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- Some Cook County employees are getting a bonus just for showing up to work last week during the Blizzaster. [Sneed/Sun-Times]
- Chuck Tanner, who won the '79 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates and also was a one-time manager of the White Sox, has died. [Yahoo! Sports]
- A Blue Island teen died after an infection set in from a root canal surgery. [Chicago Breaking News]
- A Baseball Prospectus writer roots out the details of the Cubs game Ferris Bueller attended in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Yes, the Cubs lost that game. [AV Club Chicago]
- Gapers Block kicks off a short film series called "the Grid" today with a look at a South Side store in business for over 50 years, Market Fisheries. [Gapers Block]
- Think Rahm Emanuel isn't worried about Gery Chico's "Rahm Tax" attacks? Think again. [Chicago for Rahm Youtube]
- The Packers may be Super Bowl champs, but it's the Bears who still have the hearts of folks in the UK. [Bears.com]
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