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CHICAGO NEWS
• Chef Charles Webb will begin to offer periodic private tastings at his Bucktown home starting Dec. 4. Diners will be selected through a social media contest currently underway. He has been an exclusive private chef for a Portuguese Contessa, a Lebanese arms dealer, elite private art collectors, British industrialists, Kuwaiti entrepreneurs, Russian oligarchs and Mexican socialites. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Preparations are underway as a grand jury in Ferguson, MO is set to reveal whether or not to indict the white police officer who shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black youth, three months ago. [NY TIMES]
WORLD NEWS
• Two American men are wanted by Thai police over three parcels containing human remains bound for address in Las Vegas. They were stolen from one of the big hospitals in the area and contained an adult heart with a stab wound, pieces of adult human skin with tattoos and baby parts. [BBC]
SPORTS
• DEA agents showed up unannounced Sunday to check at least two visiting NFL teams’ medical staffs as part of an investigation into former players’ claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs. The San Francisco 49ers’ staff and Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ staff was checked. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Bro, does your lincoln have venetian seats though? Lincoln, in an effort to shake the image of it being a car for old people and airport shuttle, is seeking younger, more affluent drivers with Venetian leather cockpits and personal service without dealership visits. The Black Label trim will debut next month in six states and available for the MKZ sedan and MKC small sport-utility vehicle. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• Solange Knowles “broke the internet” and she didn’t have to show her derrière to do it. The singer/songwriter married Alan Ferguson over the weekend in New Orleans and Vogue released first pictures of the wedding party that included sister Beyonce, mom Tina and friend Janelle Monae. Jay Z was one of the 200 guests in attendance, which also included Jena Lyons. [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Steve McSween has been named the new Head of Men’s at Nautica following the Friday resignation of vice president of design and creative Chris Cox. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• The wedding party of Solange Knowles
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