Midday News Links
By Staff in News on Jul 6, 2011 5:40PM
- A 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head in Roseland early this morning. [Sun-Times]
- The O'Hare concession gravy train could be coming to an end for a clout heavy associate of Richard Daley. [Sun-Times]
- Tammy Duckworth files papers to run for Congress in the newly re-drawn 8th Congressional District. [Crain's]
- Fuel problems stalled a Chicago-to-Carbondale Amtrak train. [CBS Chicago]
- George Ryan loses another appeal to get out of jail. [ABC 7]
- Steve Rhodes looks back at a time when Beatles hairdos were banned from public schools. [Beachwood Reporter]
- Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin says the beauty of downtown buildings manages to survive a prominent role in a Michael Bay film. [Tribune]
- Air conditioning units stolen from a South Side animal shelter have workers there concerned about the well-being of the animals housed there. [Tribune]
- Operate your own food truck for as low as $150 a day. [Craigslist]
- Forgotten Chicago looks at the remnants of the "L" network. [Forgotten Chicago]