Midday News Links
- Debit card fraud at arts and crafts retailer Michaels is more wide ranging than expected. [Tribune]
- Police fatally shoot a would-be robber of a Bridgeport JJ Peppers at 31st and Union. A second robber gets away. [Sun-Times]
- Mayor-elect Emanuel is backing his Police Superintendent designate Garry McCarthy despite a federal investigation into the Newark Police Department. [Sun-Times]
- You, too, can start a charter school. [Medill]
- A Buffalo grove couple loses $60,000 in valuables to a conman. [CBS Chicago]
- Rod Blagojevich's lawyers complain about prosecutors' objections. [ChuffPo]
- A St. Charles Portillo's restaurant is being investigated for salmonella. [Sun-Times]
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