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Extra Extra: Weather Fouls Lake Shore Drive Commute

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 31, 2014 10:30PM

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Photo credit: Jerry Goldner

  • If you're using northbound Lake Shore Drive for your evening commute, schedule some extra time. These wind gusts are driving waves on the drive and knocking over light poles. [Skilling Central]
  • "Chicago Tonight" host Phil Ponce will return to the program Monday after taking some time off for treatment of chest pain and to have a cyst removed from his liver. [Robert Feder]
  • A bro was caught on surveillance video stealing a 50-pound pumpkin from a porch in Roscoe Village. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Don't cry for Rick Renteria. [CBS Chicago]
  • Former Bears quarterback Bob Avellini will go to trial in DuPage County on his third DUI Dec. 1. [Daily Herald]

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