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Extra Extra: Suspected Potsmoker Flees Cops, Crashes Into Four Cars

By Jon Graef in News on Dec 28, 2013 10:00PM

  • A man suspected of smoking pot in his car fled cops on Michigan Avenue, crashing into four other cars. [Trib]
  • Steve Bogira writes that "city and school officials in Chicago seem perfectly content with an apartheid school district." [Reader]
  • Here’s another example of Michael Madigan using his clout. CPS turned down an expansion proposal from a charter school group but but the little-known Illinois State Charter School Commission (founded by Madigan) allowed it. [Sun-Times]
  • DNAinfo Chicago wraps its series on Rule 15. [DNAinfo Chicago]
  • Brooklyn Pizzeria Paulie Gee’s is planning a multi-city expansion, including Chicago. [Eater]

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