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Midday News Links: Someone Lotto'ed

By Staff in News on Dec 15, 2011 6:40PM

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  • A Minooka truck driver facing mounting credit card debt and a bankruptcy filing received a hell of a bailout by winning over $11 million from the Illinois Lottery. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • The mother of David Koschman asks for a special prosecutor to look into why RJ Vanecko was never charged with his death. [Sun-Times]
  • A thief steals a truckload of Kellogg's Special K bars in Aurora. [CBS Chicago]
  • Playboy bunnies hit the Mag Mile to support PETA's anti-fur campaign, proving once again they don't mind treating beautiful women like meat to forward their campaign. [NBC Chicago]
  • WBEZ has a report from Midwest Fur Fest. [WBEZ]
  • If you're looking for offbeat Christmas music, you should be bookmarking the Big Rock Candy Mountain blog right... now. [Big Rock Candy Mountain]