Extra, Extra

By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 17, 2008 11:41PM

Photo by Yan Pritzker, who says the above situation was "one of the most remarkable natural lighting situations [he's] ever seen."

Natalie, we heard you don't like late Extra, Extras. This one's for you.

Aw, man, it wasn't a meteor in Indiana. It was an F-16 plane. Bo-ring. [Trib]

Make up your mind, Zell! Sam Zell now says he'd sell the Cubs and Wrigley together. [Crain's]

The city's aviation commissioner Nuria Fernandez abruptly resigned today and was replaced by building commissioner Richard Rodriguez. [S-T]

An entire school district in the burbs is closed until at least Tuesday after someone found the words "be prepared to die Monday" written in a middle school bathroom. And Northern Illinois University closed its Health Services building today after a bomb threat. Guh. [CBS 2, NIU]

Whatever happened to the Metropolitan Chicago Area Tuba Society? [TubeNet]

Been there. [2kbygingham]

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