Illinois is facing a severe budget crisis, and Governor Pat Quinn has an idea to partially plug the hole and protect Lake Michigan at the same time.

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Illinois is facing a severe budget crisis, and Governor Pat Quinn has an idea to partially plug the hole and protect Lake Michigan at the same time. "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em," the governor said in announcing an agreement to sell as much as 30 million pounds of Asian carp a year to upscale restaurants in China. Carp are popular in China; in U.S. waterways, not so much. The invasive species, which is native to China and has no predators in American waters, devours food crucial to native fish and poses a huge threat to the entire...