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By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 2, 2011 10:00PM

  • Former Sun-Times TV critic Paige Wiser dusts herself off from her firing, starts new career as a "philosopher." [Planet Paige, via Zorn]
  • A woman was hit by a piece of aluminum that fell from Joffrey Tower (151 N. State St.) yesterday. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • CBOE announced it will buy back up to $100 million in stock. [Crain's]
  • Gov. Quinn signed "Zach's Law," aimed at preventing movable soccer goals from tipping over and causing death or injury. [Sun-Times]
  • Seven cases of salmonella in Illinois have been linked to ground turkey. [Daily Herald]
  • The Field Museum's toilets have been named among the best in the country. [WGN TV]
  • How Illinois lawmakers voted on the debt bill. [ABC 7]
  • The Bears and Desmond Clark agree to a one-year deal. [ESPN Chicago]