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Extra Extra: Happy Repeal Day! Don't Take The Red Line

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 6, 2011 12:00AM


  • So you were going to leave your office and head home on the Red Line... Don't. It's shut down between Addison and Howard while police deal with a situation in Uptown. [Tribune]

  • How about instead you swing by a bar to celebrate the end of prohibition before you attempt your commute. [Repeal Day]

  • Is Fred Armisen's imitation of President Obama bad, or is Obama just hard to mock? And was Dana Carvey the best presidential impressionist ever on SNL? [New York Times]

  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have so graciously decided to stop evicting people over the holidays. [Consumerist]

  • Miley Cyrus took her song "Liberty Walk" and remixed it to be an Occupy anthem, and it's pretty awful and full of autotune. [Gothamist]

  • Chicago's Sharon Bialek, who accused presidential candidate Herman Cain of harassment, says she feels vindicated that Cain has suspended his campaign. [Tribune]

  • Herman Cain has admitted to quoting Pokemon. Who was actually going to vote for that guy? [Huffington Post]

  • Do you believe in a thing called love? Because The Darkness have announced a reunion tour. [A.V. Club]