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  1. Via @libbyanelson: @chicagomag on Medill Innocence Project conflict w/ Cook Co. State's Attorney over McKinney case: http://bit.ly/8qFsOp.
  2. Preparing for time-zone hopscotch to get me back to Pa. today. Glad my first of three legs is out of Lincoln - shorter security line.
  3. Merry Christmas, all! Staying inside and out of our 7+ inches of snow in Nebraska.
  4. Go Big Red! Way to hold Texas!
  5. HBG folks who have houses on Jersey Shore, @bydanielvictor is looking for you for a story. DM him today if you're willing to chat.
  6. Great job Wildcats, taking down previously undefeated Iowa - 17-10.
  7. Cook Co. prosecutors going after Medill Innocence Project, student notes & grades: http://tinyurl.com/yfbhrju via @ innocenceblog, etc.
  8. RT @Capitol_Ideas PLCA Gridiron dinner tonight. @AnaMarieCox will be there. 6 p.m. HBG Hilton. (Plus hilarious videos from newsroom folks!)
  9. RT @timelywriter Tickets still on sale for 79th Gridiron Dinner. Monday, 7 p.m., cash bar 6 p.m., Harrisburg Hilton & Towers. $80 per plate.
  10. The American cupcake craze spreads to the Middle East: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/dining/23cake.html (via @libbyfish)
  11. What I miss about not working at a newspaper - ridiculous crime stories: http://tinyurl.com/kphkcf
  12. @kirstinalv Thanks! I wasn't sure abt # of bills - we've been budget-focused. Hope budget bills will boost total from 29 signed bills soon.
  13. House Gaming Oversight Cmte passes video-poker measure (HB 1317) to the floor, vote of 14-12. Thomas switched to "aye," to offer amendment.
  14. Add @WITFimpactofwar for dispatches from WITF Capitol Reporter Scott Detrow during his three-week stint with Pa. 56th Nat'l Guard unit.
  15. Pa. accompanied by Arizona, Mississippi, North Carolina and California in its budget standoff: http://tinyurl.com/l2umkf
  16. RT @sarabozich @BobCaton: Want to try balancing the budget yourself? http://www.youbudgetpa.org/
  17. Eachus, McCall: Discussing job impacts of each budget line, will return to more in-depth education discussion tomorrow.
  18. @BobCaton If only we thought of that a few hours earlier ... we did have plenty of time to kill!
  19. @billkdr raincheck for our next stakeout?
  20. Orie, Pileggi say went through half of budget, line-by-line. P says Gov Rendell "showed some flexibility" on some line items.