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Midday News Links: Construction On Tollway Interchange Begins This Weekend

By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 16, 2012 7:00PM

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  • The Illinois Tollway begins the second phase of rebuilding the interchange between the Tri-State and Jane Addams Tollways this weekend. [Tribune]
  • Yes, the Reader is for sale. No, they haven't laid anyone off. [Reader]
  • The Tribune, however, laid off 15 staffers. [Feder/TOC]
  • A man was rescued from the Chicago River near Goose Island. [Tribune]
  • Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said he's willing to review phone charges for inmates at Cook County Jail, which seem to run higher than 1-900 numbers. [WBEZ]
  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomed the prime minister of Ireland to Chicago today. [Sun-Times]
  • Our warm winter may have an adverse effect on baby squirrels. [CBS Chicago]

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