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Midday News Links: New Target Opens At Cabrini-Green

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 9, 2013 6:40PM

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  • A new three-story Target opened on the site of the former Cabrini-Green housing projects Tuesday. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Andy Pafko, an outfielder with the 1945 Cubs, died at 92. [Sun-Times]
  • Cubs’ Hall of Famer Billy Williams will get a statue in his honor. [Sun-Times]
  • About 2,000 employees at the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in northern Illinois will not be paid after Friday until Congress passes an appropriations bill. [Tribune]
  • Hey, South Loop! You now have a Mariano's Fresh Market. [Fox News Chicago]