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Extra Extra: Fliers Leave Behind Thousands of Dollars at Airport Security

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Jan 15, 2012 10:00PM

• That change you forget to scoop up after going through airport security? It adds up to $15,000 a year at O'Hare and $3,100 at Midway, and is now being used to finance Transportation Security Administration operations instead of buying you drinks at the airport bar. (Sun-Times)

• A morning fire in Humboldt Park left one person injured and nine homeless. (Tribune)

• A 31-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday in South Shore. (Tribune)

• The newly crowned Miss America hails from Kenosha, WI. (Sun-Times)

• An elderly woman was injured this morning when a truck rear-ended her car into a South Side store. (Tribune)