Extra, Extra
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Apr 22, 2010 10:30PM
- The SCOTUS will consider Michigan's request to reopen the 1922 lawsuit in conference tomorrow as the Asian Carp fight continues.
- That Blago subponea request for President Obama? Turns out there's some redacted info that you can still view. Rich Miller cracked the code.
- Julio Huertas, a Navy SEAL from Blue Island, was acquitted today by a military jury in the beating of an Iraqi prisoner.
- Not surprisingly, United Airlines' flirtation with U.S. Airways did the trick; they've jilted U.S. Airways and gotten back together with Continental Airlines in merger talks.
- While they didn't take on Wal-Mart, the City's Zoning Committee did approve plans for new “wireless communications towers” near police and fire stations to improve communications.
- As he preps for his return to Chicago (now as a member of the Seattle Mariners), Milton Bradley is having more landlord problems from his first time in the city.
- The NCAA men's basketball tournament is expanding by three teams to 68 and has a few additional television homes now.