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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 12, 2008 1:00AM
- Mattell will make a collectible Barbie based on locally-based sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha (Barbie Dream Gamekeepers not included).
- For the curious: the man whom the Bishop Ford Freeway is named after.
- Mayor Daley open to the idea of closing half-empty schools.
- Gary, Indiana's "punk fucking rock" potato chip factory.
- 'Tis the season for catching Norovirus.
- Owls are nesting in a South side park.
- The Marx Brothers classic Duck Soup is screening at the Siskel on Sunday.
- The Museum of Science and Industry is closed today, part of a three-day shutdown prepare for their diamond anniversary. But coal mine fans needn't fret: when the museum re-opens tomorrow admission is free the rest of the month.
- Thanks to Governor Press Release's grandstand ploy regarding the RTA bailout, Metra will go ahead and raise fares.
- Attorney Corri Fetman, the divorce attorney with the billboards of questionable taste, poses nude and writes a column for Playboy. She also discloses she's the female model in her ads. Guess that makes her a tart that's good with torts.
Photo courtesy of bridgeport seasoning on flickr.