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Oct 31 2008 5:34pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'Hard Times,' Indeed

-Studs Terkel, the author who created the definitive oral history of the last American depression, has died at 96. [ChiTrib]

-Apparently there was a World Series this year. No eyewitnesses exist to confirm that, though. [NYT]

-Sam Zell isn't much better at picking winners in politics than in media. He donated the maximum to John McCain. [E&P]. □

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