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By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 3, 2011 10:15PM

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  • Southwest Airlines canceled 300 flights after a hole in a California-bound plane tore open in the fuselage Friday. [Sun-Times]
  • United and Continental Airlines float the idea of $10 fare hike. We'd be alright with it if it means no holes in a plane's fuselage. [Crain's]
  • Engineers at the Fukishima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are hoping a combination of polymers, newspapers and sawdust will fix the leaking plant. (Really?) [Tribune]
  • Trout season opens in Cary. [Daily Herald]
  • Four current or former employees of a Gary tax preparation business have been charged in a tax return scam. [CBS Local]