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By Margaret Lyons in News on May 2, 2008 11:20PM

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Pig and ice cream? Two of our favorites, together at last. Photo by Katherine of Chicago

A CTA bus crashed into a building near 76th and Ashland. [Trib]

Forensic artist Lois Gibson says a photo on a MySpace profile is definitely Tionda Bradley, who disappeared from Chicago in 2001. [CBS 2]

More "refaced" money! Hurray! [joefxd]

"A 44-year-old Burbank man is accused of stuffing his shirt full of meat and trying to walk out of the grocery store without paying." Meatshirt plan: foiled. [Southtown Star]

The recently-released 1968 recordings of phone conversations LBJ had while in the White House include some talks with Richard J. Daley. [WBBM]

Lots of aldermen have second jobs. [Trib]

Tomorrow's free comic book day. [TOC]

These posters are full of good advice. [Advice to Sink in Slowly]