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Friday, May 3
The Red Cross has given up searching for David Gimelfarb, the Chicago grad student who went missing while hiking in Costa Rica three weeks ago. His family plans to hire locals to continue the search; you can help by attending a fundraiser at Dollop tonight; details on Facebook.