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Midday News Links: Chicago-To-New York The Most Popular Flight In The Country

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 24, 2013 6:45PM

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  • Data released from the Bureau of Transportation showed more airline passengers flew from Chicago to New York than any other route in the country. Chicago also placed at the start or endpoint for four of the ten most popular plane routes. [Sun-Times]
  • Police are investigating alleged sexual assaults at Benedictine University. [Tribune]
  • The Patio Theater has reopened after a summer shutdown and owner Demetri Kouvalis couldn't be happier. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • A Chicago Bulls College Prep charter high school student was sexually assaulted by outsiders when the schools made her run around the block during gym class, the girl claims in court. [Courthouse News]
  • Fitch cuts the Chicago Board of Education's Board rating to A-minus based on the school system's sucking chest wound of a structural budget gap. If the Board of Ed's budget doesn't merit an F-minus, we don't know what does. [Crain's]