http://northernpublicradio.org en http://northernpublicradio.org/post/romney-wins-illinois <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Front-runner Mitt Romney called the Illinois primary an ``extraordinary victory.&#39;&#39; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:29:55 +0000 Associated Press 8825 at http://northernpublicradio.org http://northernpublicradio.org/post/playoff-expansion-baseball-goes-wilder Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league.<p>The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series.<p>This is the only change in baseball's playoff structure since the 1995 season, when wild-card teams were first added.<p>"This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year," Commissioner Bud Seli Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:21:00 +0000 Associated Press 7870 at http://northernpublicradio.org With Playoff Expansion, Baseball Goes Wilder