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By Margaret Lyons in News on Feb 28, 2008 12:20AM

A father of five was killed yesterday when he tried to stop his minivan from being carjacked. Eric Holmes, 36, grabbed onto the van's luggage rack and was killed when the car jacker ran into a concrete barrier. [Trib]

The police have 30 days to give Drew Peterson his stuff back. [AP]

An A+ missed connection: "Would I really accidentally park my car in a no parking between 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. zone THREE times in two months? No, no, my enchantress." [CL]

Walgreens is going to put DVD rental machines in more stores. [Crain's]

Sara Lee, among other giganto brands, is under investigation in France for price collusion. Sacrebleu! [AP]

Attention, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign students: Your chancellor wants to cancel "unofficial St. Patrick's Day." That's a holiday strictly dedicated to getting shitfaced, FYI. [AP]

"Stop! Is that poop on your lemon?" [MSNBC, via]

Well, the "kittens" are kind of gross, but those boxing squirrels rule! [Anthropomorphic taxidermy, via ptb]