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Paul M. Banks a.k.a. The Sports Bank Welcome to the Scout Seats/Lounge! “White Sox fans are very blue-collar” says Chicago Tribune White Sox beat writer Mark Gonzales in an annoyingly inaccurate commercial. Perhaps you’ve seen this Tribune spot where they showcase the beat writers for both local teams.

One of the readers of my newspaper column owns a bar/restaurant. Recently she told me that one of her bartenders accidentally rang in a $6 charge twice on a debit charge card. They found the mistake the next day and corrected it by reimbursing the $6 to the customer. The customer called back and said she had a problem.

Existing-home sales — including single-family, townhomes, condos and co-oops — increased by 2 percent in May from a level of 4.89 million units in April, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Total housing inventory at the end of May fell 1.4 percent.

The US economy has had it’s share of challenges this year and the problems remain as we step into the second half of 2008. Rising food prices, gas prices at record highs, lack of credit availability in the economy, a housing market slump and continuing mounting expenses in the war on Iraq ( approx.

Heh: Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday — at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation’s heartland. I’m starting to feel sorry for McCain.

Samsung DVD-VR375 Combo DVD-VHS Recorder Link: Samsung The DVD-VR375 is a combo DVD and VHS player/recorder, with a slot for DVD and another for VHS. It plays and records all forms of DVD discs, and VHS tapes. The DVD player supports Digit... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

There has been a couple scary reports about our food supply in the last few months. So, because of my profession people often look for me to discuss the state of our food supply. I understand this because there is a lot of fear and uncertainty around this subject.

Calorie Counts! Nutrition Education? duh. . . July 22nd, 2008 The nation seems to be in an uproar over mandatory calorie counts in a few restaurants in New York City. What makes that different? People have been counting the calories in the meals they’ve been eating since Wilbur Olin Atwater first

While frozen beer on a stick is not something new, even though Frank Morales, executive chef of Rustico Restaurant and Bar in Alexandria, Virginia claims to have “discovered” last year after accidentally froze his beer, in fact, you can freeze any liquid like Coke or Pepsi and they all will be just

Restaurant company shares were mixed Friday, but most still gained for the week after a number of companies hit yearly lows just days ago. Click here to read the full story