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CHICAGO NEWS
• Friends of the Parks, a grassroots group that has opposed locating the Lucas Museum on the lakefront, has set a news conference for Thursday morning 11 am. A lawsuit is expected the suit to be filed ahead of news conference. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Thanks, Dad! No really, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe will pardon his son who was convicted of a felony 10 years ago. Kyle Beebe, in 2003, was convicted on possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, a class C felon; He was given three years supervised probation and fines at the time, when his father was serving as the state’s attorney general. [ABC NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• Protesters set fire to congress and the education department’s audit office in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, as anger over the feared massacre of 43 student teachers in September grows. It’s rumored that the 43 missing university students were killed by cartels. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash last month, with a blood-alcohol level five times the country’s legal limit. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Berkshire Hathaway will buy the Duracell battery business from Procter & Gamble. $4.7 billion of P&G shares that Berkshire currently holds will be turned over; Duracell will have about $1.7 billion in cash when the deal is completed, which is expected in the second half of next year. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• the Rochambeau 3M Paparazzi Blocker may be the new celeb must have item. Model Cara Delevingne has been wearing the silver jacket with giant hood that is so wildly reflective, it ruins photos by unnaturally lighting up images. [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Body Labs Grabs, the New York startup which began from a homicide investigation at Brown University in 2006, has secured $2.2mil seed funding. The company’s 3-D Body Model technology, has signed up customers including a major U.S. sports apparel maker and the U.S. Army. The apparel maker is using body scans to create better-fitting clothing for elite athletes. [WSJ]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• DAISY LOWE
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