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Midday News Links: Hillary Clinton Calls Pat Quinn 'The Luckiest Politician In The World'

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 19, 2013 6:40PM

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  • Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Pat Quinn "the luckiest politician in the world" after Bill Daley dropped out of the Illinois governor's race. Quinn said he was the recipient of hard work. [Tribune]
  • O'Hare Airport is getting $14 million in parking lot upgrades. [Sun-Times]
  • Divvy Bikes users have taken over 367,000 trips and biked over one million miles, according to the latest numbers released by the bike sharing service. [Divvy Bikes]
  • An abandoned worker's cottage near Palmisano Park was once the standard of upward mobility in Chicago. [Chicago Patterns]
  • The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Rizza Cadillac in Tinley Park for allegedly subjecting Arab and Muslim employees to harassment and offensive slurs such as "terrorist." [NBC Chicago]