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Extra Extra: Kid Cudi Faints At North Coast Music Festival

By Jon Graef in News on Aug 31, 2014 8:45PM

  • Kid Cudi apparently fainted at North Coast Music Festival after signing a fan’s album during his set. He's OK! [CoS]
  • Two people beat a homeless man to death in Logan Square. [DNAinfo Chicago]
  • Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy tried to define the difference between Chicago Police and Ferguson, Missouri police. [CBS 2]
  • The Reader takes a look at whether a controversial tweet cost a new U of I professor his job. [Reader]
  • The City Health Department is using social media to find cases of food poisoning across Chicago. [Reuters]