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Three people were stabbed in Granddaddy's Deli on the 2300 block of West Taylor this afternoon. [WBBM]

Governor Blagojevich wants to install speed cameras on the interstates and use money collected from those fines to fund an "elite tactical team" of police officers. [S-T]

The Secret Service arrested a 22-year-old man in Florida Saturday for allegedly threatening to assassinate Barack Obama. Raymond Geisel denies that he made such statements. [AP]

Register to win a free, professionally decorated rain barrel, courtesy of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn. [link]

"This Panda reviews restaurants for his local weekly newspaper." [Berkeley Illustration]

A DuPage County judge today lifted an injunction that was keeping the city of Chicago from razing Bensenville homes and businesses as part of the O'Hare expansion plan. Bensenville village president John Geils says he'll keep fighting the expansion because "Chicago has failed to show how they plan to pay for this misguided billion-dollar boondoggle." [S-T]

"Sometimes called beer goggles, the equipment is part of a set used by Buffalo Grove police to demonstrate to high school students and parents how alcohol impairs a driver's vision and judgment." That's...not what "beer goggles" means, Tribune. [Trib]

Everyone's favorite educational, hilarious web series tackles another important issue this month: Fetishes. [Midwest Teen Sex Show]

Hey, a tiny monkey taking a bath in a kitchen sink.

Your dog can "catch" your yawns. [BBC]

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