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The Cubs won this afternoon thanks to a ninth-inning home run from Aramis Ramirez. [AP]

The alligator is only 4 and a half feel long, not six, but still. [Trib, with photos]

An Indiana fire department battalion chief has been suspended for five days after he tied a noose in a fire hose and held it over a black firefighter's head. [AP]

The Trib is going to use Saturday papers to "try ideas." [AP]

Blago wasn't at a Democratic Governors meeting with Obama today, citing his duty to see to Southern Illinois flooding. Cough Rezko cough. [Trib]

Police have arrested three men for a string of robberies in which they allegedly stole metal from graves in nine local cemeteries. [CBS 2]

Philly is trying to beat us! A developer there wants to build a skyscraper that would be taller than the Sears Tower. [Mercury News]

Have a good weekend!