Extra, Extra

By Rachelle Bowden on Dec 9, 2005 12:30AM

• Some Chicago teens created "Hamlet in the Hood," an urban teenage version of the Shakespearean play.
• A 31-year-old businessman and expectant father was in town for a conference, was out at a bar Tuesday night, and that's the last anyone's seen of him.
• IL is joining 38 other states in January when it begins tracking HIV cases using infected patients names. Some think it will deter people from being tested and treated.
• Note to U of I: Next time you're missing priceless artifacts, check your own library.
• On the Southwest Side, 3 gangs were involved in a high school lunch fight that resulted in 26 students getting arrested.
• The Grabowski Shuffle has resurfaced. Watch in horror & delight.
• Rosemont wants a casino so bad they say that they'll give away all the local casino tax money to other suburbs - about $20 million/year.
• Not Chicago-related, but this made us throw up a little: Coke is making a coffee-infused soft drink called Coca-Cola Blak available everywhere in 2006. Why? And why does Pepsi already have Pepsi Latte.