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Midday News Links: 36 Shot In Chicago Last Weekend

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 14, 2014 6:30PM

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  • Shootings across Chicago last weekend injured 36 people; four people were killed. [Tribune]
  • A man upset with a 22-cent tax on his soda pulled a submachine gun from his Gucci bag and threatened to kill everyone in the store. That seems like a rationale response. [Sun-Times]
  • The Red Lion Pub is set to re-open in Lincoln Park this spring. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • The Blackhawks begin defense of the Stanley Cup against St. Louis Thursday. HEre's the television schedule for the series. [NBC Chicago]
  • An autopsy on University of Chicago student Nicholas Barnes determined he died of alcohol poisoning. Barnes' body was found in his dorm room in February. [Fox News Chicago]