Extra, Extra
- Chicago-based law firm Sidley Austin announced today they're laying of 89 lawyers and 140 staff members due to the recent economic downturn.
- A Boston man has filed paperwork in hopes of exhuming the body of dead gangster Al Capone in the hopes of getting DNA samples that will prove Capone is his grandfather.
- While the CTA is stuck paying a high price for fuel, Metra isn't and may save up to $50 million because of their decision to pay open market prices. Well, as long as gas prices don't spike again.
- A Lake Superior Court judge sentenced a man to a week in jail for failing to show up for the second day of his jury duty. So remember, nothing will get you out of it, not even dressing like Princess Leia.
- Have you paid a corkage fee at a BYOB lately? Well, it's illegal.
- A Chicago-area woman set to be the centerfold model in the May issue of Playboy was arrested for DUI.
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