Extra, Extra
- The sad story of Juan Pitts, father of two sons who have been gunned down in the last two weeks.
- On a related note: CBS 2 reports 25 Chicago Public School students have been killed this year, and 508 have been shot in the last 16 months.
- A new bill in the State senate could pave the way to allow organic composting.
- Daniel Fore, the homeless man in Oak Park who has been battling to run for village trustee, will remain off the ballot after a judge ruled that he was ineligible for not listing a home address on his nominating papers.
- DeRo has Billy Corgan's letter to Congress supporting the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger: "The combination of these companies creates powerful tools for an independent artist to reach their fans in new and unprecedented ways, all the while restoring the power where it belongs."
- Gov. Quinn on Blago's book: "I don't know -- it's a fiction book, I think? I don't know, I read mostly non-fiction today, and I think I'd better do that until we get out of this budget mess, so I'm not, I'm not sure I can read all that fiction." SNAP!
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