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City Council Meetings Go Online

The City has officially begun archiving City Council meetings for later viewing online. While meetings have been streamed live for almost two years, the City is finally archiving them for later viewing, meaning if you don't have a chance to watch at the office but want to know what your alderman said about a particular issue at the meeting, you can track it down later. The site is through the City Clerk's office and went live earlier today with meetings dating back to October 2009. (Or so they claim because we couldn't get any of the videos to show in either Firefox or Internet Explorer.) Andy Shaw, executive director of the Better Government Association, is pushing City Clerk Miguel del Valle to broadcast the meetings on cable TV to reach a wider audience that doesn't necessarily have access to the Internet. The next meeting of the City Council is April 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

Ovechkin Suspended For Campbell Hit

That hit Washington Caps star Alex Ovechkin took on Blackhawks' defenseman Brian Campbell will cost Ovechkin two games, according to the Washington Post. Ovechkin met with the NHL's head disciplinarian Colin Campbell about the hit today. Still no official word on Campbell, but it's likely at least his regular season is over.

Boehner: No To Thomson Even "If You Put A Gun To My Head"

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared on CNN's State of the Union this weekend and made some strong statements in regards to shutting down Guantanamo Bay and moving federal prisoners to a refurbished Thomson Correctional Center in Northwest Illinois. How strong? "I wouldn't vote for this [Thomson] if you put a gun to my head." Yeah, that strong. Boehner also echoed worries expressed previously by U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk that moving prisoners here would increase the terrorist threat level to the U.S. and making Thomson sound like a keg party, saying, "There's no reason to bring these terrorists into the United States, no reason to increase the threat level here because they're here and their friends may want to come." Check out an excerpt below.

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Evanston Cell Phone Ban In Effect

Evanston has now joined the list of Illinois cities completely banning talking on a cell phone while driving with a new law that goes into effect today. But if you get pulled over for chatting while driving this week, don't sweat it. Evanston police are only handing out warnings for the violation through March 22 as long as any violations don't include negligent or reckless driving or involves an accident. But after that, it's $50 per offense and $200 if the behavior leads to an accident.

DOWNLOAD: Holy F*ck's "Chatroulette Single"

We've always had trouble figuring out why a band that creates as beuatiful music as Holy Fuck does would, well, choose a moniker that might keep that music out of the hands of the masses. Their mixture of hympnotci ro0ck and electronics swerves from soothing to epic and effortlessly takes over and, honest to god, lifts our mood.every time its pumped through our speakers.

Well, maybe they;re trying to figure a way to hit the masses despite that whole band name thing, since they released the first single off their forthcoming album Latin on Chatroulette. We have no idea how many users of the site actually listened to “Latin America,” but we suppose it's as good a way as any to get the word out at this point, since we don't see terretsrial radio willing to piss of the FCC just by saying the band's name. Hell, saying Holy Fuck on Chatroulette is probably one of the the least offensive things going down there at any given time! So here you have it, we'll save you the trip and just deliver the song right to you. It's a beauty so enjoy.

MP3: Holy Fuck “Latin America”

Monday Afternoon Diversion: RIP, Peter Graves

Actor Peter Graves passed away over the weekend at the age of 83. Perhaps known best for his role in the original Mission: Impossible TV series, Graves is also remembered for dozens of films, especially his role as Capt. Clarence Oveur in Airplane!. And one enterprising YouTuber put together a video featuring all of Graves' parts from the Airplane! movie.

Hinrich Suspension Adds to Bulls' Roster Woes

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It's been a while since the likes of Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkins had to fill dual roles as player-coaches, but the Bulls just might need Vinny Del Negro to trade in his suits for shorts this week. Kirk Hinrich will be forced to miss Tuesday's game after being suspended one game by the league for making contact with an official after he was ejected from Friday night's game against Miami.

Being without Hinrich's services against the Grizzlies couldn't come at a worse time for the Bulls, who are currently mired in a seven-game losing streak. A rash of injuries to a number of the Bulls' key players have hindered the team of late. Derrick Rose left Thursday night's game against the Magic in the first half with a sprained wrist and missed Friday night's game against the Heat. Rose didn't practice over the weekend, and his status for Tuesday remains unknown. Luol Deng also missed both games of the Florida swing, due to a calf injury. Center Joakim Noah, suffering from plantar fasciitis, has missed seven straight games and 14 of the past 18. Meanwhile, Brad Miller has continued to play despite his own bumps and bruises.

So will the Bulls be forced to play Tuesday night's game without their top four players? Unfortunately, that's looking entirely possible. Guys buried at the bottom of the bench have been thrust into the lineup while those players acquired primarily for their expiring contracts are being forced into regular rotation. Ever the optimist, coach Del Negro said, "You have to battle through it all. Luckily, nothing is major. There's hope we can get everyone back here in the next four days, three days, five days, a week. As soon as we can get everyone together, hopefully we can get on the same page quickly again and get back to playing the way we're capable of." But with the Bulls quickly slipping out of playoff contention, that may be too late to salvage 2010.

Grass Roots South Side Parade Fizzles

Normally, by 11 a.m. on the Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day, the streets in Beverly are usually teeming with people for the annual South Side Irish parade. But last year, the decision was made to discontinue the parade and it was transformed into a 10-day festival. Still, thousands of people pledged on the internet to “show up to the Southside Irish Parade anyway.' But very few followed through on that virtual promise.

While a small parade was still scheduled to "quietly and inconspicuously" march, the local bars were open, and neighborhood businesses were still trying to capitalize on the holiday, the day passed by like any other Sunday in the far south side neighborhood. No arrests were made, but police were out in force. We counted almost a dozen wagons circling the blocks between 103rd and 111th streets along Western Avenue and a police chopper hovered overhead much of the day. A few folks decked out in green passed down the street, a few bars got some traffic later in the day and some locals had block parties, but all we really saw was a hefty amount of police and a few sad, beerless teenagers.

Cirque du Soleil Sends Illini Packing

Illinois's Brandon Paul (left) and Mike Tisdale (right) will have to play their first NIT game on the road thanks to Cirque du Soleil; AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Earlier today, we mentioned that Illinois's men's basketball team narrowly missed out on this year's NCAA tournament and, instead, fell into a number one seed in the NIT. But a look at the schedule shows Illinois playing Stony Brook (located on Long Island, New York) on the road (Wednesday, March 17, 8 p.m., ESPNU). What gives? It seems Cirque du Soleil already has Assembly Hall booked. From IlliniHQ [via Deadspin]:

Though Illinois is seeded No. 1 in the NIT, it couldn't host a first-round game because Cirque du Soleil is performing at the Assembly Hall this week. If it continues to win, Illinois would host a second-round game March 22 and a third-round game March 24.

So take heart, Illini fans. The odds are in your favor you'll get to see your team play on its home floor at least once more this season. But, as countless upsets have taught us, nothing is for certain in March.

