He's up to eight homers this season, including five over his last nine games. In that span, he's gone 11-for-36 (.306) with 13 RBI, seven runs scored and four stolen bases. The outfielder is putting it all together as the Cubs ' starting center fielder,

Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule — best known for the 1995 pop hit "I Kissed a Girl" — was killed early Thursday in a house fire in Woodbury, roughly 20 miles east of Minneapolis, her representative confirmed to multiple outlets, including Variety, Rolling Stone, and TMZ. She was 66.