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Extra Extra: Look For Northern Lights Tonight

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 25, 2012 12:00AM


  • Thanks to some big freaky solar flare, we might get to see some northern lights tonight. [Tribune]

  • A CPS high school student is in serious condition today after being pinned under a semi truck as it was turning a corner from Archer to Pulaski. The student is expected to recover. [ABC7]

  • Convicted Illinois power broker William Cellini was denied his request for a new trial. [NBC]

  • Former University of Chicago professor Melissa Harris-Perry got her own MSNBC talk show. [A.V. Club]

  • Did you catch Mayor Rahm Emanuel's town hall meeting on Facebook last night? [ABC7]

  • "This week’s POPEYE Sunday comic strip pays homage to two American icons: Popeye and the alternative rock band, Wilco." [Popeye]