He's a bear to handle
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Football coaches usually don't like surprises, planning for every conceivable possibility. However, Bears coach Lovie Smith spoke yesterday of a surprise he was happy to have sprung on him -- the play of rookie defensive end Mark Anderson .
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Bulls have holes in their shoes. Bears have holes in their arguments.
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On his first birthday Thursday, giant panda cub Mei Sheng delighted visitors by playing for the first time in snow delivered to him at the San Diego Zoo. He also sat on his ice cake, wrestled with his mom and got his coat incredibly dirty.
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By MARK CZERWINSKI  Perhaps you saw the story in Wednesday's paper about the little boy in Middletown who was attacked by a coyote while playing outside a neighbor's house. It was random, non-provoked, and, quite frankly, frightening.
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Paddington bear has not given up  marmalade for Marmite, and that&#39;s official.
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Brian Barwick is said to relish a challenge. Quite whether he&#39;s capable of handling arguably the toughest one in British sports administration remains to be seen, but at least he will take up
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A federal agency is poised to say whether global warming means the bear should be added to the 'threatened species' list.
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Save the women and children first! There's a bear among the BlackBerries!
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Man's best friend could also be a  lifesaver in the fight against cancer.
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You gotta love Lovie. When the Chicago Bears hired him last January, the man promised he knew how to beat Brett Favre. He guaranteed his new team would turn around its one-sided rivalry with the Packers.
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Remarkable filmwork of pandas in the wild shows how these rare bears engage in some gymnastics to mark their territory.
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Tank Johnson tried the patience of the Chicago Bears numerous times. Still, they provided support, visited him in jail and gave him more than enough chances to turn his life around and advance his career.
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Coping with another inept offensive showing, the Chicago Bears were ready to change quarterbacks again Friday, while trying to patch up an injury-depleted line.
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One of the NFL&#39;s top middle linebackers, Urlacher has 42 tackles and four sacks in seven games. Despite a 5-9 record, the Bears are still alive in the NFC playoff race.
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All week, the Bears had to listen to how talented the Packers&#39; offensive line was and how well it played as a unit. That hit a nerve with the Bears&#39; line.
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He&#39;s a cool guy, a borderline lunatic, someone who can jam the hell out of a Strat. He&#39;s got a temper that&#39;s quicker than Michael Vick and spent some time last week talking football
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He's got the same name as his famous father. He's also got a lot of athletic ability.