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Extra Extra: Illinois GOP Chair Backs Same-Sex Marriage

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 3, 2013 12:00AM

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  • Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady said Wednesday marriage equality legislation in Springfield has his "full support." [Sun-Times]
  • A pregnant former student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was arrested was arrested over the weekend after New York police found bomb making materials and a copy of The Terrorist Manifesto in her apartment. [Sun-Times]
  • Tru Blooms Chicago is a rose-scented perfume using sustainable ingredients to help support a Chicago Botanical Garden program for felons in transitional job training. [Crain's]
  • The U.S. Marshals Service sold three of convicted DIxon comptroller Rita Crundwell's five properties for $3 million. She bilked Dixon for over $53 million. [Fox Chicago]
  • Think safety as snowmobile season begins in Illinois. Or pray for snow. [Ill. Dept. of Natural Resources]