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By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 19, 2011 11:00PM

  • A huge fire in an Edgewater High-rise this afternoon. [CBS Chicago]
  • Alex Kotlowitz visits a local pawn shop. [Off the Grid/Chicago Mag]
  • R. Kelly's former Lakeview home was sold again. [Tribune]
  • At least 20 Naperville North high School students and their families have been questioned after a number of them reportedly showed up to their first day of school drunk. [Tribune]
  • McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi, acquitted twice on felony misconduct charges, is running for a third term. [McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis Bianch">Sun-Times]
  • We're coming close to apple season. [Gapers Block Drive-Thru]
  • Stock plunged again amidst fears of a sluggish global economy. [Crain's]
  • Curbed Chicago's Mark Boyer interviews architect Tim Bacheller, who drafted a proposal for a boat house and park along the Chicago River's South Fork turning basin in Bridgeport. [Curbed Chicago]