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Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Dec 14, 2011 6:40PM

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  • Metra is apologizing for delays along the Heritage Corridor the past couple of days. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is The Protester. [Gothamist]
  • A Sikh temple in suburban Island Lake was shut down for safety violations. [Daily Herald]
  • Sun-Times Guillen Family correspondent Joe Cowley continues to stir the pot. Now he's reporting of a rift between the White Sox pitching staff — specifically Jake Peavy — and pitching coach Don Cooper. [Sun-Times]
  • Stop Smiling co-publisher James Hughes wrote a touching essay on the old Maxwell Street Market for the Oxford American magazine's website. [Oxford American]
  • The U.S. Mint is halting production of $1 coins. [Tribune]
  • Judge James Zagel will hear a motion to give Springfield powerbroker William Cellini a new trial. [ABC 7]