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Midday News Links: Garry McCarthy Underwent Heart Surgery This Morning

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 5, 2014 6:30PM

  • Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reports Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy underwent an angioplasty at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Thursday morning. [Sun-Times]
  • Police say an employee of a Lincoln Park Dairy Queen planned a robbery with an accomplice. [Tribune]
  • The City of Chicago has filed suit against five of the world’s largest narcotics manufacturers, accusing the companies of concealing the health risks associated with a class of potent painkillers in order to boost profits. [Tribune]
  • A man was caught tagging the Logan Square monument while drinking vodka. At 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Ten years after David Koschman was killed by a punch the Chicago Police Department wants to know if his mother Nanci would want to speak with their Internal Affairs department about the case. [Sun-Times]