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]