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Extra Extra: Big Shoulders Not Enough To Save Sandburg's Home

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 11, 2011 11:00PM


  • It'll take some big shoulders AND some big wallets to save legendary poet Carl Sandburg's childhood home. [Tribune]

  • Why doesn't Chicago separate its recyclables? [TimeOut]

  • A vacant building caught fire in Wicker Park Saturday evening, injuring one woman. [Tribune]

  • The Glenbrook North Spartans or the Glenbrook South Titans settled 40 years of trash talk by reenacting an old swim team match. [WLS]

  • There's nothing funny about former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno falling and breaking his pelvis, but that doesn't mean you can't laugh. [CNN]

  • The New York Times is so hip and up on the trends. They discovered this trend called "tebowing" that has existed for weeks. [NY Times]