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- The City has awarded contracts connected to the demolition of Michael Reese Hospital to make way for the proposed Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Unemployment for the Chicago metro area is up again, hitting 11.3 percent for June.
- The battle over a helipad at the new Children's Hospital in Streeterville continues.
- United Airlines is looking into relocating a major operations center consisting of 2,800 employees from Elk Grove to the
SearsWillis Tower. - Gov. Quinn, fresh from a trip to visit Illinois soldiers stationed in the Middle East, is urging people to donate frequent flier miles to assist the families of wounded soldiers.
- In light of his perfect game today, here's a nice profile of Mark Buehrle from 2005 by CNNSI. [via The Reader]
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