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By Chuck Sudo in News on May 27, 2011 9:40PM

  • The Illinois House sends the redistricting plan to the state Senate. [Tribune]
  • The best moment from Rod Blagojevich's second day of testimony in his retrial? Trying to sign an orange after leaving for the weekend. [Sun-Times]
  • Even though Virgin America now has flights out of O'Hare, Sir Richard Branson isn't happy about the struggle to get there. [Crain's]
  • Eight fifth-graders were taken to area hospitals when an inflatable slide they were playing on tipped over. [Tribune]
  • Robert Feder reviews the premiere of Windy City Live. [Feder/TOC]
  • Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Tom Byrne wants random drug testing for all department employees. [Progress Illinois]
  • City Beaches are now open. [ABC 7]