Properly Sauced: Gin Fix

We picked up this little beauty over the weekend at Open Books, the cool River North bookstore we told you about back in January. Printed in 1957 by the Peter Pauper Press of Mt. Vernon, New York, Aquavit to Zombie is a mini-encyclopedia of spirits and drink recipes compiled by Peter Beilenson with charming illustrations by Ruth McCrea. We were curious to see how one of the recipes would stand up, so we made ourselves a gin fix.

David Wondrich dates the "fix" type of cocktail to around 1856. Beilenson describes it thus:

Like a Daisy, a drink of the sour type, made with fruit-flavored sweetening in a mug or goblet filled with crushed ice (work the ingredients with a spoon until the mug is frosted), decorated with fruit and mint. Serve with straw.

Then a recipe is given, which we faithfully executed. It's amazingly simple to make and very refreshing.

Gin Fix

1/2 oz. maraschino liqueur
1 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 small lime or half of a large lime)
3 oz. gin

Add ingredients to a large ice-filled glass of your choosing. Then, while holding the glass with one hand, stir vigorously with a spoon until frosted. Garnish (or not) with fruit and mint.

The wonderful thing about the fix is how flexible it is. As long as you keep the proportions the same, you can experiment with different combinations of fruit cordials and spirits. Try crème de cassis with gin, orange liqueur with whiskey, even Koval's ginger liqueur with brandy. You can also use lemon juice instead of lime juice. With the magic balance that's built into the recipe the end result should never be either too sweet or too stiff. We can't wait till summer's here and we can garnish our gin fix with some fresh berries.

Around Town: St. Patrick's Edition

Sure, St. Patrick's Day isn't until Wednesday, but that didn't keep many in the city from celebrating - rain or shine - this weekend. Here are some reader photos of celebrations from around the city and Aaron will be up later with a look at what, if anything, went down on the South Side.

If you'd like your photos to be considered for Around Town or other features on Chicagoist, share them in our Flickr Pool.

Gun Sales Expected to Spike if Chicago Ban Overturned

Photo by barjack

Suburban gun store owners are licking their chops at the prospect of Chicago's handgun ban being overturned, according to a report in Crain's Chicago Business. They interviewed several managers and owners at various gun shops throughout the suburbs who all anticipate a big boost in sales if the U.S. Supreme Court deems our ban as unconstitutional, a ruling that seems likely, with one owner expecting "thousands and thousands" of new guns being purchased.

Gun sales in Illinois have already been on the rise over the past year, seemingly sparked by the election of President Obama and the worry that he would impose tougher gun laws. The manager of Waukegan's most awesomely named store ever, Mike Schrank's Smoke 'N Gun, was quoted as saying he is hoping that "Chicagoans head that far north to buy," and that "it will be positive for the entire industry." All the owners said they had no plans to open up shop inside city limits, though, predicting that Mayor Daley would implement restrictions and zoning ordinances that would make running a gun store very difficult and cumbersome, if not impossible. Far from paranoid thought, as Daley has introduced new gun law proposals every year. Just last week he was pushing for a law making it a Class 1 felony to "knowingly sell or transfer a gun to a known gang member," and another requiring that certain types of guns entering Illinois be "micro-stamped" to help police match bullets with the firearm that they came from.

But Daley, for some inexplicable reason, still fails to demand an increase in penalties for people that actually use the gun in a crime instead of the people that sell them. While it hasn't been distinctly proven, there's much more evidence that implementing a mandatory increase in sentencing if a gun is used in the commencement of a crime would play much more of a part in reducing gun crimes than a ban ever will.

Working for Wal-Mart, Part Three

Outside the Wal-Mart in Orland Hills, IL, by Clean Wal-Mart.

As part of our on-going coverage of Wal-Mart’s attempt to break into the Chicago retail market, we take a look today at the company’s employment practices in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicagoist met up with three Wal-Mart employees to talk to them about their jobs, company policy, and why they work there. Check out parts one and two of this story.

I asked Rosetta Brown, Roslyn Landfair and Linda Haluska why Wal-Mart workers hadn’t started a union at work, given how hard it seems to be to work there. “95 percent of them are scared,” Roslyn says. “They scared that they don’t want to lose their jobs. Believe me, I’ve never seen so many scared people. A lot of them been there since the store was open, some that’s been there 10 years, and they’re just so scared. It’s not like they have, you know, college educations, it’s been their first job and they making quality money, so why go?” Linda nods in agreement. “So they stay there, there’s no place else to go. If they go, they gonna make $7.50, $8 an hour.”

“A lot of them are afraid that they’re going to close the store,” Linda says. "Because they did close a store.” Wal-Mart closed its store in Jonquière, Quebec Canada in 2005 after workers there joined the United Food and Commercial Workers union. That Wal-Mart employees in suburban Chicago know this five years later is a testament to the company's efforts to ensure that its employees don’t sign union cards.

Wal-Mart uses a subtle but effective form of union busting to keep their employees from organizing. It starts with showing anti-union videos as part of new employee orientation. A requirement of all employees is that they must attend mandatory “continuing education” meetings, featuring videos produced by corporate headquarters. Rosetta and Linda told me about the videos the company makes employees watch. “Our [store] had never used a demo person [in a video]," Rosetta told me. "A demo person is the ones that just lost they jobs - you wear black pants, white shirt and a white hair net…. They added a new [video] saying watch out for this person, if they talking out against the company, they might be crazy. And they showed a person wearing black pants, a white shirt and a white hair net. And it was like watch out for a worker like that she might be crazy!” Rosetta says that when that video came out, her coworkers were telling her she had to go see it, because they felt she was the one being portrayed.

Wal-Mart's anti-union videos are closely guarded by the company. But a few years ago a two-minute video produced by Paul French and Partners, a PR firm hired to do labor relations video production for Wal-Mart, was leaked onto the internet.

“When people first started hearing more about the union [at our store], and management first caught wind of it, that was when we were bombarded with these union videos," Linda told me. "They were mandatory that we had to go see them. So they actually called us off the floor, like in two groups, to come watch these videos. And at the same time they had someone that flew in from corporate office. To reinforce, or support the idea that having a union was not in the best interest of the employees - not letting us make that decision, but making that decision for us.”

Showing anti-union videos to employees isn’t a new tactic - federal labor laws permit employers to hold “captive audience meetings” where management is free to hold mandatory meetings where they make speeches against unionization, for example, or show videos of strikes. And while Wal-Mart has worked hard to keep its anti-union program from public eyes, a set of labor relations manuals published by the mega-retailer in the early 1990’s was obtained by the United Food and Commercial Workers union and published on the internet. Though containing over a hundred pages of practice and policy, the corporation’s philosophy is clear in this single passage:

“Wal-Mart is opposed to unionization of its associates. Any suggestion that the Company is neutral on the subject or that it encourages associates to join labor organizations is not true. The Company believes its associates in the stores, offices and warehouses are better off without a labor organization because the Company pays wages and fringe benefits which equal or exceed those prevailing for similar work in the communities where the facilities are located. In addition, the Company maintains a program of training, promotion and job security which recognizes an associate's skill, ability, and length of service. Moreover, the Company provides excellent working conditions for its associates and has an excellent system of redressing complaints of associates. We firmly believe we are capable of running our own Company without any assistance from an outside third party.”

