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Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)

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The [Tuesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Wow, the Bears and Jay Cutler are just getting absolutely roasted today.

Here's our entry: Tweeting The Bears | Paging Pernell The State Farm Guy.

Should Wells Fargo Execs Responsible For Bilking Customers Be Forced To Return Their Pay? (Hint: Yes)
The firm fired 5,300 employees over the course of five years for engaging in this behavior, clearly evidence that this was more than just a few bad apples.

Meet Chicago's Newest Vampire
Mayor creates Office of Supernatural Affairs.

Downers Grove Native Named Co-Captain Of Clarkson Women's Hockey Team
A highly skilled offensive defenseman entering her junior season.

The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Nots, Chachuba, G-Nome Project, The Steepwater Band, Motion City Soundtrack, Freakwater, Belly, Ween, The Misfits, ZZ Top, Allison Weiss, Enanitos Verdes, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Lush, Los Tigres del Norte, The Heavy, New Candy Store Prophets, Echo & the Bunnymen, Morrissey, Fitz and the Tantrums, Jimmy Eat World, Touche Amore, The Flaming Lips, D.R.I., Taking Back Sunday, Stick To Your Guns, Wishbone Ash, The Whatfour, I Lost Control, and Drivin' N' Cryin'.

TweetWood
A sampling.

Reporting vs. punditry, stenography, gossip, trivia. Also: access is vastly, vastly overrated, if even necessary.

These @Fahrenthold pieces are, at their core, good dogged reporting - wish more "political reporting" done this way https://t.co/iKmmpEJLmj pic.twitter.com/N4JqOAfLBQ
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) September 20, 2016

Hey, everyone lay off pineapple pizza. Pair it with Canadian bacon and you're in heaven. https://t.co/c7HWY2QYhr
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 20, 2016

Right: the weirdest part about the attempt to blame "millennials" is that nobody hates Trump more than they do... https://t.co/ZdnerI2IMq
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 20, 2016

From our very own Tim Willette: pic.twitter.com/89kJIGGLj8
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 20, 2016

This year's goat.

NEW: The Ricketts family was a big backer of #NeverTrump. Now Joe Ricketts is supporting Trump. https://t.co/kOPM1tR0tK
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) September 20, 2016

The Beachwood Tronc Line: Cut to the quick.

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Posted on September 20, 2016