Area Soldier Killed In Fort Hood Rampage
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Hobo Fest, a celebration of hobo culture that includes music, dancing, and stew, starts tomorrow. [Hobo Fest]
Dick Durbin wants college textbooks to be cheaper. [WBBM]
Should airlines stop giving out free drinks? [Trib]
Best! The story of Christian the lion—of YouTube hugging fame—is going to be a movie. I'm crying already. [MSNBC]
Beer made made from a strain of prehistoic yeast that was preserved in amber? Science has finally combined drinking and Jurassic Park, and now I can die happy. [Washington Post]
There was a three-hour hostage situation in downtown Wheaton this afternoon. Details are still scant, but it appears the suspect may have shot himself. [Trib, S-T]
Ford is laying off 600 part-time Chicago employees. [AP]
Look at all these magnificent pocket protectors. [The Pojman Pocket Protector Collection]
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Hey Durbin....how about doing the same thing for HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS, for crying out loud I almost passed out when I noticed that I just paid $550 for my son's books this year!
This is high school! It's a public school!! It's an outrage! That money could be going into his college fund.
I have a neighbor who has a set of triplets just entering freshman year and a senior. Can you imagine what they are paying, just for books? It's a public school and it's not just books either, you pay for this fee and that fee and by the time you're done...all I can say is I'm glad I just have one child in high school.