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Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Aug 22, 2011 5:40PM

  • The U.S. Olympic Committee informs six cities, including Chicago, it will not vie for the 2020 Summer Games. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • A 14-year-ols boy was shot execution-style in Austin near the group home where he was staying. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • U.S. Women's Soccer National Team star Hope Solo is eager to run the Chicago Marathon with her fans. [Sun-Times]
  • A body was found in a garbage can on the Near West side. [CBS Chicago]
  • Peter Billingsley, best known as Ralphie in A Christmas Story, apparently found a man dead of a drug overdose at the Knickerbocker Hotel. [NBC Chicago]
  • A service manager for a west suburban bank has been charged with stealing over $100,000 from two of its locations over a three-year period. [Sun-Times]
  • Mayor Emanuel will be at two town hall-style meetings next week to discuss the 2012 City budget. [Mayor's Office Press Release]