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The Slice archive for Oct. 24, 2013

THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 2013





Did you know...

That the baseball player below, Armando Galarraga -- the pitcher famously robbed of a perfect game by a blown call in 2010 -- once played for the Spokane Indians? www.chicagoreader.com

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This week at Expo 74: Van Cliburn 

www.npr.org OK, I know perfectly well that the photo is of Jerry Lee Lewis, not Van Cliburn. But admit it. Weren't you kind of excited for just a second when you thought you had caught me in a goof-up of that magnitude? If memory serves,…

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All over the map 

Here's a sampling of responses to the question about how many people still use paper highway maps. "We just returned from a 4,100 mile trip to Iowa and Indiana and yes, we used paper maps all the way," wrote Jerry Hargitt. "We do have a…

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