Extra Extra: South Side Pastor To Camp Out Through Christmas

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 24, 2011 12:00AM

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Rev. Corey Brooks, the "Rooftop Reverend," will continue living in a tent on the roof of a vacant motel through Christmas, holding a vigil against violence as he has for the last month. Brooks has raised just under $100,000, and any donation made between now and Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. will be matched dollar-for-dollar. [WLS]

An estimated 2.7 million people will pass through Chicago's Midway and O'Hare airports. [NBC]

"The Olive Garden is at the mercy of the kind of people who eat at Olive Garden.” [Eater]

It's been nearly a decade since Pilsen's Universal Federal Savings bank collapse, and those who lost money are just now getting it back after a landmark settlement with the FDIC. [Chicago Journal]

Britain's Prince Phillip (that's the Queen's husband) underwent minor surgery to repair a blocked coronary artery. [AP]

Former NSync member Lance Bass explains why you shouldn't use the term "tranny". [Huffington Post]

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