Extra, Extra
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 11, 2010 11:40PM
- Lawyers for asshat/former governor Rod Blagojevich have requested that his trial be moved to at least November.
- Today in the Boender Bribery trial.
- The first full body scanner was installed today in the United terminal at O'Hare.
- In an effort to save some money, the University of Illinois is exploring plans that would have students graduate in three years instead of the traditional four.
- No matter what you think of President Obama being awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize, you got to love this: he's split the cash part of the award - $1.4 million - among 10 charities.
- Congrats to Brigid Pasulka of Whitney Young who was awarded the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award - given to first-time novelists - for her book A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True.