Generally speaking, most companies prefer not to have to deal with employee unions if they don’t have to. The reasons for this vary, both by industry and philosophy, but can be boiled down to the perception of increased labor costs and the loss of some control over how a business is managed. The National Labor Relations Act, which governs the rights and responsibilities of parties to a union labor agreement, requires employers to negotiate with employees or their representatives over wages, benefits and other working conditions. While the law doesn’t guarantee that employees will see better wages or working conditions, the presence of a union, at least in a portion of an employer’s facilities, tends to have a ripple effect on raising wages and improving benefits.

Costco, a key competitor of Wal-Mart’s, starts new employees at around $11 an hour, not much difference from Wal-Mart. After four years, however, the average Wal-Mart employee will earn just over $12 an hour, while the average Costco employee will be earning $19.50 an hour. Health benefits at Costco are also among the best in the business - employees pay about 12 percent of the costs out of pocket, compared to 40 percent out of pocket for the average Wal-Mart employee. What gives? Part of it is Costco’s corporate culture of treating employees well. But part of it can be chalked up to boring, old unionization. About 11 percent of Costco employees - on both the East and West costs of the U.S. - belong to the Teamsters union, which helps set the tone for wages and benefits in Costco stores nationally. Other big players in the retail grocery industry have collective bargaining agreements with their workforce as well, such as Meijer, Supervalu, and Albertson’s, all of which drive wages, benefits and working conditions in other stores in their respective labor markets. In fact, in an interview with PBS's Frontline, a former Wal-Mart manager who had worked in unionized Meijer stores said that the presence of the union had the effect of “professionalizing” the workplace and the store's dealings with its employees.

Lack of access to employer-sponsored health benefits leaves vast numbers of Wal-Mart employees around the nation to depend on state and federal health insurance programs for primary medical care. And there was the claim by the women that the reduction in hours that employees are scheduled and able to work leads to workers depending on food stamps. Unionization of Wal-Mart stores could lead to requirements that employees be given a certain number of hours to work each week (as is the case with the UFCW representation of Jewel stores), or access to affordable group health insurance, eliminating the cycle of dependency on welfare that Wal-Mart employees find themselves stuck in.

But Wal-Mart has made indoctrinating their employees against joining a union part of the culture of the company. Aside from regularly showing anti-union videos, they also maintain a well-organized set of front-line managers to harass, interrogate and threaten employees that might be trying to get organized. Documented cases of such practices in the Chicago region don’t appear to exist, as a serious union organizing drive has yet to materialize in a local Wal-Mart. But a 2007 case study by Human Rights Watch looked pretty extensively at the corporation’s actions in Greely, Colorado and Kingman, Arizona, both the site of serious attempts by employees to join the UFCW.

Wal-Mart Supercenter at night, by Dystopos.

Wal-Mart maintains a national union hotline that supervisors are instructed to call at any hint that the employees in a given facility might be considering joining a union. Teams of professional union busters are then sent from Bentonville, Arkansas to thwart any attempt by employees to organize. In both Greely and Kingman, the company’s labor relations team was deployed to the stores.

In the Greely store, Wal-Mart quickly escalated attempts to convince employees that they didn’t need union representation, and that things would drastically change for the worse in the store if the employees joined the UFCW. In Kingman, the decision to join a union never came to a vote, even after the UFCW filed several unfair labor practice charges against the company. Three years later, an administrative law judge ruled that Wal-Mart had violated the law, including surveilling union supporters, denying raises during the organizing drive and threatening employees with the loss of company benefits if they supported the union, and firing a union supporter in the store. In spite of the labor board's ruling, the Kingman Wal-Mart remains non-union.

I asked the women why they stay, given everything they’ve encountered. Linda likes the money she earns and the work she does. But most importantly for her family, the job works for her. “I work nights, because my husband works days as a teacher, and we have two kids. It’s more of a hassle for me to work days, because when the kids get sick, one of us has to call off. So it’s easier to change shifts, if they have doctor appointments, and I can take them to the doctor appointments without having to miss school.” She added, “I like what it is that I do, I just don’t like the way it’s managed. That’s what makes it very difficult. The way management dictates on how the work should be done - it’s like ‘we have a time frame we want you to get it done within this amount of this time.’ And sometimes it’s not really possible to get it done within the time frame they’re asking us to get it done in. I think more or less it’s what their expectations are, not so much what’s possible.”

Talking to Rosetta, I get the impression that she enjoys her coworkers, and that having a place in the business gives her a sense of purpose, even if she doesn’t like working at Sam’s Club. She says stays because she feels like somebody has to stand up for her co-workers. “I kind of stand up for the workers. I just feel like they need me here because they don’t have nobody else here to speak up for them. And it helps, the hours that I work, to pay my rent.”

For Roslyn, she’s had it with Wal-Mart. “I am [classified as eligible] for a re-hire. I can go back to Wal-Mart any day. I have no intention of going back to Wal-Mart, because I would never put myself in that situation again. I would never” work for them again.

Coming out of my interviews with these women, I’m struck by a profound sense of how grim working for Wal-Mart can be. In spite of all of this, though, people continue to work there, apply for jobs there and shop there. Wal-Mart is such a behemoth, both in the retail market and in the popular consciousness that it's easy to forget that real people actually work there. We hear all the horror stories - the class-action lawsuits, the litany of bad press - but there's not a face that's connected to those stories. Talking with Linda, Roslyn and Rosetta, what I came away with was a sense that what they’re looking for is an opportunity, an opportunity for something better. The chance to earn a higher wage, to have some say over how they can balance work and life, and the freedom to not be overworked and locked in the stores overnight, or fear termination because they’d been hurt at work or been there too long.

There’s no union that can make retail grocery work a wonderful, easy job. It’s tough work in a competitive business that deals with a fickle consumer. But if retail workers had the chance to control at least part of their destiny at work, to have a say for themselves what direction they wanted their careers to take, Wal-Mart would have the potential to be the ideal job opportunity that the corporation promises prospective employees.

Detailed: The Chef, Michael Carlson Of Schwa

Special to Chicagoist By Grant Slater

After conversing with hundreds of work-a-day folk between 1970 and 1974, Chicago's oral historian Studs Terkel gleaned that only a lucky few were searching for "daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying." The best of those, he concluded, found solace in the pursuit of professional perfection, the belief that "God is in the details," as another Chicago sage said. In this series, Chicagoist looks at four examples of a certain kind of Chicagoan, the self-employed artisan who trades detail, deftness and inspiration for his or her daily bread.

