Midday News Links
- A 19-year-old and three teens were charged in a strongarm robbery on the South side. [Chicago Breaking News]
- Mike and Pat Sheerin announce the January opening of the Trenchermen [TimeOut Chicago]
- McDonald's is launching an in-restaurant television channel. [Crain's]
- The Cubs may officially announce Theo Epstein's hiring Wednesday. [CBS Chicago]
- Des Plaines dedicated a memorial to the 1979 crash of Flight 191 Saturday. [Daily Herald]
- The principal of a South Loop elementary school defended her decision to cut the kindergarten level of its gifted program for 2012-13. [Chicago Journal]
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