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Midday News Links: Woman Suing Two Brothers Brewing

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 8, 2012 7:30PM

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  • A woman who used to work at Two Brothers Brewing's brewpub is suing the brewery and its distributor because she alleges a tap handle shattered in her hand as she poured a beer. [Sun-Times]
  • The owner of an Oak Park bungalow he's been trying to sell is suing the suburb. He says the town's fire department used his house to conduct training exercises which left the home a mess inside and subsequently fined him for failing to maintain the property. [Tribune]
  • President Obama returned campaign donations from Chicago-area donors whose brother is a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the U.S. [NYT]
  • The chess match between Cardinal Francis George and St. Sabina's Fr. Michael Pfleger continues. George has given Pfleger duties outside of St. Sabina, and made him a "co-pastor" of the Auburn-Gresham Catholic church. [Sun-Times]
  • Groupon is set to announce their first quarterly reports since their IPO. [Crain's]