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- Traffic alert: the ramp that connects the northbound Stevenson Expressway to the northbound I-294 will be shut down for a few hours after a truck carrying grapes over-turned.
- Pro-marijuana activists aren't happy about authorities' plans to burn the haul from last week's large pot bust.
- Former Chicagoista and current Chicago Reader genius Lauri Apple takes the city to task for its improper behavior.
- 72 hours later and a few thousand ComEd customers are still without power.
- Metra has started the search for a new leader.
- Illinois' newest Hall of Famer: Oprah.
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