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By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 29, 2008 12:00AM

Math cookies?! Thank you, internet, for continuing to make my dreams come true. [Evil Mad Scientist]

The City settled a lawsuit today with the survivors and the families of victims from a 2003 fire in the Cook County Administration building. The City agreed to pay $50 million to the 24 plaintiffs; Cook County has already agreed to pay $26 million, and the building's management firm has agreed to pay $24 million. [Trib]

The Trib's circulation is down another 4.4 percent from last year, with a 541,663 weekday circulation. The Sun-Times's circulation is 312,274, and let's all welcome the S-T back to being counted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations! [AP]

"In largely black residential areas on Chicago's South and West Sides, the rate of amputations increased to 63 amputations per 100,000 people in 2004.... In the largely white areas outside the city, the amputation rate dropped to 12 per 100,000 people." [Reuters]

The Supreme Court ruled today that states may require a photo ID to vote. [Trib]

William Wrigley, Jr. stands to make $1.36 billion selling his family's company to Mars. [Crain's]

Awesome photos from the Zombie Pub Crawl. [johnnysmokes]