| Music: Petty vacant
With: To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie, Gay Witch Abortion, Mouthful of Bees, M.anifest, Gospel Gossip, Black Audience, A Night in the Box. When: 7:30 p.m. today. Where: First Avenue, 701 1st Av. N., Mpls. Tickets: $7. 612-338-8388. Soundbites: Hear sample tracks from TKAPB at startribune.com/music. .
Ex-Circulair owner James Larkin vanishes after flight to Hong Kong
A Chicago fan manufacturer wants to pay its former owner more than $3 million, but there's a hitch: He has vanished.
Relatives of James Larkin say he was last seen boarding a flight to Hong Kong with his second wife last fall just a few months after he suffered a debilitating stroke. Neither checked bags for the trip, the family later learned.
On Wednesday, a Cook County probate judge, agreeing the case constituted an emergency, appointed Larkin's brother, Jerome, a prominent Chicago attorney, as his temporary guardian.
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State leaders desert us
SEVEN ministers and one premier will be leaving the state in the hands of their colleagues over the holiday season with many of the junior ministers taking on multiple portfolios. The workload being handed over is indicative of the massive experience gap in cabinet. Troubled Health Minister Reba Meagher, still recovering from the Royal North Shore Hospital crisis, has notably been given no extra portfolios duties. While health is considered a hefty responsibility, Ms Meagher is a senior minister and in comparison another ministry elder, Attorney-General John Hatzistergos was allocated Frank Sartor's planning duties during his break. Community Minister Kevin Greene was also snubbed in the interim shuffle and handed no extra responsibilities.
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