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Midday News Links: Woman Dies On 110th Birthday

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 3, 2012 6:40PM


  • Jane Ising fled Germany when the Nazis rose to power, taught economics at Bradley University and had five great grandchildren. She died yesterday on her 110th birthday. [Tribune]

  • Indiana is now a right-to-work state now that Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation barring union contracts from requiring non-union members to pay fees for representation. Indiana is the only Rust Belt state with a right-to-work law. [New York Times]

  • A date for former Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd’s drug trial has been set. [Sun-Times]

  • Overcrowding at a West Side club led to punches flying, cars crashing and guns firing. Police counted at least 273 people at the 99-person capacity club. [Fox Chicago]

  • The father and son owners of an Elgin strip club have been charged with tax evasion and running a gambling business. [Tribune]

  • A Chicago man has been charged with shooting a Kentucky State University basketball player. [ABC7]