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Midday News Links: Someone Lottoed In Chicago Tuesday

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 18, 2013 7:40PM

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  • Winning Mega Millions tickets were purchased in California and Georgia but a ticket with a $1 million prize was sold in Chicago. [Sun-Times]
  • Julie Franck pleaded guilty to an OCtober 2012 incident where she donned a ski mask and shocked her mother repeatedly with a Taser in order to steal a $40,000 engagement ring. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Noted attorney Gerald Ratner, best known as the attorney for the Crown family, turns 100 today. Ratner has been practicing law for 75 years. [Crain's Chicago Business]
  • Chicago Bulls Executive Vice President of Business Operations Steve Schanwald was appointed Vice Chair of the Chicago Sports Commission. [Bulls.com]
  • Ernest Wilkins asks, "Is Kanye West still a Chicagoan?" [RedEye]