Extra, Extra

• How bad do you need to make money that this is the scheme you come up with? More than 1,000 tubes of illegal toothpaste, including some that is potentially poisonous, were found and confiscated during a two-week investigation of more than 248 retail outlets and 22 wholesale
  distributors in Chicago.


• Oh, hell no -- The City of Chicago is fighting back against a plan that allows an oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., to dump significantly more sludge into Lake Michigan.


• Conjure yourself out, Harry Potter. Close your umbrella, Mary Poppins. This year, the Sugar Plum Fairy will rule. When Macy's unveils its vast windows on State Street for the coming holiday season (on display Nov. 10-Jan. 6, 2008), the Joffrey Ballet's 20th anniversary
  production of "The Nutcracker" will be front and center.

"missed connection" by thirdrail