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  • Mayor Emanuel sends the wrong student to Gov. Quinn's bill signing of the educational reform legislation. Maybe this is why he gave himself an incomplete grade after 30 days. [Sun-Times]

  • Someone's using Sneed's column to tar and feather Teachers Union president Karen Lewis for taking a Hawaiian vacation. [Sun-Times, first item]

  • A man linked by DNA to two unsolved deaths in suburban Zion pleaded guilty to the murder of a female Navy petty officer in Virginia. [Tribune]

  • The jury in the Rod Blagojevich retrial are set to resume deliberations Monday. [Crain's]

  • Neil Tesser looks at the last years of legendary bluesman Big Bill Broozny. [CNC]

  • United Airlines faces fines for violating federal drug testing violations. [Tribune]

  • Good seats still available for the Cubs-Yankees series. [CBS Chicago]

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By Staff in on June 17, 2011 12:40 PM

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  • ScooterLibbby

    Nobody is dumping on Lewis.
    She's the fool who's going on the vacation at a critical time for her union.
    She should cancel it, even if it's a prepaid one & she loses money.
    She wanted the union job, now do your job!

  • That CBS2 claim about the Cubs-Yanks is kind of misleading. Saying tickets are still "available" because you can still buy them on StubHub is misleading. If that's the rationale, then tickets are ALWAYS available for everything. The games officially sold out through the team long ago. This is a sold out series. Don't act like Wrigley is gonna be empty this weekend. Booourns, CBS2, boooourns.

  • While some will (unfairly) call Lewis out for taking a Hawaiian vacation at all, I do think it's fair to question the timing of it. CPS and the teachers union are at a critical moment where the excrement's about to hit the fan. This is a bad moment for someone in her position to be leaving town.

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