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By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 24, 2011 10:30PM
- An admitted al-Qaida operative decided to plot an attack over the skies of Detroit because a flight to Chicago was too expensive. [Tribune]
- Silvonus Shannon, convicted for his role in the beating death of Derrion Albert, apologized to Albert's family as he was sentenced to 32 years in prison today. [Sun-Times]
- Walgreen Co. will shell out $409 million to buy Drugstore.com. [Crain's]
- Former Streamwood policeman James Bandarino was found guilty of beating an unarmed, kneeling motorist with a baton. A beating that was caught on videotape. Tape don't lie. [Sun-Times]
- The Illinois Tollway is soliciting bids for advertising to be sold on its trucks. [Chicago Breaking News]
- Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have the third- and fourth-best selling jerseys in the NHL. [CBS Local]
- Oprah Winfrey will be inducted into the Illinois Broadcaster's Hall of Fame. [Feder/TOC]
- The two police officers in the WBEZ video shown allowing bystanders taunt a person in their custody have been given desk duty and stripped of their police powers. [Tribune]
