Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Jun 3, 2011 5:40PM

• Wilbur Wright College canceled classes today after an electrical malfunction filled the Northwest side city college's basement. [Tribune]
• 12 people were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after two trains bumped at Union Station. [Sun-Times]
• The electrical malfunction that led to Red Line trains being rerouted on the elevated tracks this morning was described as "a blue flash and then a boom." [Tribune]
• Hiring across thee nation slowed to a crawl in May. The 54,000 new jobs was the lowest number in eight months. [WBEZ]
• Walgreen's sales beat expectations last month. [Crain's]
• Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has died. [Sun-Times]
• A dispute over a television set may have led to the death of a man in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest side. [ABC 7]
• Some looking for work are turning to psychics for job advice. [Medill Reports]