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Extra Extra: Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Glendale

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 17, 2015 10:00PM

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  • Someone bought a winning Mega Millions Lottery ticket in Glandale Heights Friday. The jackpot was $270 million—the largest jackpot in Illinois Lottery history. [Tribune]
  • If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. The Ricketts family has purchased three of the rooftop clubs surrounding the Wrigley Field bleachers. On second thought, that is still beating 'em. [Tribune]
  • Gov. Bruce Rauner reversed Pat Quinn's executive orders on a $10 hourly minimum wage for contractors and demanding governors disclose full tax returns. [Sun-Times]
  • Yoko Ono is adding her input to a remake of Jackson Park's Japanese gardens. Oooooo-kay. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • A look at how the Bears landed new head coach John Fox so soon after he left Denver. [Comcast SportsNet Chicago]

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