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Extra Extra: Woodstock Man Used Makeshift Flamethrower On Police Officer

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 30, 2011 12:00AM


  • Police were responding to a domestic battery call, when a 24-year-old man tried to fend them off with a "makeshift flamethrower," also known as an aerosol can and a lighter. [Tribune]

  • You know Stanley from "The Office"? Well he has a music video. No, we have no idea why. [A.V. Club]

  • Illinois business man Shahid Khan just bought the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is the owner and CEO of the Flex-N-Gate Group in Urbana. [Crain's]

  • The parental viewing guide for the Muppets movie is unintentionally hilarious. [IMDB]

  • Tattoo artists are putting together a showing of their artwork. [Columbia Chronicle]

  • For the second time in a week, a small craft airplane went down in the suburbs of Chicago. [CBS]

  • A cab company is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information about the shooting of one of its drivers, who was killed in Maywood Monday. [Tribune]

  • Here are some gift ideas for the public transit lovers in your life. [RedEye]