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Extra Extra: Mike Ditka Makes Appearance At Bears Practice

By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 20, 2013 11:00PM

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  • Mike Ditka made a rare appearance at Bears practice Tuesday. No word on whether a current player asked Ditka why he couldn't win three straight Super Bowls with all that talent. [Tribune]
  • A 15-year-old boy is being held on $900,000 bond in the shooting of a 7-year-old in West Garfield Park. The teen's electronic monitoring bracelet put him at the scene of the crime. [DNAinfo Chicago]
  • 335 schools lost teachers in the CPS layoffs. [Sun-Times]
  • Catalyst Chicago has a wonderful timeline on the past two years of CPS school closures. [Catalyst Chicago]
  • Chicago isn’t the only city where the Mayor and council are in lockstep. Check out Bolingbrook. [Tribune]

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