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The Weekend Desk Report"As a consumer, Reese Mathers is living the dream, according to the testimonials left on websites of businesses across the globe," Matthew Walberg reports for the Tribune. The clothes always fit perfectly. The business advice was really helpful. The couples massage was relaxing and romantic. You'll have to click through to find out what's going on - and it's almost certainly not what you think. Fox Con Air "On Tuesday, the EPA identified 51 areas in 22 states that do not meet federal air quality requirements for ozone, a step toward enforcing the standards issued in 2015. "An exempted area was Racine County, Wisconsin, just north of the Illinois border that is known to have heavily polluted air, where Taiwan-based Foxconn is building a $10 billion liquid-crystal display plant." * Reminder from last week: "[EPA Administrator Scott] Pruitt also pared back the list of counties with dirty air in Illinois and Indiana, a decision that could add to Chicago's chronic problems with pollution linked to asthma attacks, heart disease and early deaths. "Tweaking the list of counties in violation of federal smog standards is the latest attempt by Pruitt to roll back or delay environmental regulations enacted during the Obama administration." You no longer live in a region in violation of federal smog standards, but will die at a rate as if you did! Thin Blue Line "[Tashika] Miner, now 41, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison in 2007 after pleading guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy. "In 2016, the state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation hired her as a health-services investigator with access to sensitive Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance information, state records show." Illinois' version of the revolving door is weird. Seal Team Sex Never meet your heroes. ME Chicago "[That] would make the disease more common than Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, or HIV/AIDS." * ME is real, as anyone who knows someone who has it, like I do, can attest. It is absolutely brutal. Doherty, who suffers from ME, reports on the latest research out of Chicago; it's well worth the read. - New on the Beachwood this weekend . . . The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #200 - ChicagoGram - ChicagoTube Since Christ Left Chicago. - Weekend TweetWood
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- The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: The tough, the weird and the pro. Posted on May 12, 2018 |
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