Professor says he penned fake Emanuel Twitter feed (AP)
AP – A Chicago professor claims that he’s the mysterious author who spawned a Twitter sensation with his profanity-laced parody of Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel.
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Ill. salesman fired for Packers tie gets new job (AP)
AP – A Chicago man who was fired for wearing a Green Bay Packers necktie to his job at a car dealership is going back to work selling Chevrolets — but not for the same place.
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Chicago car salesman fired for wearing Packers tie (AP)
AP – A car salesman in suburban Chicago has been fired for refusing to remove a Green Bay Packers tie that he wore to work the day after the Packers beat the Chicago Bears to advance to the Super Bowl.
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Grand piano found on sandbar in Miami bay (AP)
AP – A grand piano recently showed up on a sandbar in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore.
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St. Paul bar to roast bear for Packers-Bears game (AP)
AP – A sports bar owner in Minnesota is showing his support for the Green Bay Packers in this weekend’s game against the Chicago Bears in a very literal way — by roasting a bear.
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Coffee spill causes diversion for US flight (AP)
AP – A pilot’s spilled coffee accidentally triggered a hijacking alert and caused a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, to make an unscheduled stop in Canada.
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What’s in a name? Man goes from Smith to Awesome (AP)
AP – An Oregon man has had an Awesome name change.
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New York, Chicago lauded for humane killing of mice (Reuters)
Reuters – New York’s police department and the Chicago Transit Authority won praise and “compassion awards” on Friday for their humane methods of killing mice.
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Ambulance stolen with paramedics treating patient (AP)
AP – Bond was set at $50,000 for a 27-year-old Chicago man accused of stealing an ambulance over the weekend while two paramedics treated someone he apparently knew in the back. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said Jimmy McCoy allegedly jumped into the stopped ambulance and drove off with the emergency lights on.
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Ill. woman charged in dog poop-infused meltdown (AP)
AP – Dog owners, beware: If you live in suburban Chicago and don’t pick up after your pet, you might get tossed an unpleasant reminder. Police in Naperville said a woman who stepped in dog feces outside her apartment appears to have retaliated by heaving it at the door of her neighbor who owns a dog.
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