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Security at O'Hare missed about 60 percent of bomb-making materials.

Two Naperville North freshman were diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, aka drug-resistant staph. The students are out of school and receiving out-patient treatment.

Around 1,000 firefighters and paramedics are retiring by 2009, which means the Chicago Fire Department is about to get a lot younger--and more diverse.

We know we've been ragging on the Sun-Times a lot recently, but...that's got to be one of the crummiest political cartoons we've ever seen. Are they even trying anymore?


There's a robot that performs bypass surgery at the U of C. We thought robots did stuff on their own; this one's controlled by a doctor. Less cool than a robosurgeon, but still cool.

The Beachwood Reporter's latest ditty: "99 Years of Cubs Losses"

Photo by Primeau, from his stunning photoset documenting the demolition of the Jacob Riis Elementary School

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"drug-resistant staph".. that's some scary stuff right there! The last thing we need is a horror-movie style outbreak of that crap in this upcoming winter season. We'd end up like China's bird flu epidemic a few years back.

i think that cartoon is the result of the sun-times' new equal opportunity program, where they hire people who can only draw with their asses.

Yeah, but what about the 40% of bomb materials they did catch at O'Hare? Think of it as a glass half-full...of explosives.

Hooooly balls, Bud Selig, that totally killed me. Maaahahahaha.

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