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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Oct 4, 2011 11:00PM


  • Folks on Facebook have been posting photos of cheese cubes with nails in them, saying people are feeding them to dogs in Chicago. It's a hoax. [WBEZ]

  • The next White House Christmas tree will be an 18-1/2-foot tall Balsam fir from a farm in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. [Tribune]

  • Oh, that sly Cook County Sheriff's Department. They lured 102 fugitives with promises of free electronics. Then the county collected $5,000 by towing their cars. [Sun-Times]

  • Fun fact: When ComEd trims tree branches away from power lines, they send the trimmings to the Brookfield Zoo to feed the animals. [WLS]

  • There is a man who carves pumpkins underwater. Seriously. [TimeOut Chicago Kids]