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Midday News Links: Food Pantries Across Cook County Reporting Record Visits

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 21, 2013 7:40PM

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  • Food pantries across Cook County recorded over 550,000 visits in October 2012, a record. [WBEZ]
  • The new calendar for Chicago Public Schools has the 2013-14 school year beginning before Labor Day. [Sun-Times]
  • Wrapports, the parent company of the Sun-Times and Chicago Reader, is interested in picking up some Tribune Co. assets. [Crain's Chicago Business]
  • New bears head coach Marc Trestman named former Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mel Tucker as defensive coordinator. [NFL.com]
  • The Obama campaign is being transformed into a non-profit organization aimed at organizing support behind the president's second term agenda. [Sun-Times]