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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 20, 2011 11:30PM


  • The original car from Grease cruised into the Volo Auto Museum. [WLS]

  • Two Chicago-area students have been chosen to be Rhodes scholars. One attends Northwestern, the other University of Wisconsin. [Tribune]

  • Check out the holiday concert schedule for the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus. [Windy City Media Group]
  • Four people were injured in a multi-car accident on the Edens Expressway this afternoon. [Sun-Times]

  • The president of the University of California said he is appalled by the pepper spraying tactics that police officers are using against protesters, and he placed the two officers on administrative leave. [SFist]

  • For the second time in four days, a prisoner has been found hanged in his jail cell at the Calument area lockup. [WLS]

  • A 69-year-old man died when his small plane crashed in Kane County. [Daily Herald]