Today, we look at Michael Carlson, head chef and owner of Schwa Restaurant on the edge of Wicker Park. The restaurant seats 30 people a night, has no waiters and all reservations go through Carlson's white cordless phone.

One Great Dish: Rootstock's Cheese Plate

Check out this beautiful cheese plate, one of many reasons that Rootstock was one of our favorite new bars last year. That is every cheese the Humboldt Park wine bar carries on its menu. You've got the Minnesota Big Woods Blue at the bottom left, a sheep's milk cheese with a light, grassy note. Directly above that is Alpine, a cow's milk cheese from New York state with hardness like Parmesan, but a rich complex flavor. Next to the Alpine is another New York state cow's milk cheese with a washed rind and fruity complexion called Hudson Red.

These and the other three cheeses are perfectly complemented by fruit pairings including walnuts with a blood orange glaze, located between the Alpine and Big Woods Blue.

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Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner In Town Tonight

Photo courtesy of Nicholas Kristof via National Geographic Adventure.

Nicholas D. Kristof will be making an appearance tonight at Northwestern University. Who is that? And why should you care? If you've ever heard of genocide and human trafficking in Darfur, human rights abuses in Asia, or the Tiananmen Square protests, you have Kristof to thank. His reporting was responsible for bringing these issues to the public eye. He's won countless awards for his work and two Pulitzer Prizes.

According to his NYT bio, Kristof is a fearless journalist who has lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to more than 140 countries, plus all 50 states, every Chinese province and every main Japanese island. Along the way, he has had some terrifying experiences with malaria, mobs, and a plane crash. Needless to say, Kristof has a lot to say about a lot of things, but tonight he'll be focusing on the role of journalism in democracy, one of the recurring themes in his work.

Tonight's program at Northwestern will also include clips from the soon-to-be-released documentary Reporter. Kristof is the subject of the film, which was (shockingly) produced by Ben Affleck. Reporter follows Kristof through his reporting on the conflicts and poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2007. Kristof's personal agenda was to put the crisis in the Congo on the International agenda. "The part of journalism that we can't afford to lose is the part that goes into the world and tells you about the things that nobody is telling you," said fellow NYT columnist Gail Collins. That's what Kristof was doing in the Congo, and in Darfur, and in China, and in almost every place he has reported.

To learn more about Nick Kristof and his work, check his twitter, facebook, youtube, blog, columns, or books.

Nicholas Kristof, Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago Ave., 5:30 p.m., free with RSVP

Local Food Festival at the FamilyFarmed Expo

Ever contemplated the logistics of raising your own chickens in the city? Or wanted advice on how to enjoy local and organic food without wrecking your budget? If so, last Saturday’s Local Food Festival at UIC Forum, part of the 3-day Family Farmed Expo, was the place to be. The expert-led workshops included topics like “Drinking Farm to Glass”, offering tips on choosing beverages that sustain the community, and “Local and Organic Eating on a Dime”, demonstrating how to eat healthy organic food on a budget. The lively “Backyard Chickens” workshop featured a panel of inspiring chicken keepers sharing secrets to raising urban chickens (a legal practice in Chicago), including choosing the right breed, construction of pen and coop, and appeasing your weary neighbors with fresh eggs.

Also on hand were local chefs, including Gayle Gand, Rick Bayless and Paul Kahan, performing cooking demos and an impressive group of local food producers and retailers sampling and selling their products.

Invasion Of The Body Scanners

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

The first of the long-awaited body scanners has finally been switched on and put into use at the United terminal at O'Hare as of today. The Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch tried it out on Friday and came away pretty impressed and not at all embarrassed. If you happen to go through it, let us know how you're experience was.

Ted Leo And Friends Take Unexpected Turns Live

What started off as a routine set by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at the Bottom Lounge on Saturday night quickly turned into a punk rock karaoke free-for-all when they were joined on-stage during the encore by Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus (who were in town doing an in-store at Reckless Records) for a rousing cover of The Dead Kennedys’ “Nazi Punks Fuck Off,” and later by Ralph Darden of The Jai-Alai Savant for a cover of the Fugazi classic, “Merchandise.”

Before the punk rock encore took place though, Ted Leo and his Pharmacists blazed through a set that mostly consisted of songs from their brand new album, The Brutalist Bricks. Although it only just came out this past week, the majority of the crowd knew every word and they sang along excitedly to songs like “The Mighty Sparrow,” “Ativan Eyes,” and “Bottled In Cork.” It was the older favorites, however, that elicited a greater response from the packed room, as they danced and pumped their fists along to songs like “Little Dawn,” “Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?,” and “High Party.”

Ever the jovial frontman, Leo was in great spirits on-stage as he bantered with the crowd and high-fived a fan. “We brought a few friends with us,” said Leo, gesturing to the four bumblebee piñatas that sat on each corner of the stage, representing the bumblebee-friendly artwork for The Brutalist Bricks.

After a stellar performance of “Timorous Me” during the encore, the punk rock karaoke began with Stickles running around the stage like a madman and screaming the lyrics to “Nazi Punks Fuck Off,” and ended with Stickles on tambourine and Locks on vocals, doing an all-star cover of Fugazi's "Merchandise." The crowd ate up every minute of the encore, jumping up and down and singing along loudly. Even as the overhead lights came on and the band left the stage, fans couldn’t help but yell for a second encore, hoping for more on-stage magic from the mighty Leo.

The Morning After: Brutal Loss For Blackhawks

Blackhawks Lose Game, Campbell
It was a brutal Sunday for the Blackhawks. Not only did they lose the game to the Washington Caps 4-3 in overtime, but they may have lost Brain Campbell for the year. With less than eight minutes left in the first period, Caps star Alex Ovechkin checked Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell from behind, sending him hard into the boards.

The hit cost Ovechkin the rest of the game as he was given a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct. But the hit might prove more costly for Campbell, who is done for the year with a broken clavicle and ribs, according to sources. As for the game, the 'Hawks got a pair of Jonathan Toews goals in the first to build a 2-0 lead. The lead stretched to 3-0 after a John Madden tip-in in the second. But even that lead wasn't safe as the 'Hawks suffered a monumental collapse in the third, giving up three goals in a 2:16 stretch, allowing the Caps to tie the game and force overtime where the Caps scored a little over three minutes in to clinch a victory away from the 'Hawks. Antti Niemi made 26 saves in goal for the 'Hawks but also gave up all four goals over the final 20+ minutes of ice time. The 'Hawks will try to regroup as they head out on a three-game West Coast road trip, beginning Wednesday night in Anaheim (9 p.m., WGN).

College Basketball
You've seen the bracket so you know the only area team that got into the Big Dance was Notre Dame, who pulled a No. 6 seed in the South bracket. But there will still be some post-season action for other area teams. Illinois pulled a No. 1 seed on one side of the NIT bracket. They'll be joined by Northwestern, who was given a No. 7 seed on the other side. Check out the entire NIT bracket here [PDF].

