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Extra Extra: Pres. Obama To Speak At Hyde Park Academy

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 14, 2013 12:00AM

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  • We knew President Barack Obama was returning to Chicago Friday, but now we know where. He will deliver a speech at Hyde Park Academy. [CBS]
  • NBC 5 general manager Larry Wert is moving over to Tribune Co., where he'll manage WGN Radio and the company's television stations across the country. [Sun-Times]
  • Former Rep. Joe Walsh says he plans to sue the Chicago Sun-Times over its most recent stories that he failed to pay child support. [Politico]
  • Illinois received federal approval to establish a health insurance exchange. [Crain's]
  • 1,400 gallons of gas was stolen from a Shell station in Westchester. [CBS Chicago]
  • The Illinois Department of Employment Security collected $44 million from people cheating the agency of unemployment insurance. [Illinois Government Network News]
  • No one at WBEZ is talking about the trademark infringement lawsuit the station filed against San Francisco podcast "This American Whore." [Feder/TimeOut Chicago]