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By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 17, 2011 11:00PM

  • James Beard Award semifinalists were announced this morning, along with the attendant hype from local food media. [The Stew/Tribune]
  • Madison and State was reopened this afternoon after reports that glass was falling from the Sears store. [Tribune]
  • Today in Stupid: three men pissed off at U.S. jobs going overseas decided to vandalize cars at the Auto Show. They were promptly arrested; four of the cars they targeted were built in the US or Canada. [Sun-Times]
  • Take a look at this photo of the Chicago River in 1910. [Shorpy.com]
  • The ailment that hospitalized Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville? internal bleeding brought on from a stomach ulcer from ingesting too much aspirin. [ESPN Chicago]
  • White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle would like to clarify that he meant what he said about Michael Vick. [ESPN Chicago]