Extra, Extra

• Thousands of museum leaders from across the country are meeting in Chicago this week.
• Should Illinois legalize ultimate fighting?
• Matt Basile is a Chicago student who won a Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter!) Scholarship and will be heading to Australia to study.
• Kelly Douglas, who oversaw regulation of Chicago's cab industry, up and quit after just 5 months on the job.
• Heard this one before? Only like every year? With gas prices on the rise, Chicago cab drivers are demanding more money and threatening to strike.
• At the end of Tuesday, there were four police-related shootings in the previous 24 hours.
• Michael Madigan thinks ComEd customers should be given cash rebates and see their electricity rates frozen for a year.
• Chicago could be one of the cities chosen for a "green makeover." Thought we were already braggin' up how green we are.

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