Extra, Extra

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Jan 10, 2007 2:53AM

• Will County is getting its first female black judge.
• A third of the shares in Jimmy John's has been sold to a San Francisco-based firm. Funds are to be used to do a national rollout. Thoughts?
• Ohio-based Wendy's is selling a lot of double-melt cheeseburgers. So much for the eating-healthy trend.
• Some guy tried to extort Oprah.
• Nerd Alert: Fermilab is close to discovering the "God Particle," and the U of C is simulating supernovas.
• A Palatine man recovered his wallet that was lost in France 62 years ago.
• Brian Griese lost his mom to cancer, but now he's helping kids cope with their own losses.
• Almost 3,000 trees will be destroyed in Wilmette to fight the emerald ash borer beetle.
• A new species of sucker-footed bats was discovered by a biologist at the Field Museum.

We love zambonis! Photo via abmarfia.