Sox Shuffle Continues
Friday Afternoon Diversion
Jay-Z Announces 2010 Tour Dates. Chicago Not On List.
I Fight Dragon$
"Batman" Headline Is a Stretch, But Prison Escape Story Could Be Its Own Movie
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!
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Interesting about that Philly skyscraper story. I remember when the (unwritten?) rule was that no building in Philadelphia could be taller than the statue of Willy Penn on top of City Hall.
But it's still just a "proposed" building, nothing official yet. While apparently the Chicago Spire's 2,000-foot height is negotiable, at least that building is under construction now, and will almost certainly be taller than this proposed 1,500-foot building in Philly. There's also NYC's Freedom Tower, which will be 1,776 feet.