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By Staff in News on May 13, 2011 5:40PM

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Michael P. Ditka

  • Son of Ditka's DUI charge was upgraded to a felony thanks to two previous drunken driving charges against him. [Tribune]

  • A baby girl was abandoned near the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Chicago. [Tribune]

  • The Lego Store is moving from the Shops at North Bridge to Water Tower Place. [Tribune]

  • An arrest warrant was issued for Derrick Rose's older brother Allan, who was due in court on reckless conduct charges. [Sun-Times]

  • Wheeling's Haley Reinhart makes the final three on this season's American Idol. She gets the parade treatment Saturday and will perform a concert in Arlington Park. [Daily Herald]

  • A truck driver was killed in a Metra train derailment in Des Plaines this morning. [ABC 7]

  • A local lawyer sues a legal blog for $50 million over a rape story. Yikes! [Forbes]

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