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Midday News Links: Former Sun-Times Printing Plant Sold

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 24, 2014 6:30PM

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  • The former Sun-Times printing plant on South Ashland was sold to a developer of data centers. [Sun-Times]
  • A 16-year-old was among two killed in shootings overnight. [Tribune]
  • Jay Cutler arrived at Bears training camp in Bourbonnais behind the wheel of a bitching conversion van. He's going to need all the distance between himself and his unvaccinated children he can get. [Deadspin]
  • Bill Savage on the violence affecting Chicago's most depressed neighborhoods: "It makes no difference that a crime has its roots in 'another neighborhood,' and to suggest otherwise is to embrace an attitude that thwarts progress against violent crime." [Crain's]
  • The grandchildren of Rev. Duane and Janet Willis advanced on “America’s Got Talent.” [Sun-Times]