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By Staff in News on Sep 21, 2011 5:40PM


  • Any readers bitching about the latest Facebook changes? [Sun-Times]

  • Chicago-area home sales are up, but home values are still falling. [Chicago Breaking Business]

  • Freight train interference in Joliet led to delays and cancellations on the Metra Rock Island Line this morning. [Crain's]

  • Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez left yesterday's game with a quad strain and told media he may have played his last game on the North side. [CBS Chicago]

  • Gov. Quinn is touting Illinois as a nice place to do business and invest in during his trade mission to China. [ABC 7]

  • What if the Bears had landed Matt Hasselback as their starting quarterback in 1998? [Pro Football Talk]

  • Protestors of the Fisk and Crawford coal plants submitted petitions to the Mayor's office asking to support a clean air ordinance yesterday. [Progress Illinois]