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Thursday, March 28
Guests staying at the Sheraton Chicago who find themselves leaning a little too heavily on their BlackBerries or other similar wireless devices now have a solution to their addiction: the hotel now offers to lock up guests' devices, so they can concentrate on trying to get some work done. Brilliant!