Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Jul 13, 2011 5:40PM

Seth Anderson, riding the storm out in the West Loop.

• The number of ComEd customers still without power after Monday's storm is down to 182,000. [Chicago Breaking News]


• Lake County declares a state of emergency in the wake of Monday's storm. [Chicago Breaking News]


• President Obama's re-election campaign raised a record $86 million last quarter. Hey, the Citizens United ruling works both ways. [Lynn Sweet/Sun-Times]


• One day, once Mayor Emanuel cleans up everything, city workers could have paid maternity leave. One day. [Sun-Times]


• A cook at a South side barbeque restaurant having a smoke break was killed in a drive-by shooting. [Sun-Times]


• A homeless man was arrested for the 102nd time after he robbed a 71-year-old of $60 in Uptown. [CBS Chicago, the Tribune says it's his 106th time.]


• The pilot for an FX series is being filmed in the South Loop today. [Sloopin]