Midday News Links: Six Flags Gets A New Roller-Coaster
- A new roller-coaster is coming to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee this summer. X-Flight is a wing-rider coaster with a three-minute ride featuring water jets, fog machines and a vertical flip through a tower. [The Doings]
- A building at 79th and Halsted partially collapsed yesterday, injuring four pedestrians. [NBC]
- Registration for the Chicago Marathon starts today. You better start training today. [Chicago Marathon]
- Some sweet cars are coming to the Chicago Auto Show. [NYTimes]
- There haven't been any bids for the Chrysler 300C that Obama used to own. It's probably because it's priced at $1 million. [NBC]
