- The White House responded today to the video footage of the brawl in which 16-year-old Derrion Albert was killed.
- The New York Times has announced plans for a local edition in Chicago.
- The investor who bought the city's large old main post office has missed a deadline, putting the deal in jeopardy.
- Authorities continue to investigate the crash of a small, single engine plane near Albany, Indiana.
- The Windy City Rollers review Drew Barrymore's roller derby flick, Whip It.
- Today in Who Knew? The Chicago Public Library has a book cart drill team.



I hate the book cart teams. I don't know why my bretheren has to have such weird and stupid traditions. It just makes us look ridiculous.