• Services will be held tomorrow for the firefighter who died while fighting a fire at Avec. [Sun-Times]
• Chain restaurants are increasingly using Foursquare to connect with customers, offering users of the service special perks and deals. [NRN]
• Thai restaurateur Arun Sampanthavivat has shown initial plans for Thai Town Center, a restaurant and market complex located in a former police station on north Pulaski. [Dish]
• Ancient bones recently found in Ethiopia have marks indicating butchering, which suggests pre-humans were eating meat about a million years earlier than previously thought. [Reuters]
• A Guantanamo Bay court sentenced Osama bin Laden’s former chef to fourteen years in jail yesterday. [NYP]
• A feminist advocacy group is trying hard to prevent a Hooters from moving into Cardiff, Wales, saying it will “contribute to sexual harassment of women in the city.” [Salon]
• A young California couple is leading a quest to bring back heirloom seeds. [NYT]
• Buffalo police found a living cat marinating in olive oil and peppers in the trunk of a man’s car. [NYDN]
