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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 23, 2011 10:00PM


  • Safe travels, Chicagoistas! More people are traveling this Thanksgiving than any year since the recession started. [Tribune]

  • President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys named Liberty and Peace. [Washington Post]

  • Here is a timeline of the whole Tony Rezko saga, which is pretty much over now that he has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison. [Sun-Times]

  • Is a Ferris Bueller's Day Off sequel coming? [Huffington Post]

  • Former Mayor Richard M. Daley has canceled all of his travel plans, including a trip to Harvard, to stay with his ailing wife Maggie Daley. [ABC]

  • The Chicago Tribune gave ex-CEO Randy Michaels a $675,000 settlement because he claimed he was unfairly fired after the New York Times profile made him look like a chauvinist pig. [Crain's]