Second verse, same as the first. Another cloudy day, blustery, with a chance of freezing rain mixed with drizzle. Highs in the lower 30s. Overnight? More of the same, low around 30. In a word, blergh. more ›

According to CBS 2, anyway. Some uplifting news to end our work-week with. more ›

A day after getting walloped by the Phillies bats, the Cubs were shut down by the Phillie's recently acquired pitching ace Cliff Lee, as Philadelphia took a 6-1 win today from the Cubs. The win gave the Phillies a series sweep, a season series victory (5-1), and the Cubs have now lost 6 of their last 7. It was a pitcher's duel until the fourth inning when the Phillies finally got to Cubs starter Ryan Dempster. Slugger Ryan Howard smacked his 27th homer of the year, a 3-run shot, and Pedro Feliz followed him with a solo homer of his own to put the Phillies up 4-0. The Cubs tried to claw back into the game when Ryan Theriot singled in Jeff Baker in the bottom of the fifth, but it's all the damage the Cubs offense would inflict on Philadelphia. With two more runs scored off of Dempster in the later innings, the Phillies put the game out of reach. Dempster struck out eight over seven innings but also gave up six earned runs on eight hits in the loss. For the series, the Cubs were outscored by Philadelphia by a total of 22-9. With the loss, the Cubs find themselves 4.5 games back of idle St. Louis. Thankfully for the Cubs, the Pirates - who have struggled mightily on the road - come to town next for a three-game stand starting tomorrow afternoon. more ›

What is this? February? It's gonna be crummy all day as a rain will fall all day with some snow potentially mixed in before lunch. Highs will reach the lower 40s if we're lucky under all this precipitation and there will be some wind gusts of up to 25 mph as well. Tonight, the rain will taper off and lows will be in the mid 30s under cloudy skies. If there's good news, it's that the climb towards warmer weather begins in earnest again tomorrow and we'll still see 80s by the weekend. more ›

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