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Extra Extra: Swarm Of Bees Moves Into LaGrange Apartment

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 24, 2012 11:00PM


  • A swarm of honeybees took a liking to a LaGrange woman's apartment, and they just won't move out. She said the "cloud" of bees outside her apartment found a way in, and she had to keep swatting them off. Building management sealed the hole, but the bees remain unwelcome house-guests. [Sun-Times]

  • Sen. Mark Kirk's office released the first photo of the senator since he suffered a stroke in January. [Tribune]

  • A dozen heartbreaking/hilarious displays of Cubs fandom. [Buzzfeed]

  • A soldier from Pekin, Ill., was killed in Afghanistan. [NBC]

  • The man who was died when he came in contact with the third rail on the El tracks in Evanston was a Marine, who had served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Trib Local]