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Extra Extra: So A Nun, A Priest And A Mayor Walk Into A Bar...

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 2, 2011 12:00AM


  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel attended a benefit breakfast for Misericordia Home, where a nun and a priest made fun of him for charging their church for water. Emanuel took it in stride, saying, "I thought Jewish mothers had the corner on the market for guilt." [Crain's]

  • The folks at NBC referred to Rep. Aaron Schock as "metrosexual" in a headline. Welcome to 2003 slang. [NBC]

  • It looks like Velvet Lounge may be reopening. [Chicago Journal]

  • Beware of long-winded Facebook friends: Status updates can now be 63,206 characters long. [Tribune]

  • Rick Perry botched the voting age and the date of the 2012 election in one brilliant sentence. [Officials Say...]

  • Is it really necessary to be "normal" in order to get a date? [GapersBlock]