Extra Extra: Gov. Quinn Seeks Disaster Designation For Illinois
- Gov. Pat Quinn asked the USDA to designate nearly all of Illinois as a disaster, as a result of heat and drought. [Sun-Times]
- An area high school marching band tried to raise $300,000 to perform in London for the Olympics. They only raised $35,000. [NBC]
- There’s a town in Mexico that is really into Chicago. [Sun-Times]
- A Chicago woman died when she began to hemorrhage after receiving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood. Less than 0.3 percent of abortion patients experience complications. [Tribune]
- For a measured response to the shooting in Aurora, read this column on the role of mental health in mass murders. [Chicago Mag]
