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 <short_title>Decisions are looming</short_title>
 <title>Emery to set sights on Bears free agents</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8610</link>
 <pubDate>2/2/2012 11:17:00 AM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5418.jpg" alt="photo" title="Emery to set sights on Bears free agents" border="0" /><br /> One of the most important items on new general manager Phil Emery's lengthy to-do list is dealing with the 14 Bears players who are due to become free agents in March. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>Plan of attack</short_title>
 <title>Emery seeks tough, dynamic playmakers</title>
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 <pubDate>2/1/2012 2:02:00 PM</pubDate>
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 <short_title>Familiarity breeds success</short_title>
 <title>Emery believes that continuity is crucial</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8607</link>
 <pubDate>2/1/2012 9:39:00 AM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5275.jpg" alt="photo" title="Emery believes that continuity is crucial" border="0" /><br /> It's easy to understand why new general manager Phil Emery feels that continuity is the biggest difference between today's Bears and the same organization he left eight years ago. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>Standard of excellence</short_title>
 <title>Phillips feels Emery will set the bar high</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8606</link>
 <pubDate>1/31/2012 2:55:00 PM</pubDate>
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 <short_title>The right stuff</short_title>
 <title>Bears intrigued with Emery from the start</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8605</link>
 <pubDate>1/31/2012 11:37:00 AM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5413.jpg" alt="photo" title="Bears intrigued with Emery from the start" border="0" /><br /> The depth of Phil Emery's plan to build the Bears into a championship team separated him from the four other candidates who interviewed for the general manager position. But that wasn't the only thing that convinced Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips that Emery was the right man for the job. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>First impression</short_title>
 <title>Emery introduced as general manager</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8603</link>
 <pubDate>1/30/2012 5:15:00 PM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5411.jpg" alt="photo" title="Emery introduced as general manager" border="0" /><br /> Confident that Phil Emery will lead the Bears to a championship, team president and CEO Ted Phillips introduced the club's new general manager Monday during a press conference at Halas Hall. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>High regard</short_title>
 <title>Emery described as leader, hard worker</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8602</link>
 <pubDate>1/30/2012 10:27:00 AM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5410.jpg" alt="photo" title="Emery described as leader, hard worker" border="0" /><br /> Those who have worked closest with Phil Emery describe the new Bears general manager as an excellent talent evaluator who is a hard worker and very detailed-oriented. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>Star gazing</short_title>
 <title>Tillman makes plays in his first Pro Bowl</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8601</link>
 <pubDate>1/29/2012 10:29:00 PM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5406.jpg" alt="photo" title="Tillman makes plays in his first Pro Bowl" border="0" /><br /> In the first Pro Bowl appearance of his nine-year NFL career, Charles Tillman made plays on both defense and special teams in the NFC's 59-41 loss to the AFC Sunday night in Hawaii. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>Done deal</short_title>
 <title>Bears hire Emery as general manager</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?STORY_ID=8600</link>
 <pubDate>1/28/2012 1:48:00 PM</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/lead_stories/5405.jpg" alt="photo" title="Bears hire Emery as general manager" border="0" /><br /> The Bears on Saturday reached an agreement with Phil Emery to become the fifth general manager in team history. ]]></description>
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 <short_title>Star power</short_title>
 <title>Photo gallery of Bears Pro Bowlers</title>
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 <pubDate>1/27/2012 11:56:00 AM</pubDate>
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