Extra, Extra

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 31, 2008 12:26AM

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Today's long read, totally worth it: Violin prodigy Rachel Barton Pine's career was put on hold after a Metra accident severed her left leg and mangled her right in 1995. Now her career's getting back on track, but the road hasn't been easy. [Trib]

The New York Times is Chicago-crazy today, with stories about the Butterfly Social Club's earthy, nonalcoholic vibes, and Jody Weis's proposed mandatory fitness tests for cops. And an AP story about Chicago-raised Brazilian soccer phenom Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune and her trademark throw-in. Watch it here.

Kids + ultimate fighting? So far, only in Missouri. [AP]

"In parts of the city's largely African-American South and West Sides, kidney failure rates are more than twice as high as the national average and three times higher than in the rest of the city." [Trib]

Two more CPS students were shot and killed this weekend. Chavez Clarke, 18, and Miguel Pedro, 15, are the 19th and 20th students to die this school year. [CBS 2]

Keep an eye out for a cougar that's wandering around Lake County. [UPI]