Extra, Extra

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 6, 2008 12:00AM

You mean there was news besides the election???

• A new study shows what we already could have guessed: the job market ain't looking good for graduates.

• So Patrick Swayze was just hanging out at a police station when some random guy brings in some foreign substance and everyone gets quarantined...

• The Illinois Attorney General's office is looking into exactly why road salt prices have tripled going into this winter.

• A United flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago was forced to land in North Carolina when the flight crew had to restrain an unruly passenger with duct tape.

• In response to the fuss over the new Denver boot rules, Mayor Daley has proposed an amnesty period for people with unpaid parking tickets.