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By Rachelle Bowden in News on Sep 21, 2007 12:00AM

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A federal judged refused today to grant Planned Parenthood's injunction against Aurora, which means the clinic won't be open any time soon. Take it away, Zorn!

The staff at the Reader put together a list of their favorite things, which does not include wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, but does include dance parties.

This just in: Hockey is super dangerous. Two Blackhawks were injured in last night's preseason game: Jonathan Toews broke his right index finger and will be out for two weeks, and rookie Ryan Stokes got a skate in the face that resulted in serious cuts. Gaah, skate to the face. Even on an amateur level, hockey players are a rowdy bunch. A Schaumburg man was convicted of a felony yesterday for injuring another player during a fight in a floor hockey game.

Hey, if you've spent your whole life thinking gorillas can't have uterine fibroid embolization, think again! Beta, the Brookfield zoo's western lowland gorilla, did. The future of gorilla gynecology is bright.

Sorry, Bice fans. The Streeterville restaurant is closed after health inspectors discovered more than 100 insects in the kitchen.

Photo of Mark Cuban by Michael Riccio.