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Arctic sea ice is at its lowest level in 30 years. [AP]

Governor Blagojevich signed a new law today that will provide free public transportation rides for low-income disabled people. The plan will cost the RTA about $10 million a year. [S-T]

Two armed men robbed a West Side day care center. All the kids were napping at the time, and no one was hurt. [Trib]

It's bad enough in ChuffPo, but Chicago Magazine actually paid for this: Among Sarah "Last Girl Standing" Preston's things men should know about women? "5. Although you say you love it when we don't wear makeup, you're wrong. Even when you think we're not wearing makeup, we're wearing makeup." [Chicago Magazine]

Smoque defies the odds by staying in business. If you go, get the brisket. [NYT]

A Will County Sheriff's deputy and a Will County police officer were chasing a suspect when the man ran into the Kankakee River. "A neighbor saw the ordeal and offered the officers his rowboat," which they accepted and rowed into the river, where they apprehended the man. [Trib]

A sex-joke flowchart? Amazing. My favorite is the Bad --> Genuine --> I Rule branch. [Comicvsaudience]