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By Margaret Lyons in News on May 23, 2008 11:24PM

R. Kelly's defense team wants to call rock critic Jim DeRogatis as a witness. Save DeRo! [Trib]

Oldish, but new to me, and as someone who sees 4am more often than most, I got a real kick out of it: Is 4am the new midnight?

The Illinois Department of Transportation released its wishlist yesterday. $10.9 billion buys a nice dream, IDOT. [S-T]

A school bus and a semitruck crashed near the Illinois-Wisconsin border, injuring 20. [CBS]

A tipster tells us Public Enemies will be filming on Lincoln tonight near the Biograph, and they'll be shooting one of the few scenes that include both Christian Bale and Johnny Depp.

The Illinois Senate approved a bill today that would "ban people who have state contracts worth $50,000 or more from giving campaign donations to the officeholder who oversees the contract." [AP]

Bah, dog in a shirt.

Have a great weekend! Time to bust out those white shoes.