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- Our thoughts are with the family of Reader reporter Cliff Doerksen, who passed away Friday. [TOC, Reader]
- Online holiday spending is up 12 percent. [Chicago Breaking Business]
- Brett Favre has been upgraded to questionable for tonight's Bears-Vikings game. [AP]
- A man was found crushed to death near a trash compactor in the Gold Coast this morning. [Sun-Times]
- Firefighters battled a fire at a West side mosque this afternoon. [Chicago Breaking News]
- Progress Illinois looks at the race for City Clerk. [Progress Illinois]
- Tom Colicchio says Paul Kahan is his favorite chef in the country. [Poison Ivy Jones]
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