Midday News Links
By Staff in News on Dec 6, 2011 6:40PM
- Pets for Patriots, Inc., a not-for-profit that connects shelter pets with veteran and service members of the United States military, adds the Naperville Area Humane Society (NAHS), the Animal Welfare League and Angels on Wheels to their nationwide network working to place at-risk shelter pets in happy homes. [Free Press Release.com]
- As retirement looms, many baby boomers have little to no savings. [Sun-Times]
- More layoffs at the Sun-Times. [Crain's]
- McHenry, Kane and DuPage counties have seen an increase in Whooping Cough cases. [NBC Chicago]
- Chicago motorists has been paying over $3 a gallon for gas for over a year. [Chicago Gas Prices, via Gapers Block]
- Illinois led the nation in job gains in October, while Wisconsin lost over 9,700 jobs. That Scott Walker really knows something. [Huffington Post]
- Icy roads are causing crashes around the Chicago area. [ABC 7]
- Chances are that, if there's ice on the road, male drivers are crashing. Studies show they crash more in snow and ice, while women crash more in rain. [Tribune]
