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Extra Extra: Someone Raided The Giving Tree

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 1, 2011 12:00AM


  • Thieves stole $700-worth of toys and children's clothes from a charity "giving tree" at a church in Antioch. Police are hoping the thieves' hearts grow three times today. [Sun-Times]

  • In the meantime, an 80-year-old man in Moline gave his old suit to Goodwill, then realized he left his life savings of $13,000 in it. There's always money in the banana stand. [WGN]

  • Film Producer Sherry Lansing donated $5 million to the University of Chicago Lab Schools, her alma mater. Surely it's a coincidence that Emanuel's kids go there. [Tribune]

  • The Hood Internet spent $465 at Taco Bell, created this, then donated $465 to the Greater Food Depository. [A.V. Club]

  • In a story of our nightmares coming to life, a woman in Joliet found a burglar in the backseat of her car. [CBS]

  • What is the difference between the Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement, and do protesters really need baths? [Chicago Magazine]

  • Are you a carnivore, a vegetarian or a "flexitarian"? [Chicago Reader]