Extra, Extra

• Chicago came in #44 in a ranking of the world's cities based on quality of life.
• The Field Museum got a new totem pole to replace the one they returned to an Alaskan tribe.
• A couple of historic bridge houses on the Monroe Street Bridge over the Chicago River's south branch are getting major makeovers.
• There's a 3rd videotaped bar fight involving an off-duty Chicago police officer. He's the brother of the guy who beat up the bartender.
• The Chicago archdiocese would like to stop abuse victims from suing them.
• The family of the little boy who was killed when a jet skidded off the runway at Midway has settled with the airline.
• In a suspected murder-suicide, a Cook County sheriff's deputy and the guy she lived with were found dead this morning.
• A body was found in Montrose Harbor.

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