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Extra Extra: Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw To Auction Off Game 6 Stitches

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 6, 2013 11:00PM


  • Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw was hit in the face with a puck during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. After his face was stitched up, he returned to the game to power through and then bleed everywhere while celebrating with the Stanley Cup. Now, he's auctioning off those lucky stitches to benefit The Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. [Tribune]

  • Chicago has three of the nation’s top film schools. [Crain's]

  • Twenty years after Rev. Jesse Jackson hosted a historic gang summit, organizers including former CeaseFire executive director Tio Hardiman, are planning another one in September. [Sun-Times]

  • The Jesse Jackson Jr. campaign missed another federal deadline for reporting financials. [Tribune]

  • A former Wheaton College professor who has written several books about “children’s spirituality” pleads guilty to possessing child pornography. [ABC7]

  • Two North Carolina men were arrested for selling stun guns on the South Side. [DNAinfo]

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