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Extra Extra: Lisa Madigan Wants New Hearing On Concealed Carry

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 10, 2013 12:00AM

  • Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants a new hearing on concealed carry. [ABC7]
  • The Sun-Times and the Newspaper Guild reached an impasse in union negotiations. [Chicago Reader]
  • Chicago Ridge fire Deputy Chief Gary Swiercz has allegedly admitted to brutally attacking his neighbor. The woman he attacked didn't recognize the attacker, and she ran to her neighbor thinking as a firefighter Swiercz could help her, not knowing he was the one she was running from. [Tribune]
  • Even the head of Fox admits Mob Doctor was the "the worst title in the history of television." [Huff Post]
  • A new poll shows that Congress is less popular than Nickelback. Congress is still more popular than gonorrhea, though. Phew! [Sun-Times]