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Midday News Links: Walgreens To Keep Corporate HQ In Deerfield

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

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  • Walgreens will keep its corporate HQ in Deerfield, will not use inversion strategy to cut corporate taxes. [Sun-Times]
  • Lincoln Park chef John Wayne "Duke" Formica's "King Leonidas" beard is Chicago's entry for "Wahl Man of the Year" and, if he wins, he could be part of a national ad campaign. He has the name for it. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Pilsen Mexican restaurant Nuevo Leon apologized to customers for a recent failed health inspection, yet criticized the inspector who conducted the spot check. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • A Northwest side man was arrested near Wrigley Field for trying to sell stolen Cubs merchandise. [CBS Chicago]
  • Two Norridge men were charged with child endangerment after leaving their kids in the car while whey whooped it up at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. [NBC Chicago]