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Extra Extra: Chicago State University Employee Awarded $2.5 Million Whistleblowing Reward

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 28, 2014 12:00AM

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A jury rewarded a former Chicago State University employee $2.5 million after determining he was fired for reporting misconduct by the university's president. [Tribune]
Thomas M. Sengstacke Picou, a longtime executive at the Chicago Defender, died. He was 76. [Sun-Times]
Trek Bicycle Co. president John Burke told a group of Chicago business leaders obese and unhealthy workers are bad for business. [DNAInfo Chicago]
A worker was injured while working in a manhole on the South Side. [Tribune]
The Burr Ridge mansion of former Bull Eddy Curry is nearing a sale after a lengthy foreclosure. [Tribune]

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