Extra, Extra

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Feb 13, 2007 2:48AM

• A local church is replacing traditional hymns with U2 songs to try to "engage young people and encourage social activism."
• Columbia College is giving college credits for Second City courses. They're also teaching kids how to become hip-hop producers.
• Only half of the planes leaving or arriving at O'Hare were on time in December. That places O'Hare dead last for the month among the nation's busiest airports. Can't believe we were worse than LaGuardia on that one!
• Moral of the story: Always call your Alderman.
• The city's first public high school with a singular focus on math and science will be in West Humboldt Park.
• Right now a Naperville company called Laidlaw International owns Greyhound Lines and provides almost all of the school bus services in America. But, they're about to be purchased by a British company.
• Playboy is going to offer 53 years worth of archives on DVD.
• More Chinese tourists, please.
• A male polar bear in Memphis, but on loan from Brookfield, was trying to get it on with a female polar bear, and he accidentally pushed her over the edge of a 14-foot drop.
• On the night of Monday, February 5, ComEd energy use was at a record high.

"Valentine" via pantagrapher.