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Extra Extra: One Month Left Until Blagojevich Enters Colorado Prison

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 16, 2012 12:00AM


  • Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will serve his prison sentence in the Colorado prison he had requested. He must turn himself in by March 15. [Tribune]

  • Garfield Park Conservatory's majestic towering Double Coconut Palm Tree died. [Sun-Times]

  • This afternoon PBS hosted a chat with the makers of The Interrupters, as well as two of the interrupters. They took questions from readers, and the whole exchange is available online. [New York Times]

  • DePaul University received a $30 million donation, the largest in the school's history. [NBC]

  • Kraft Foods has imported to the U.S. its BelVita biscuits—what we typically call cookies, though they aren’t. Confusion reigns supreme. [Crain's]

  • A fire broke out inside the Deep Tunnel today. Workers were hoisted to safety. [Tribune]