. officials then detained Al Rawi’s father in an unknown location and confiscated his passport, making it impossible for Al Rawi to book him a hotel in Qatar to sleep for the night, he wrote. His father’s phone died, so he has not been able to get in touch.

*Um Mohammed*

Um Mohammed, a 30-year-old Syrian mother of two, has lived in New Jersey with her husband and children since the summer of 2015.

The family of refugees spent months working to get Mohammed’s parents and two siblings cleared for entry into the U.S. from Turkey. Their admission was finally approved and travel arrangements were booked, but the news proved too good to be true.

On Saturday, four days before Mohammed’s family members were due to arrive for the long-awaited reunification, they had to cancel their flights as a result of the Trump administration’s refugee ban. 

“It’s over for all of us,” Mohammed told HuffPost later that day. 


If you or someone you know has been affected by the new refugee/immigration/travel ban, please message me. Email in bio

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) January 28, 2017


*Nashwan Abdullah*

Nashwan Abdullah, 25, of Damascus, Syria, is on track to finish his master’s degree in music performance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in May. Now that Trump has banned immigration from Syria, Abdullah is not sure if he’ll be able to stay. He had been hoping to apply for a 12-month work visa available to foreign students, but does not know whether this is possible any longer.

Abdullah is sure, however, that he will not return to Syria. He does not want to be drafted into the Syrian military or deal with the danger and scarcity of basic necessities in the Syrian capital. 

“Of course I am afraid to go back. It’s a war zone. It’s an unsafe, bad situation,” he told HuffPost.

There is one glimmer of hope for Abdullah: He is Catholic, so he is not sure if the ban is “going to include me or not.” 

*Sahar Algonaimi *

Border officials at Chicago O’Hare International Airport detained 60-year-old Syrian national Sahar Algonaimi for five hours on Saturday. Algonaimi had traveled to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia to visit her sick mother in the hospital. Instead, she was forced to board a flight to the United Arab Emirates on her way back home.

Algonaimi holds a U.S. visa and had planned to stay in the country for a week.

Her sister, Nour Ulayyet, a U.S. citizen who now lives in India, pleaded with border officials to no avail to let Algonaimi see her mother.

“I needed someone to be with me here,” Ulayyet tearfully told HuffPost from the hospital. “How am I going to teach my kids and tell them that this is a free country? How can we tell my kids that we have to take care of each other?”

Elise Foley and Sebastian Murdock contributed reporting.

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Have you or someone you know been affected by President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from certain countries? If so, please email one of the authors: daniel.marans@huffingtonpost.com, jesselyn.cook@huffingtonpost.com and christopher.mathias@huffingtonpost.com.

-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by Huffington Post 7 hours ago.

Chicago Cubs: Travis Wood appears likely to move on

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Chicago Cubs: Travis Wood appears likely to move on The latest reports seem to indicate that left-hander Travis Wood is seeking a starting role this offseason, likely ruling out a return to the Chicago Cubs.In recent weeks, the market has quieted. As teams make their final moves before they head to Florida or Arizona next month, the old adage &quot... Reported by FOX Sports 6 hours ago.

Donald Trump’s Immigration Ban Leads To Protests At Airports Around The U.S.

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Donald Trump’s Immigration Ban Leads To Protests At Airports Around The U.S. Demonstrators swarm JFK, Dulles, and Chicago O'Hare. Reported by VIBE 6 hours ago.

Ask Daliah: How can a solo find good contract help?

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Daliah Saper, founder of the Chicago law firm Saper Law Offices, is answering reader questions about building a 21st-century law firm. She can be reached… Reported by ABA Journal 5 hours ago.

Dwyane Wade called out by more Chicago Bulls teammates

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Dwyane Wade called out by more Chicago Bulls teammates The Chicago Bulls' civil war continues to burn. Reported by FOX Sports 5 hours ago.

Chicago among worst cities for robocalls

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Chicago may have lost its title as the bedbug capital of the nation, but the Second City is now vying for another dubious honor — most robocalls received.

A new study released Thursday ranked Chicago fourth among the nation's cities, with more than 1 billion of the unsolicited computerized calls... Reported by ChicagoTribune 4 hours ago.

New skyline sprouting in South Loop as luxury apartment high-rise breaks ground

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A bold new skyline is beginning to sprout in Chicago's South Loop.

Developers broke ground Thursday on a 56-story luxury apartment building adjacent to the Essex Inn, one of several high-rises going up along the south end of Grant Park.

Essex on the Park, a 479-unit apartment building at 808 S.... Reported by ChicagoTribune 4 hours ago.
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