Extra, Extra

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 5, 2009 12:00AM

• RIP, Richard Pegue.
• How much does gun violence cost Chicago each year? According to one report, $2.5 billion.
• The recent parking ticket amnesty period wiped out 135,000 unpaid parking and red-light tickets as well as brought in $7 million. But be ready, the so-called "boot blitz" - due to a lower ticket threshold - begins next month.
• If state riverboat casino owners have their way, visitors may be the recipients of free drinks soon.
• The Donald and his lenders have put the kibosh on their feudin'...for now.
• We're one step closer to allowing medical marijuana prescriptions for "seriously ill patients with certain debilitating conditions who have their doctors’ recommendations."