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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 11, 2011 12:00AM


  • Rep. Joe Walsh blamed his meltdown at a constituent meeting on him having consumed too much coffee. [ABC]

  • Chicago's chief of culture Michelle Boone is creating the city's first cultural plan since Harold Washington. [WBEZ]

  • Two men have been arrested and charged with burglarizing a daycare on the South Side. [Tribune]

  • Comedy Central is picking up some work from Chicago improv group My Mans. [A.V. Club]

  • Garfield Park Conservatory raised $17,000 with its plant sale. That's a lot, but not enough to cover the cost of repairing the building damaged by a summer hail storm. [Chicago Journal]