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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 17, 2011 12:00AM


  • A woman from LaGrange uses pancake batter to make portraits of celebrities like Justin Bieber and Stephen Colbert. [Huff Post Chicago]

  • Mayor Richard M. Daley's daughter moved up the date of her wedding, perhaps because of her ailing mother Maggie Daley. [Tribune]

  • A construction worker was killed when a concrete beam fell on him at a worksite at 79th and State. [WLS]

  • A Rosemont ambulance driver tried to blame his DUI on Ambien. He failed. [Sun-Times]

  • United States of America? How about the United States of AWESOME. [WBEZ]