Spring Training
The Sox (4-6) scored four in the ninth to play the Reds to a 5-5 tie while the Cubs (8-4) edged the Angels 8-7.

Chicagoist Tournament Challenge

2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Bracket. Obama's picks not shown.

With the NCAA Tournament's brackets announced on Sunday evening to set the field of 65, it's time to make your picks for the sixth annual Chicagoist Tournament Challenge! Think you know more about college basketball than Chicagoist's writers and fellow readers? Prove it! Don't know that much about college basketball? So, what... it's usually that one who picked teams based on their mascots that wins anyway!

To join our pool, go to ESPN's Tournament Challenge, find the Chicagoist group and fill out your bracket.

Group: Chicagoist
Password: chicagoist

Last year, we cracked the 100 entry mark for the first time -- so it's truly a challenge to find yourself among the Chicagoist elite. Last year, J. ALFIERI beat out all participants to take home the Chicagoist Tournament Challenge title, while also ranking in the 99.9th percentile of all ESPN Tournament Challenge entries. There once again will be a fun prize awarded to the Chicagoist reader with the top score, so please limit yourself to one entry. We'll announce the winner on the site the day after the championship game.

Celebrity Apprentice: The Five Dumbest Things Blagojevich Said

Former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is stretching his 15 minutes with an appearance on Celebrity Apprentice. Throughout his run, we'll be tracking the dumbest things our former governor spouts on national television.

This week's challenge: running a diner for an afternoon to raise money for charity. Rod played the role of waiter. Not surprisingly, his message remains the same.

On cooking for the celebrity-run diner challenge: "I didn't cook at all when I was governor. I was cooking up results for people."
On being a waiter at the celebrity-run diner and raising money for charity: "In some ways, this is just another public service."
To customers in the diner: "They stole me away from the people who hired me."
To customer in the diner: "Yeah, I didn't do those things, by the way. I'm here to serve."
On raising money for charity: "I'm in an unusual position these days. When I come calling for money, somebody's listening and people on the other end know it."

Ford Announces New Police Interceptor to be Built in Chicago

Ford Motor Company announced on Friday that it will build the new 2011 Police Interceptor at the automaker's Torrence Ave plant, on Chicago's South side. Ford expects to offer the new vehicle without interruption when it discontinues production of the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, which is built in St. Thomas, Ontario in late 2011. Ford's Police Interceptor redesign was driven by tough new federal rollover requirements, something the Crown Vic couldn't meet. Selling a hot new police car to municipalities strapped for cash, though, might be a tough sell.

Ford says that the new Police Interceptor, based on the redesigned Taurus, offers vast improvements over the aging Crown Victoria. The company says it's engineers worked with the company’s Police Advisory Board of law enforcement professionals, to develop an all-new vehicle featuring safety, performance, durability, driver comfort and functionality. “Safety and durability were at the top of their list," Ford said of their advisory board in a press release. "So safety and durability were at the top of ours.” That includes a 75-mph rear-end crash rating, side-curtain airbags that deploy in both a side-impact crash and a rollover, protecting both front and rear seat occupants in either event.

The new cruiser features a V-6 engine that matches or exceeds V-8 performance, as well as two powertrain options: a highly efficient 3.5-liter E85 compatible V-6 engine delivering at least 263 horsepower, and an all-new 3.5-liter EcoBoost™ V-6 twin-turbocharged, direct-injection engine will deliver at least 365 horsepower and 350 ft.-lb. of torque across a broad rpm range. “Both are designed for the severe-duty cycle that police engage in on a daily basis,” Scott Tobin, Ford vehicle line director for cars and crossovers, said in a statement. And while Ford's newest release significantly updates its police cruiser line, the interior has retained many of features unique to police vehicles, such as seating designed to accommodate utility belts, and an anti-stab plate to protect officers from unruly back-seat passengers. The gear shift has also been placed on the column, instead of the floor, freeing up space in the vehicle for weapons and communications equipment. And because the dimensions of that space match the Crown Vic, many departments should be able to reuse equipment in the new vehicle.

Just in time for the City of Chicago to begin replacing it's fleet of police cruisers, Ford confirmed that it will add a second Police Interceptor to the lineup, a utility vehicle that will be "pursuit-rated", to complement the sedan in law enforcement fleets. Speculation among auto enthusiasts is that it will based on the new Ford Explorer, which will also be built in Chicago. Ford says it will release more information about the utility vehicle in this year's third quarter.

Today's Weather: Perkin' Up

Photo by Mark Mullis

After slogging through a damp, cool weekend, things start to perk up once more today. We have, after all, sprung forward. And temps will begin another upward climb today with highs in the upper 40s and the sun breaking through the slate of clouds hanging overhead. Skies will be partly cloudy by evening with lows dropping into the upper 30s. And the rest of the week? Looks to be even better with 60s in the forecast again by Thursday.

Elsewhere in the 'ist-a-verse

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Torontoist investigated some onomatopoeias ("OUCH!" "THUNK!" "OOF!" "YIPE!") painted along a road, pointing to potential hazards for cyclists.

Gothamist had its fill of salt-related news: There was "salty" Eric Massa's resignation and "snorkeling" allegations and then a NY lawmaker's proposal to ban salt.

Bostonist spent the week pondering local challenges to Obama's health care reform from both the right and the left.

Seattlest went behind the scenes of much-lauded local pizza place Delancey.

Chicagoist began a new series in their ongoing look at the battle to bring another Wal-Mart to the city, this time exploring what it's like to work at the store.

Shanghaiist found a cafe advertisement for Starf*cks.

LAist couldn't apply the brakes to the comments section on this post about a San Diego man's runaway Prius.

Phillyist co-editor Jenn DiSanto and staff writer Leigh Simpson represented Philly at the Disney Princess Half Marathon ... and made it to the finish line.

SFist waited in line to visit the SF Underground Market.

Houstonist pondered the addition of two minor league baseball teams within its metroplex.

Compiled by SFist editor Brock Keeling

Joliet JackHammers Robbed

On Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, intruders broke into Silver Cross Field--home to the Joliet JackHammers, a Northern League baseball team--and stole 16 LCD flatscreen TVs that had recently been installed in the luxury suites. To get into the ballpark, the robbers cut surveillance camera cables and broke open a gate.

"Around 9 p.m., Sgt. Mike Reilly received information from a confidential source that a man would be coming to Joliet from Lockport with TV sets from the break-in," Chief Fred Hayes said to the Chicago Sun-Times. Once police spotted and stopped the vehicle which had two flatscreens in its back seat--one of which had a serial number that matched a TV taken from the ballpark--they arrested the driver, David Swan, 18, and brought him in for questioning. "He admitted to burglarizing the ballpark and also implicated others," Hayes said.

