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By Margaret Lyons in News on Nov 28, 2007 11:58PM

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An employee of the Cook County public defender's office was arrested today for accepting a package that contained 38 pounds of marijuana.

Bad news for the proposed hospital plus helipad in Streeterville: According to two experts, the helipad is "high-risk."

A building on the UIC campus was evacuated today after a biohazard alarm went off. Wonder what that sounds like.

So the CTA funding bull bill that was supposed to come up for a vote today didn't, and Emil Jones says the plan is "doomed to fail." Great.

So twinkley, Joshua Mellin. So twinkley.