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Former Bear Harper gets probation (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Former Chicago Bear Roland Harper was placed on probation for two years including a year of house arrest Tuesday for acting as a front man in a $1.5 million fraud involving a landscaping contract for Chicago public schools. U.S. District Judge John W. Darrah also required the 56-year-old former fullback who was in the same backfield with Walter Payton, to perform 200 hours of community service and...