Midday News Links: Rare Stomach Bug Spreads In Illinois

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 5, 2013 7:10PM

Former Vice President Al Gore delivers the keynote address at the Bio International Convention. Photo Credit: Nancy Bechtel.

• A rare cyclospora stomach bug has infected five people in Illinois so far. Authorities have not been able to identify the source of the contagion. [AP]


• Three people, including a 1-year-old boy, were killed in a fiery ATV accident in Indiana. [Tribune]


• Four people were hurt in an SUV rollover crash on Lake Shore Drive around 2:30 a.m. Monday. [Tribune]


• CPS board members quietly approved a $20 million, no-bid contract for Supes Academy, a group that CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett may have been involved with before joining CPS. [Catalyst]


• Indiana was the first state to attempt to de-fund Planned Parenthood, and it lost the fight. [Think Progress]


• NBC's Ted McClelland suggests President Barack Obama run for Senate in 2016. [NBC]


• Here are 12 reasons Chicago outshines NYC. We can come up with more, right? [Thrillist]