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CHICAGO (AP) — Federal authorities have given a green light to Chicago to press ahead with plans to privatize Midway International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says Friday in a statement that the city 'can take the next steps to select a private airport operator' after the agency accepted a preliminary application to privatize Chicago's second largest airport. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said last month he's seeking private bidders interested in leasing Midway for up to 40 years. He wants enough cash from the deal to pay off Midway's roughly $1.4 billion debt. There'd be a split of profits with the private operator. Emanuel proposed a panel of City Council members, business leaders and labor representatives to oversee the process. He says a 'Traveler's Bill of Rights' would be part of any deal. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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