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Midday News Links: John Wayne Gacy Anthropologist Dies

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 19, 2014 6:35PM

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  • Clyde Snow, a forensic anthropologist who worked on high-profile cases such as the John F. Kennedy assassination and the John Wayne Gacy case, has died. He was 86. [Sun-Times]
  • University of Chicago police removed protesters who chained themselves to equipment demanding a trauma center for the campus' hospital. [DNAinfo Chicago]
  • Chicago Police are warning Back of the Yards residents about a string of daytime burglaries. [CBS Chicago]
  • Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis confirms she flew to Mexico to have bariatric surgery in March because her health insurance wouldn't cover it in the United States. Spare us the fat jokes, people. [NBC Chicago]
  • A woman was kicked out of last weekend's National Restaurant Association show at McCormick Place because she brought a 10-day-old infant, violating the show's policy on allowing no children under 16. [Tribune]