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• Mattell will make a collectible Barbie based on locally-based sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha (Barbie Dream Gamekeepers not included).
• For the curious: the man whom the Bishop Ford Freeway is named after.
• Mayor Daley open to the idea of closing half-empty schools.
• Gary, Indiana's "punk fucking rock" potato chip factory.
• 'Tis the season for catching Norovirus.
• Owls are nesting in a South side park.
• The Marx Brothers classic Duck Soup is screening at the Siskel on Sunday.
• The Museum of Science and Industry is closed today, part of a three-day shutdown prepare for their diamond anniversary. But coal mine fans needn't fret: when the museum re-opens tomorrow admission is free the rest of the month.
• Thanks to Governor Press Release's grandstand ploy regarding the RTA bailout, Metra will go ahead and raise fares.
• Attorney Corri Fetman, the divorce attorney with the billboards of questionable taste, poses nude and writes a column for Playboy. She also discloses she's the female model in her ads. Guess that makes her a tart that's good with torts.

Photo courtesy of bridgeport seasoning on flickr.