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Midday News Links: Blues Musician Killed On South Side

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 20, 2013 7:40PM

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  • Bluesman Eric “Guitar” Davis was found shot to death, blocks from where a church deacon was also killed. [Sun-Times]
  • Naperville medical marijuana clinics will have drive-thru windows. Now you can roll your window up and your indo up in the same motion. (So long as the cops don't pull you over.) [Tribune]
  • Our pals at Guys Drinking Beer released their 2013 Chicago Craft Beer Awards. (Thanks for the nice mention about Jason Baldacci and his "Beer of the Week" posts!) [Guys Drinking Beer]
  • Walgreen's profits are up 68 percent in their fiscal first quarter. [Crain's]
  • Governor Pat Quinn requested federal relief aid for nine Illinois counties recovering from last month's tornadoes. [IGNN]