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By Staff in News on Sep 1, 2011 5:40PM

  • Mobs of kids are now attacking bicyclists on the south side of the lakefront path. [Sun-Times]
  • Six Flags Great America will get a new wing-style roller coaster next year. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • The parent company for Peoples Energy buys two clean fuel businesses. [Crain's]
  • A toddler was killed after he was hit by a car in Marquette Park. [ABC 7]
  • Former Bear Alex Brown, released by the Saints a couple of days ago, said rejoining the team would be "awesome." [CBS Chicago]
  • American University professor Alan Lichtman, who's correctly predicted every Presidential election since Ronald Reagan in 1980, says Barack Obama has nothing to worry about. [U.S. News and World Report]
  • Mark Buehrle says Ozzie Guillen isn't a clubhouse distraction. [ESPN Chicago]