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Extra Extra: Wisconsin Woman Says Cat Saved Her Life

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 1, 2012 12:00AM


  • A Wisconsin woman says her cat saved her life. She says the cat noticed she was having a seizure in her sleep, so it sat on her chest and batted her in the face to wake her, then it ran to wake her son. [Green Bay Press Gazette]

  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office arranged a special event to screen The Interrupters to city officials. [Kartemquin]

  • Plans for a Sola restaurant in River North are pretty much dead after a real estate developer sued the owners. [Crain's]

  • A 15-year-old girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident as she crossed a street in the Gresham neighborhood. [Fox]

  • High winds forced officials to shut down the Navy Pier ferris wheel today. [NBC]

  • A 92-year-old Glenview woman celebrated her 23rd birthday today. And a merry Leap Day, too! [ABC7]

  • A student gave birth in the bathroom of suburban Streamwood High School. [ABC7]