Extra, Extra

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Dec 5, 2005 10:44PM

• A fluke in scoring caused more than 4,000 5th graders to flunk the state reading test last spring.
• A girl in FL was hurt after falling from a carnival ride run by a Chicago-area company. This is the latest in a string of accidents by the company, including one last summer where a little boy died.
• Need a job? Are you a tumbling midget or willing to go topless? Apply at the Lyric Opera.
• Red Streak had this newsflash today: Local single girls are actually happy! Gasp!