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By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 26, 2011 10:30PM

  • Service on the Blue Line is shut down between Damen and LaSalle currently because a passenger was hit by a southbound train at Chicago Avenue. [CTA]
  • Add Gothamist and DCist to this list and you have a comprehensive list of Hurricane Irene updates. [The Daily What. Thanks, Marcus!]
  • ComEd is sending some employees to the East coast to help out with power disruptions if Irene makes land. [ABC 7]
  • Three men have been charged in an Aurora drug raid. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Justin Kaufmann shares the latest adventures of Henneman. [WBEZ]
  • Unemployed workers in the 11th Congressional district send a message to Adam Kinzinger - "We Want Jobs!" [Progress Illinois]
  • Rick Bayless tops Michael Nagrant's "Big Heat" list of Chicago's restaurant movers and shakers. [NewCity]