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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 14, 2011 10:10PM

  • Former City Corporation Counsel Mara Georges is following Richard M. Daley to the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, which helped Daley engineer the parking meter privatization. [Sun-Times]
  • Jim DeRogatis asks: with all the uproar over Tyler the Creator and Odd Future, why no commensurate outrage over the lyrics of Eminem? [DeRogatis/WBEZ]
  • Did Pitchfork kill the rock critic? [New City]
  • Oprah Winfrey rolls up her sleeves to dig OWN out of the hole it's in. [Feder/TOC (first item)]
  • Mike North's response to Steve Dahl's premium podcast announcement: well, we're not sure. But it's sponsored by Vienna Beef hot dogs. [North2North Youtube, via Feder]
  • Rapper Psalm One on his ultimate summer cookout. [Above Ground Magazine]
  • The FBI opens an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. over whether it hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims. [Chicago Breaking News]