Around 1 a.m., police arrested William Cooper, 20, who lives at Swan's residence, Arien Whitehead, 19, of 1710 Parkside Drive in Plainfield, and Wayne Weyker, 17, of 23120 S. Frontage Road in Channahon. Once police obtained a search warrant for Swan's house, they discovered four TVs, a soundboard, numerous bottles of alcohol that were taken from the suites, and several Joliet JackHammer souvenirs. Two additional TVs were also seized from Whitehead's house, Hayes said.

All four of the suspects were charged with burglary and booked into the county jail. "Detectives are still investigating how these offenders obtained the intimate inside knowledge of the ballpark's security," Hayes said.

Police Cadet Claims He Was Fired Due To Raspy Voice

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Reginald Johnson of Dolton has sued the City of Evanston on the grounds that he was fired due to his overly raspy voice. On Sept. 6, 2008, Johnson was hired as a police cadet and then subsequently fired two weeks later. His lawsuit claims that the firing was a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

In his lawsuit, Johnson describes the incident that lead to his firing. According to the Chicago Sun-Times:

When Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington signed Johnson's paperwork to go to the police academy, he questioned Johnson about his raspy voice. He then told Johnson to stand in front of a building and shout commands to a trainer as the trainer walked down the street; the purpose being to see how far Johnson's voice would carry. After the test, Johnson was fired. Eddington told him it was because his voice does not project far enough.

"They just had him shout down a street," Johnson's attorney, Matthew Litvak, said Friday to the Sun-Times. "It's a subjective evaluation. There's no guideline for it." The lawsuit claims that that Johnson's firing had no "reasonable or rational" basis. "All the recruits should be tested equally," Johnson said in the suit. "If they made me go outside and holler, they should have made all the recruits go outside and holler." Johnson is asking for his job back, in addition to backpay, damages, and court costs.

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Business Owners Ask For Leniency In Landscape Ordinance Enforcement

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The city's landscape ordinance is hitting some small businesses at a bad time financially, raising the question if their should be leniency in its enforcement. Joe Perrotta, co-owner of King Transmission, had to pay $50,000 to fix up his parking lot and install ornamental fencing around his Humboldt Park auto repair shop, Chicago News Cooperative reported. Small business owners are required to pay for fencing or can be fined $500-$1,000 for each day a violation exists. But where did it all start? With Mayor Daley's trip to Europe in the mid-90's.

The mandate for private investment in fencing follows a major and controversial move by the city. Mayor Richard M. Daley’s love of ornamental fencing, born during a trip to Europe in the mid-1990s, led City Hall and other Daley-controlled agencies to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to put up wrought-iron-style fences across Chicago. Then in 1999, the City Council approved a change in the city’s zoning and landscaping ordinances to require business owners to dig into their own pockets to surround their parking lots with the same ornamental fencing that the mayor had wrapped around schools, parks, public housing and city offices.

Despite calls from some aldermen to do so, city officials have not yet decided to support a moratorium on the enforcement by allowing small business owners to sign affidavits promising to do the required work within six months or a year. A small business study by the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School concluded Chicago is so burdensome with rules, regulations and enforcement that it impedes small business. Patricia Scudiero, the mayor’s zoning commissioner, told Chicago News Cooperative, the outcry is due to the economy: “There is not more enforcement. There is more complaining.”

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CPS Fails Student So Student Bails On CPS

After waiting a month for Chicago Public Schools to provide him with a federally mandated bus service to and from his Chicago home to school, a high school student with cerebral palsy has decided to give up on the CPS and seek education elsewhere. Termel Jennings, who was an honor student at a high school in Joliet, had hoped to continue his education upon moving in with his aunt in Chicago. When Jennings enrolled at Fenger High School in early February, he was told that the bus service from his aunt's home on the Far South Side to Fenger High School would begin within two weeks. Five weeks went by without any word from the Chicago Public School system or its representatives, and frustrated by the lack of communication in addition to being unable to go to school, Jennings made a decision to withdraw from Fenger High School.

In Joliet, the Tribune reports that Jennings "had a special education plan that called for transportation with an aide, as well as a one-on-one aide to help with note-taking and moving him from class to class." Although CPS representatives stated that they are anxious to get the problem solved and want Jennings to remain patient about the situation, it is unclear whether or not Jennings will rethink his decision and stay enrolled at Fenger. Jennings is likely to return to school in Joliet, and he is entitled to a bus service from his Chicago home to his school in Joliet under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

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The Morning After: Philly Flies Past 'Hawks

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Philly Flies Past 'Hawks
The Blackhawks saw an opportunity to pick up another win pass them by as they fell in the closing seconds to Philadelphia 3-2 yesterday. After a scoreless first two periods, the Flyers struck first in the third to take a 1-0 lead but Kris Versteeg netted a power-play goal to tie the game up. Later in the third, Hossa, who had an assist on Versteeg's goal, scored himself to give the 'Hawks the 2-1 lead. But with just over two minutes left, the Flyers scored again and Chris Pronger slipped one just past Cristobal Huet in the final seconds to give the Flyers the victory. There's no rest, though, as the 'Hawks take to the ice early tomorrow for a brunchtime match-up against the Washington Caps (11:30 a.m., NBC).

College Basketball
Despite having the last shot twice - in regulation and first overtime - Illinois squandered both chances and ultimately lost to Ohio State 88-81 in double OT in the Big 10 tourney semis. Demetri McCamey led Illinois with 22 points and D.J. Richardson added 15 in the losing effort. Despite the loss, the Illini figure to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament when the brackets are unveiled tomorrow night.

Spring Training
The Cubs once again got the better of the Sox 8-7 in split-squad action; the other Cubs squad eased past Cincinnati 11-4 while the other Sox squad fell to Milwaukee 7-2.

Will Celebrity Apprentice Decide Most Embarassing Political State?

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

With the debut of Celebrity Apprentice coming Sunday, get ready for another Blagojevich onslaught. Watching the former Illinois Governor in competition for Donald Trump’s approval in New York will be a reminder that we are not living in the only politically shameful state in the Union. The Empire State's upheaval makes one wonder, which is more dysfunctional, Springfield or Albany? It’s an open question. We are all painfully aware of Rod’s rap sheet, but here are some points for those of you keeping score at home:

Blago might not be the most embarrassing (former) Governor in America. David Paterson took the reigns over the state of New York after Elliot Sptizer’s prostitution scandal forced him to retire in 2008. Paterson has already announced that he will not run for re-election as he is embroiled in his own scandals that include allegations of domestic violence, lying about World Series tickets, and a brutally funny series of “Saturday Night Live” sketches lampooning him (featuring former Chicagoan Fred Armisen as the Governor).
New York Representative Charlie Rangel recently resigned his committee chairmanship amidst ethics investigations of corporate junkets to the Caribbean and rent-controlled apartments.
Both state legislatures have been bogged down by rancorous party politics that have prevented business and allowed massive financially crippling deficits. In Illinois, it’s a record $13 billion. In New York its only close to $9 billion.
The ticklish Congressman Massa affair.
Three words: Scott Lee Cohen.

