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• Soriano's HR sends Cubs to 7th straight win
With the Cubs gunning for glory, NBCSports.com looks at ups and downs in team history since their last World Series win in 1908. CHICAGO - Alfonso Soriano hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia ...
• Party got what it wanted from Obama speech
In speech, Obama blasts McCain Aug. 29: Barack Obama makes history as the first black man to be nominated for president by a major party. NBC’s David Gregory reports.
• Rock on at these top venues
Musicians Carole King, left, and James Taylor rehearse, at the Troubadour Tavern in L.A. The Troubadour has a rich history and continues booking the best in rising musical talent.
• Obama should turn page on '92 playbook
History may remember this week more in that context -- as a landmark in enlarging our definition of the American family -- than for any political argument that has been raised here.
• Obama's night for the history books
DENVER - "One for the history books" is a phrase that's thrown around all too easily these days. But Wednesday night and Thursday night will certainly be one for those aforementioned books. The question is: Will these nights simply be a page in the ...