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By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 9, 2010 10:45PM
- News/not news of the day: we have really high taxes.
- Chicago Public Schools will tap into their reserves to help close their $370 million budget gap.
- Some father-son duos watch baseball together. This one grew pot.
- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is on the Asian Carp case.
- If you go to Illinois Institute of Technology, keep that chin up. You may be one of the saddest schools in the country, but there are 14 schools that are sadder.
- We're still recovering from Lollapalooza but coming right at us this weekend is the annual Air & Water Show. Former Chicagoist contributor Todd McClamroch has his annual guide up for review.