Extra, Extra

By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 12, 2008 12:39AM

Mayor Daley and Patrick Ryan threw a Chicago 2016 party for journalists in Beijing last night. [Trib]

Rapper Yung Berg, aka Christian Ward, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of marijuana and menacing. [S-T]

Oh, if only there really were Homer Simpson currency. [Reuters]

A 104-year-old man wants to throw out the first pitch at a Cubs game. [S-T]

Cheap beer by region. [Salon]

Chicago is set to receive $2 million in federal funds to combat gangs. The money will be distributed through the U.S. Attorney's office. [Trib]

Whatever, I'm twelve years old, but this video about a horse named Hoof Hearted killed me. [YouTube]

Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn was protesting outside a Blagojevich luncheon this afternoon, passing out fliers that said "Stop Political Pay Raises Now!" [CBS 2]

Man, that Gmail outage this afternoon threw me off. Sheesh.