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Extra, Extra

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Dec 16, 2005 10:19PM

  • A limited number of blue seats, originally installed when US Cellular Field opened in 1991, are on sale for $490/pair. Who would want these?
  • Conrad Black has plead not guilty to new charges of racketeering, obstruction of justice, money laundering and wire fraud - basically running his media empire as a criminal enterprise. A trial date has been set for March 2007.
  • Mooo! The University of Chicago Illinois has started a farming blog.
  • Movin' on up.... After spending 85 years on the South Side, the Defender is moving it's offices up to The Loop.