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Midday News Links: Former WLS-AM Morning Host Don Wade Dies

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 9, 2013 6:40PM

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A Barge had a tight fit on the Chicago River near Chinatown's Ping Tom Park this morning. (Photo credit: Avi Schwab)

  • Don Wade, half of a highly-rated morning show at WLS-AM with wife Roma until he signed off last year, died of a brain tumor. [Tribune]
  • There’s a possibility President Obama could pardon Sandi Jackson before he leaves office. [Sun-Times]
  • Ald. Ed Burke (14th) proposes an ordinance requiring restaurants that serve alcohol post signs saying guns are not allowed. [ABC Chicago]
  • Sad Derrick Rose looked pretty happy while practicing on a trip to the Far East. [International Business Times]
  • CTA is running shuttle buses from the Rosemont Blue Line station to O'Hare after a derailment this morning. [CTA Twitter]

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