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By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 14, 2008 11:29PM

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Stuart Levine says Barack Obama was at Tony Rezko's party for shady investor Nadhmi Auchi. [Trib]

TSA officers at O'Hare took a break from throwing away my hand lotion to leave a uniforms, secret information and a cashbox just sitting around. [S-T]

City transportation officials are considering a bypass road at the Damen/Elston/Fullerton clusterfuck of misery. Really, anything would help. [Trib]

Ack! Combining...too many things...we love: behold, a design-y weather calendar. [Behance]

The Wachowski brothers are setting up an editing and special effects studio on the North Side. [S-T]

Sam Zell is now a member of the Associated Press's board of directors. [AP]

Head over to Danny's tonight between 9pm and 2am, and 50 percent of your beer money will also help support Chicago Books to Women in Prison, which...sends books to women in prison. [link]

"a plausible finish," by Charles Bukowski. No reason. [link]