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By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 6, 2011 10:00PM

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• Homeowners may now file property tax appeals online with the Cook County Board of Review. [Sun-Times]
• Edgewater's Fireside Restaurant is doing brisk business by letting diners barter for the price of their meals. [WBEZ]
• "I like good poetry more than I like bad church." Words from a skeptic of storefront churches. [Neighborhood Watch]
• With his final service Saturday at Avenues, Curtis Duffy becomes the fourth Michelin starred chef to leave the restaurant where he earned his star(s). (Five, if you count Rick Tramonto - we don't.) [Shia Kapos/Crain's]
• A survey finds Illinois manufacturers are bullish on the economy. [Crain's]
• Firefighters ride from Chicago to New York to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. [NBC Chicago]
• Meet LeVan Williams, a bachelor who took in five siblings and a cousin to raise in his home. [Sun-Times]