Extra Extra: Someone Raided The Giving Tree
- Thieves stole $700-worth of toys and children's clothes from a charity "giving tree" at a church in Antioch. Police are hoping the thieves' hearts grow three times today. [Sun-Times]
- In the meantime, an 80-year-old man in Moline gave his old suit to Goodwill, then realized he left his life savings of $13,000 in it. There's always money in the banana stand. [WGN]
- Film Producer Sherry Lansing donated $5 million to the University of Chicago Lab Schools, her alma mater. Surely it's a coincidence that Emanuel's kids go there. [Tribune]
- The Hood Internet spent $465 at Taco Bell, created this, then donated $465 to the Greater Food Depository. [A.V. Club]
- In a story of our nightmares coming to life, a woman in Joliet found a burglar in the backseat of her car. [CBS]
- What is the difference between the Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement, and do protesters really need baths? [Chicago Magazine]
- Are you a carnivore, a vegetarian or a "flexitarian"? [Chicago Reader]
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