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Midday News Links: The Mercury Is At Zero Degrees

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 7, 2014 7:55PM

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Photo credit: Al Boardman

  • After 37 hours of sub-zero temperatures the official reading at O'Hare Airport reached zero degrees shortly before 1 p.m. Don the shorts if you have them! [Tribune]
  • The Reddit "Frozen Chicago" photo thread is a good waste of your time this afternoon. [Reddit]
  • Robbie Fulks interviews Steve Albini in the Reader's latest installment of its "Artist on Artist" series. [Reader]
  • Congrats to former Time Out Chicago president and Editor-in-chief Frank Sennett, who was named the new head of digital strategy for Crain's Chicago Business. [Crain's]
  • Chicago ended 2013 with only 16 deaths due to fire, a record low. [Sun-Times]

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