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Extra, Extra

By Margaret Lyons on Dec 20, 2007 1:29AM

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The CPD wants you to be on the look out for people with maps, people taking pictures, and anyone who looks like he or she doesn't belong. No, not an anti-tourism initiative. An anti-terrorism one. [Via boingboing, which is kind of like saying "via the internet."]

R Kelly missed a court date. He'll be arrested again if he doesn't show up in court at 9 a.m. tomorrow. [S-T]

Option A, option B.

Some Chicago Alderman actually worked today, following some postal carriers on their routes. For some, this was the first time they had done any work at all since making the acquaintance of one R. Daley. Coincidentally only 18% of the mail actually got delivered, a big drop from the 22% that usually finds its way to the right address in Chicago. (O.K., we totally made those stats up, but you get the idea.)

Drew Peterson brutal, not murderous. Yet.

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