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Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Dec 1, 2011 6:40PM

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  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital is adding over 1,300 new jobs. [Chicago Breaking Business]
  • Studies show the key to a healthy brain is to eat more fish and play less violent video games. [Sun-Times]
  • Groupon CFO Jason Child said troubled European markets aren't affecting them. [Crain's]
  • An 80-year-old man gave away a suit to Goodwill... with his life savings inside. [Tribune]
  • Patricia Watson, who was raped at a South Shore Line Metra station in August, was killed in a hit-and-run accident. [NBC Chicago]
  • Northern Illinois University's board is set to vote on final funding for their campus alert system. Also newsworthy: Northern Illinois University has an incomplete campus alert system. [ABC 7]