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Midday News Links: Rogers Park Man Found Dead In Key West

By Staff in News on Jan 23, 2012 6:40PM

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  • John Hanson, a Rogers Park man who was reported missing by his family two weeks ago, was found dead in Key West, Fla. [Chicago Breaking News]

  • There are 103.6 men for every 100 women in Chicago. Dammit. [Sun-Times]

  • Chicago Police Cmdr. John Kupczyk suffered a heart attack and died while off duty. [Sun-Times]

  • Groupon announced it's buying online shopping start-up Mertado.com. [Crain's]

  • An unfinished 15,000-square-foot mansion is selling for less than the cost of the land on which it was built. [Chicago magazine]

  • A Peotone airport, not ethics, is at the center of the Democratic primary race between Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Debbie Halvorson. [Progress Illinois]