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I Saw a Highway of Diamonds with Nobody On It

By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 21, 2008 2:30PM

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Photo by Jack Cantey

It's sunny now, but look for showers this afternoon and evening, with wet weather continuing through Saturday. We haven't had real rainfall in about three weeks, which is an unusually long dry spell for August. [WGN, NWS, Accuweather]