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The FBI is continuing to test suspicious powder found in envelopes sent to more than 30 Chase Bank locations around the U.S., including a credit card center in Elgin. Initial tests showed the powder wasn't poisonous; FBI officials in Oklahoma where eight letters ended up said their content was simply calcium. The letters all share a postmark of Amarillo, Texas.

A 33-year-old man is now paralyzed after saving a woman from falling debris in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood. Rogelio Rodriguez and his wife Amelia were walking down a sidewalk when he noticed debris falling from an exterior wall of a Chase Bank branch and quickly pushed a nearby woman pedestrian out of the way. A split second later, huge chunks of concrete fell on top of him, crushing his spine. Rodriguez was in intensive care until last week, and doctors told his wife he will never walk again. Chase spokesman, Tom Kelly, says the bank has been in talks with the family's attorney and insurance carriers to "reach a solution." Solution meaning "ridiculously huge settlement" no doubt. Our thoughts are with Mr. Rodriguez, a hero in our book. [S-T]

Two Chase banks, one on the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue and the other on the 1100 block of North Clark, were robbed within 7 minutes of each other earlier this morning. No one was hurt in either robbery, and the police and FBI are investigating. [Trib]

Oprah is getting her a cable network, OWN ("Oprah Winfrey Network"), which will--gasp--replace the Discovery Health Network. Noooo! We all know what Oprah wants, Oprah gets, but we freaking love the Discovery Health Network. [Trib]

Our pal Ben spotted this Chase ad at the Jackson red line stop and noticed that, despite touting the bank's new Chicago locations, the sign had some local geography issues.

If you are horrible kids like we are, you won't be able to make it home this weekend to see mum. There will be plenty to do this weekend to keep your mind off of it though. Besides, it's always great to take advantage of the great Mother's Day brunch specials around town. The Pony's will be playing at Looptopia around 8:45 p.m. Looptopia, Chicago's "white-night" like celebration will run from 5 p.m. - 5...

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with...

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The Chicago Police Department set a goal of 500 guns for the gun return drive held this weekend. They figured around that number of people would take city up on their offer to trade in guns—no questions asked—for a $100 debit card.