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Extra Extra: Abortion Clinic To Reopen In Rockford

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 5, 2012 12:00AM


  • An abortion clinic in Rockford, Ill., is reopening soon. The state health department shut down the facility in September because "doctors at the clinic didn’t have surgery privileges at a licensed Illinois hospital and that the clinic lacked an experienced operating-room nurse." [Sun-Times]

  • The former site of the historic Brand Brewery on Elston Avenue might be turned into a big box store. Surely that won't help that traffic-choked location. [Our Urban Times]

  • The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Lyons, Ill., man with using social media to swindle people out of more than $500 billion. [Tribune]

  • Do you think you're great? Kill your ego, and you'll be much happier. [Dear Coke Talk]

  • What do you think the Lincoln Park Zoo should name its new snowy owl? [WBEZ]