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Extra Extra: Bill Ayers To Speak At Paper Machete Saturday

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 10, 2012 12:00AM


  • Bill Ayers will speak about his Super Bowl dinner with recently deceased conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart at Paper Machete at Horseshoe bar in Lincoln Square on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. [Paper Machete]

  • A Palos Hills man was arrested for selling pot through a Craigslist ad. Do criminals still not understand how the internet works? Cops read it. [Tribune]

  • The Metra is putting out more ticket vending machines. Finally. [Sun-Times]

  • Indiana passed a smoking ban today, but you can still smoke in bars, gambling facilities, tobacco shops and private clubs. [Indianapolis Star]

  • The investigation of an Oak Park nursing home shows workers failed to take appropriate precautions to prevent the fight that left an 80-year-old man dead. [Tribune]

  • Researchers say LSD could help treat alcoholism. That's the drug, not the highway. Driving on Lake Shore Drive will do nothing to help your alcoholism. [NBC]