Extra, Extra

• Hots Michels, who played piano every weeknight at the Chicago Chop House for the past 20 years, has died of cancer. He was 82 years old.
• More fuel for all you Macy's boycotters: They're getting a new tree for the Walnut Room; it won't be the Field's holiday tree.
• Dick Mell wants to get rid of those "unsightly" clothing drop boxes.
• Fifteen Northwestern students got Fulbright awards to study, to teach English and to conduct research in more than 120 countries around the world this fall.
• The federal courthouse is getting "blast film."

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