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Extra Extra: Northwestern Receives $117.8 Million Gift

By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 5, 2015 11:35PM

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  • Northwestern University alumnus and board member Louis Simpson and wife Kimberly Querrey donated $117.8 million to the university's bio-nanotechnology and regenerative medicine research programs. [Sun-Times]
  • Former Chicago tactical police officer Eural Black is asking that his 40-year prison term for corruption be reduced. [Sun-Times]
  • The Coast Guard is practicing ice rescues in Lake Michigan. If you don't fall in the lake in this weather, they won't have to save you. [ABC 7]
  • The Bulls may be interested in center JaVale McGee. [Comcast SportsNet]
  • The arrival of Andrew Desjardins means Teuvo Teravinen is once again on the outside looking in for the Blackhawks. [NBC Chicago]

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