Extra, Extra
- Fallen Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey, the third officer killed in two months, was laid to rest today.
- Plans for the city's third Wal-Mart are moving along quickly.
- President Obama is throwing a fundraiser for his birthday right here in Chicago in early August but tickets are $30,000 a pop, which is just slightly more than you'll spend getting into Lollapalooza.
- ChuffPo talks a bit to former Reader scribe Mick Dumke.
- Speaking of the Reader, they've done some more shuffling, including the eyebrow-raising move of hiring Geoff Dougherty, of the now-defunct sites Chi-Town Daily News and Chicago Current, as assistant publisher.
- This week in WTF.
- In the upcoming video game NBA 2K11, users will be able to play as 10 different versions of his Royal Airness. Yes, please. [Thanks for the tip, Mark!]
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