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Extra Extra: Home Alone House Sells For $1.585 Million

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 9, 2012 12:00AM

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Former Chicagoist EIC in front of the Home Alone house. marcusisabadass

  • The Winnetka home featured in the film Home Alone has sold for $1.585 million...and keep the change, ya filthy animals. The original asking price was $2.4 million, but even celebrity real estate isn't immune to the economic downturn. [Fox]

  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel is totally bummed that Rosie O'Donnell is giving up on Chicago so quickly. [Tribune]

  • Occupy Chicago is planning a rally on April 7. [ABC7]

  • The person who created the “Rahmfather” portrait and sent it to Tribune columnist John Kass has "revealed" himself, but we're still not convinced Kass wasn't in on it all along. [Tribune]

  • The mother of alleged cyberhacker Jeremy Hammond says he does what he does because “America is evil.” [Sun-Times]

  • The death toll in Harrisburg, Ill., is now up to seven after the death of 80-year-old retired coal miner Donald Smith. [Tribune]