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GROCERY MERGER: Supermarket chain Albertsons told a federal judge Monday that it might have to lay off workers, close stores and even exit some markets if its planned $26.4 billion merger with Kroger is blocked by the Federal Trade commission. COMED BRIBERY: Lawyers for four ex-ComEd executives and lobbyists convicted in a scheme to bribe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan argue in a new court filing that the entire prosecution was built on a "rotten foundation" and the charges should be dismissed in light of a key Supreme Court ruling in June.
CANDIDATES: In the presidential race, the State Board of Elections removed Libertarian candidate Scott Schluter and Green Party candidate Jill Stein from the Nov. 5 ballot because of a lack of petition signatures but allowed independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
to stay on. GREYHOUND: The company that owns Greyhound buses is nearing the end of a lease at its downtown Chicago station, and that could leave the city poised to become the largest city in the Northern Hemisphere without an intercity bus terminal, according to a new report..
