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Extra Extra: Shedd Aquarium Awaits Pitter-Patter Of Little Fins

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 7, 2012 12:00AM


  • Both a beluga whale and a Pacific white-sided dolphin are each expecting their own little bundle of joy this year. The beluga is expected to give birth between September and November this year. The rare dolphin is due in May. Mazel tov! [Shedd Aquarium]

  • University of Chicago students are using social media to raise awareness of some unsanitary living conditions in the dorms, including exploding toilets. [WGN-TV]

  • Chicago will hire 50 more police officers and keep 20,000 more young people occupied this summer, thanks to what Mayor Rahm Emanuel called a “safety surplus:” the first $8.5 million in city debt siphoned from the state income tax refunds of chronic scofflaws. [Sun-Times]

  • Police have charged a 24-year-old man with following a woman from a CTA bus in Evanston and raping her. [ABC7]

  • A player for the New Orleans Saints earned a cash reward for knocking Earl Bennett out of a game in September. [CBS]

  • Lovely Bakery is opening a new location in Edgewater called Lovely, Too. [Edgeville Buzz]

  • We'd love to find out the backstory on this photo of Cubs player Gabby Hartnett and Al Capone, where it looks like Capone is the one offering an autograph. [Awesome People Hanging Out Together]