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By Staff in News on Jun 7, 2011 5:40PM

Gov. Quinn taps Gery Chico to head the Illinois Board of Education. [Tribune]
Prosecutors in the terror trial of Tanhawwur Rana said in their closing arguments that he isn't the willing patsy his defense attorneys contend. [Tribune]
Gary Shenkel, Mayor Emanuel's choice to head the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, said in his confirmation hearings that residents must be "weaned' from calling 911 except for the emergencies for which the number is intended. [Sun-Times]
Austan Goolsbee, President Obama's economic adviser, is resigning to return to U of C's business school. [Sun-Times]
Sales are down and cancellations are up for the College Illinois tuition savings plan. [Crain's]
Charles Best, one of two charged in hiding the death of Melissa Best, has pleaded not guilty. [Daily Herald]
White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf says his third-place, sub-.500 club is still the best team in the AL Central. [Fox Sports]
A group of men beat and robbed a UIC student of his iPod while riding a CTA bus near the UIC campus. [ABC 7]
Oprah Winfrey will speak at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's Cable Show 2011 in Chicago next week. She'll be interviewed by Paula Zahn about the Oprah Winfrey Network. [NBC Chicago]
Refinery29.com lists its favorite karaoke bars in town. [Refinery29]