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Extra Extra: A Slow Day At The Ballot Box

By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 18, 2014 11:00PM

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  • Primary Day may see the goal of 25 percent voter turnout goal set by Cook County Clerk David Orr thanks to more Republican voters in the suburbs. Way to set the bar high. [Tribune]
  • Jenny McCarthy is the latest celebrity to have a Twitter hashtag experiment backfire when Twitter users hijacked her #AskJenny hashtag to criticize her anti-vaccination stance. [Slate]
  • Another fallout from Derrick Rose and his injuries? Shoe sales for Rose’s shoes are down big time. One south side store was selling them buy one, get another pair for 1 cent before Adidas stopped the promotion. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • The Bears signed defensive end Israel Idonije to a one-year deal. Idonije played in Detroit last season. [ESPN]
  • Starting Wednesday, DNAInfo Chicago is adding an audio news report to its website. [Robert Feder]