Normally, we’d give the tip of the hat to New York on this one, but as long as Blago refuses to go away and SNL keeps hammering Paterson, this might come down to the ratings. At least we aren’t alone in Illinois because, sadly, the world will be watching political junkies from both states squirm.

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Weekend Diversion

So apparently Lady Gaga has a new video out for her song "Telephone" and it features Beyonce, a women's prison straight off of a bad Skinemax movie with scantily clad women, product placement, and it's over 9 minutes long and it's weird. Whatever. As much as I love Beyonce, if want to watch two super-duper stars in an awful music video that will forever be burned into my corneas, I'll take Jagger and Bowie singing "Dancing in the Streets," thankyouverymuch.

Fashion Designer Pinto To Shut Store For Good

Photo via Pinto's website

Many people may be aware that First Lady Michelle Obama wore a dress designed by Jason Wu for the Inaugural Ball, but few may be aware of Mrs. Obama's love for Chicago-based designer, Maria Pinto. Sadly, Pinto's store in the West Loop closed in mid-February, but the designer will open up her West Loop boutique for one last time. Starting next Tuesday, March 16th to Saturday, March 20th, Chicagoans will have one last chance to purchase Pinto's luxurious yet accessible clothes, ranging from casual jackets to glamorous evening dresses at bargain prices (marked down to 50% to 70% of their original prices). Pinto's boutique in the West Loop was fairly young, as it opened in the summer of 2008 and closed its doors in less than two years.

Although Pinto has been a part of the fashion industry for over 20 years, having her collections bought and sold in stores such as Barney's New York and Saks Fifth Avenue, she had a relatively new but growing fanbase in Chicago. Hard-hit by the economic recession, Pinto had to pull out of the unstable fashion market and make adjustments accordingly. Certainly, Pinto's absence in the Chicago fashion industry is disheartening, but hopefully she'll be able to bounce back and return to the fashion industry soon.

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Death Penalty Opponents Renew Efforts to End Practice

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Advocates to abolish the death penalty in Illinois ramped up their efforts to end capital punishment for good in the state on Thursday. The Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty held a rally in Springfield, urging lawmakers to move from a moratorium to a full ban on the practice. Illinois has had a moratorium on the death penalty since 2000. Some of this renewed interest in the issue is due to GOP Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. Brady is opposed to the moratorium and has said he would lift it if elected, provided that “adequate reforms” were put in place. Death penalty opponents however, have said the system is broken beyond repair.

The United States is one of the largest industrialized countries left in the world who still use capital punishment. The top five countries who still execute convicted criminals are China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Pakistan. And yet, all five countries have been critical of each other regarding human rights.

Aside from the moral and ethical quandaries faced when confronting the death penalty, opponents have also pointed out the economic cost. Death penalty abolitionists have cited the state budget crisis as one more reason to put an end to capital punishment, as it costs millions of dollars to house and eventually execute death row inmates. Currently, there are both Senate and House bills to end capital punishment awaiting hearings, however neither have been scheduled for discussion.

Two Tons Of Marijuana Seized In McHenry County

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A marijuana growing operation at two homes in McHenry County was raided this week by the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, the McHenry County Sheriff, and federal authorities. Together, they collected 2,200 plants from a home in the 7900 block of Maple Street in Marengo and 2,100 plants from a home in the 17600 block of Kishwaukee Valley Road near Woodstock, or about $6.6 million in marijuana plants altogether. According to the Sun-Times:

Each plant yields about a pound of dried marijuana and has a street value of $1,500 per pound, said MEG Deputy Director Jeff Padilla. "These guys were professionals. This was their business," he said.
The operations included grow lights, drip lines, ventilation, air purification units and illegal power lines run off the main line to hide the fact they were using a lot of electricity.

Charged with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana were Robert Cain, 47, of Cary; Charles Persico, 32, of Hoffman Estates; Jerry Romine, 30, of Woodstock; Jonathan Romine, 32, of Lake in the Hills; Loretta Cattani, 56, of Union; and Robert Stringini, 71, of Schaumburg. Padilla said that those arrested are family members and the continuing investigation could lead to more arrests. Police also found 4,400 pounds of marijuana growing and 500 pounds of dried marijuana ready for packaging. The two houses were owned by family members and not rented.

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ELCA Moves Toward Acceptance of Openly Gay Ministers

Amidst news of financial support at an all-time low, executives of the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are expected to vote next month on new liturgical rites that would allow openly gay and lesbian ministers to become official clergy. It is only the most recent of many examples of American denominations grappling with the contentious issue of increasingly visible gay and lesbian people of faith.

The ELCA reportedly approved a draft of the new rites on Monday. If passed, the rites will allow 17 pastors who have followed the normal ELCA procedures to be ordained.

The denomination's move comes on the heels of a vote last summer striking down a long-time policy which barred non-celibate gays and lesbian Lutherans in the church from attaining official clergy status. In addition to supporting gay and lesbian pastors and professional workers living in committed relationships, the ELCA also approved a resolution committing the church to work toward ways to "recognize, support and hold publicly accountable life-long, monogamous, same gender relationships."

The ELCA's progressive stance toward gay issues has caused a major rift in the church's ranks. To date, sixty-two congregations, of the ELCA's total of 10,230, taking the two required votes to leave the denomination, while nearly 200 others have passed one vote. Similar issues have been faced recently by the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches, who've both also opened their doors to gay and lesbian people of faith. The Catholic Church has not suffered from such disagreements.

The Morning After: Illini Advnace, Bulls' Free-Fall Continues

Illini coach Bruce Weber is PUMPED!; AP Photo/Darron Cummings

College Basketball

Illinois may have managed to slip into the NCAA Tournament thanks to yesterday's 58-54 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin in the Big 10 tournament quarterfinals. Mike Tisdale led the Illini with 21 points as Illinois held off a Badger rally. With Illinois leading by 16 with less than seven minutes to go, Wisconsin managed to trim the lead to just two with 30 seconds left but Illinois hung on for the win. Next up for the Illini is No. 7 Ohio State in the semifinals (12:40 p.m., CBS).
Northwestern's odds at reaching the NCAA Tournament took a big hit with last night's 69-61 Big 10 quarterfinal loss to No. 5 Purdue. At 20-13, the Wildcats are likely looking at an NIT invite. John Shurna had 16 and Drew Crawford scored 15 for the Wildcats.
Notre Dame missed a last-second shot and fell to No. 6 West Virginia 53-51 in the Big East semifinals. Ben Hansbrough scored 17 for the Irish and Luke Harangody scored 10. In spite of the loss, the Irish figure to make it into the Field of 65 for next week.

