Extra Extra: Off-Duty Cop Killed In Robbery Had Just Gotten Engaged
- The off-duty police officer who was shot and killed while trying to thwart a robbery Thursday night had just gotten engaged to his longtime girlfriend on Christmas Day. [NBC]
- As if the story could get any sadder, the officer's 11-year-old daughter heard about the shooting on television before receiving a phone call from the police department. [Sun-Times]
- It's been 30 years since the Uptown Theater closed. [Architecture Chicago]
- Kyle Orton is suing a Chicago investment firm for giving him bad advice. [Crain's]
- Is it time to strip gender marketing from the toy industry? Or can we at least cool it with the pepto-pink toys for girls? [New York Times]
- Getting married in 2012? Want to spend a romantic night at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago? Cook County is giving away a special package to the first couple married in 2012. [WLS]
- Even Roger Ebert admitted being stumped by this incredibly difficult film trivia quiz from PBS. [@rogerebert]
