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Education Week magazine is keeping a growing list of educators who have died due to COVID-19. If you want to have your heart broken today — regarding the bus drivers, lunch ladies, librarians, custodians and beloved teachers and school staff who have died of COVID — I suggest you look up the editorial in the Sept. 3, 2021 issue (“We Feel Your Grief”), written by Managing Editor Lesli A. Maxwell.
An auction of Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone’s possessions brought in more than $3 million Friday night. Here’s a look at the lots that had the highest winning bids: Advertisement Capone’s favorite Colt .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol Estimate: $100,000-$150,000 Sold for: $860,000 Advertisement The gun Al Capone reportedly called “sweetheart,” a Colt .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, sold at auction on Oct. 8, 2021 for $860,000. (Sheldon Carpenter/Witherell’s) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Capone’s Colt .38-caliber semi-automatic blue pistol Estimate: $30,000-$60,000 Sold for: $200,000 Capone’s monogramed Patek Philippe pocket watch Estimate: $25,000-$50,000 Sold for: $190,000 A platinum and diamond Patek Philippe pocket watch with the initials AC, that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone is seen on display at Witherell’s Auction House in Sacramento, Calif., on, Aug. 25, 2021. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Al and Mae Capone’s decorative cigar humidor Estimate: $5,000-$10,000 Sold for: $120,000 Capone’s platinum diamond monogramed pocket knife Estimate: $2,500-$5,000 Sold for: $75,000 A platinum and diamond pocket knife with the name “AL” in diamonds that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone is seen on display at Witherell’s Auction House in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2021. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Al and Mae Capone’s bed Estimate: $2,500-$5,000 Sold for: $70,000 Al and Mae Capone’s bed from their home in Florida was sold at auction in California on Oct. 8, 2021. (Witherell’s) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Capone’s diamond “AC” pendant Estimate: $2,500-$5,000 Sold for: $60,000 Al Capone’s 14K diamond monogram pendant was sold at auction on Oct. 8, 2021. (Sheldon Carpenter/Witherell’s/HANDOUT) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Al and Mae Capone’s marble Madonna bust Estimate: $5,000-$10,000 Sold for: $55,000 Personal letter from Capone to his son, Sonny, from Alcatraz Estimate: $25,000-$50,000 Sold for: $45,000 A personal letter to Sonny Capone from his father Al Capone when the elder was in Alcatraz for tax evasion. (Witherell’s) (Witherell’s) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Capone’s gold initialed “AC” money clip Estimate: $2,500-$5,000 Sold for: $45,000 Al Capone’s 14k yellow gold money clip is displayed at Witherell’s auction house in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 4, 2021. (Nick Otto/AFP via Getty Images/AFP via Getty Images) img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%} Source: Witherell’s
With the Sox on the brink of elimination in their American League Division Series against the Houston Astros, the fans came to cheer and jeer, to toss around an inflatable trash can in the bleachers, to moan about the plate umpire’s calls and to groan about Dylan Cease’s control, to sing their classic rock songs and shake their hips and wave their towels and act like kids again.
Red Sox right fielder Hunter Renfroe reaches for the ball, hit by the Rays’ Kevin Kiermaier, as it bounces over the wall after bouncing off Renfroe for a ground-rule double during the 13th inning of Game 3 of an American League Division Series on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
“When you have a guy like David who is a run-hard kind of guy and he’s going to get those hard yards, that’s what everyone is expecting,” Williams said. “And me being who I am, that’s how I carry myself as well. We are going to go in here and get these hard yards and keep going. And (Herbert) had that same mentality.”
So, yeah, maybe that was part of the reason the music remained loud and stayed on for quite a while as the Bears danced their way out of the desert. Wild things tend to happen in Las Vegas. And while the Bears’ win near the Strip wasn’t worthy of a massive marquee and shouldn’t register as stunning, it was, without question, an energizing triumph for a team that played with obvious focus and toughness.
“I’ve met a lot of people, sometimes it gets a little annoying, like, I’ll be at the game, and there will just be random people. They come up and I don’t even know who they are. They say, ‘Hey, James,’ because they see me and people post memes with me on the page and stuff. So they recognize my face, and I’m like, ‘Who the hell are you?’” he laughed. “But I don’t mind, and it is nice because you get to know people.”
Kevin Nagle, a Sacramento investor, business owner and philanthropist, describes attending the auction as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He said the room was buzzing — the feeling was “incredible” when bids were flying for Capone’s firearms and “intense” for two cigar holders, both of which he acquired.
“I’ve met a lot of people, sometimes it gets a little annoying, like, I’ll be at the game, and there will just be random people. They come up and I don’t even know who they are. They say, ‘Hey, James,’ because they see me and people post memes with me on the page and stuff. So they recognize my face, and I’m like, ‘Who the hell are you?’” he laughed. “But I don’t mind, and it is nice because you get to know people.”
Gary Coleman, 32, of Bronzeville, faces multiple counts of aggravated battery related to the Oct. 8 attack at the Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line platform in the South Loop. He was ordered held without bail during a hearing broadcast on YouTube less than a week after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery involving another woman, according to prosecutors.