Bulls Lose Seventh Straight
With their top three players - Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, and Joakim Noah - out of the lineup, last night's game figured to be a tough one to win. Sure enough, the Bulls lost for the seventh straight game, falling to Miami 108-95. There was even some of the bad blood between the two teams stirred up, topped off by Kirk Hinrich's ejection late in the fourth quarter. James Johnson and Jannero Pargo led the Bulls with 20 points each. The Bulls hung in the game for the first half, down just one at halftime, but the Heat pulled away in the third, extending their lead to double-digits. Things don't get any easier for the Bulls next week with match-ups against Dallas and Cleveland, but it all starts Tuesday at Memphis (7 p.m., CSN).

Spring Training
The Cubs and Sox both saw split-squad action. The first Sox squad topped the Angels 10-7 while the first Cubs was downed by the Brewers 12-3. But the other squads met up in Vegas to continue the preseason version of the Crosstown rivalry with the Cubs getting the better of the Sox this time 6-5.

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Chauvet Stiggers was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault with a firearm and aggravated criminal sexual assault committed with a threat to life in connection to last week's Southwest Side rapes.
As many as 50 people have been sickened this week by a Shigella outbreak traced back to a Subway in Lombard.
Cook County Sheriffs have busted up another prostitution ring resulting in 14 arrests.
Hey, anyone got $4.7 billion I can borrow? I'll pay you back, I swear. Here, I've got some Taco Bell bucks you can use...
Now auctioning: the teenage drawings of Hugh Hefner.
The City of Chicago has launched its newly redesigned website and it only cost $1.8 million, which is just a tad bit more than our 2009 redesign cost.

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How to Build a Chicago Blues Record Collection

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Reverend Keith A. Gordon's Instant Chicago Blues Record Collection is as enticing as it sounds: 10 hand-picked albums deliver you to the stoop of the most essential recordings of Chicago blues.

I asked Reverend Keith, who is About.com's Guide to the Blues, if he could share more about his recommendations and how he chose them.

"In creating my Instant Record Collection for the Chicago Blues, I concentrated on the 'Modern Era' of blues music, roughly from 1950 through 1980, and I focused on those artists most closely connected with the style," he told me.

"Although this left out important early Chicago blues pioneers like Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, and John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, I feel that these ten albums represent the Chicago blues sound that most fans are familiar with.

"In some instances, as with Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Reed, and Otis Rush, these were either 'greatest hits' collections or singles compilations that represented the artist's best work (usually 1950s-era singles for labels like Chess, Checker, and Cobra). Read more...

How to Build a Chicago Blues Record Collection originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 18:00:06.

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Chicago Hot Dogs, the Recipe, and the NK-17 Rating

As hot dog season winds down this Labor Day Weekend, it's as good a time as any to check in on the Chicago hot dog.

Chicagoans know that the true Chicago style hot dog does not make room for ketchup. But, did you also know that there is an NK-17 rule? That is, according to Vienna Beef, the no ketchup rule really kicks in when you turn 17?

This is how Chicagoans divert their kids to the mustard over time and thus protect the tradition over the long haul. That's my theory at least. In case you were wondering.

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Chicago Hot Dogs, the Recipe, and the NK-17 Rating originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 05:45:20.

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Chicago in September Events - Grab Your Pen

Make no mistake: Labor Day Weekend in Chicago is relatively quiet compared to the loads of events happening the rest of the month. Check out our full Chicago Calendar of September Events, and begin penning in a few highlights now. Otherwise, the month will pass you by before you know it. Totally been there.

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Chicago in September Events - Grab Your Pen originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 16:34:21.

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Chicago Triathlon 2009 Results (Other than "Very Tired")

You can check the results from today's Chicago Triathlon online at their official results website.

Congratulations to all who crossed the start line. I think it's an amazing event. Grueling. But amazing. Congratulations for even tri-ing. Hope you had a blast.

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Chicago Triathlon 2009 Results (Other than "Very Tired") originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at 03:25:00.

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Burnham Beyond the Quote: One Book, One Chicago Fall 2009

Smith Plan of Chicago

If one thing comes out of this year's centennial celebration of Daniel Burnham's plan, I hope it's that we all take away something about him beyond his go-to quote: "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood." Enough already with the "no little plans." We need some kind of follow-up.

Toward that end, the Chicago Public Library has named Carl Smith's The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of an American City (pictured) as the Fall 2009 One Book, One Chicago text, and they're planning a whole array of corresponding events where we might dig up a new quote and a richer understanding of the man and his legacy.

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Burnham Beyond the Quote: One Book, One Chicago Fall 2009 originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 23:20:45.

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Grant Park Movies End with "Tootsie" on Tuesday

Tootsie As if we needed more proof than the chill in the air that summer is almost over: Dustin Hoffman, starring in his cross-dressing role in "Tootsie," will wrap up this year's Chicago Outdoor Movie Festival on Tuesday. Show time is 8:05 p.m. Bye summer. Nice knowing ya.

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Photo of Sydney Pollack (left) and Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie" courtesy of the Mayor's Office of Special Events.

Grant Park Movies End with "Tootsie" on Tuesday originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 12:16:20.

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This Weekend in Lincoln Square

Giddings Plaza Lincoln Square
With the Old Town School of Folk Music at its heart and blocks of enticing restaurants and unique shops, Lincoln Square rarely fails as a reliable weekend destination for worthwhile time. Giddings Plaza (pictured) has evolved into a gathering spot and small concert venue. Perhaps the neighborhood is calling you this weekend.

Thursday, Summer Concert series featuring Carlos Ortega in Giddings Plaza from 7 to 9:30 p.m. (Bad weather moves the concert to Costello Sandwich shop at 4647 N. Lincoln.)
Old Town School of Folk Music Concerts: Sons of the Never Wrong on Friday at 8 p.m.; Ruthie Foster on Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Dar Williams on Sunday at 7 pm.
Author Cocktail Party at Book Cellar featuring Marcus Sakey and Laura Caldwell on Friday at 7 p.m.
Try eating at Jury's Restaurant, which was named a 2009 Best of Chicago Award in the Restaurants category by the US Commerce Association. Or, go fancier at Bistro Campagne with Sunday brunch or evening jazz. I also love Essence of India and La Bocca della Verita.
Prowl around Dark Tower Comics, which is thought to be one of the best comic books in the city.
The Davis Theater screens (500) Days of Summer, The Time Traveler's Wife, District 9, and Inglourious Basterds this weekend.
Upcoming: German American Fest from September 11 to 13.

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This Weekend in Lincoln Square originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 14:25:37.

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Grant Park Orchestra Closes Season with "Freude"

by Tom Mullaney

When the Grant Park Orchestra traded in the acoustically-challenged Petrillo Bandshell for the Pritzker Pavilion five years ago, they were a good band but one incapable of performing such monumental works of the repertoire as expertly as they did for two weekends earlier this month.

The orchestra, under the guiding baton of Carlos Kalmar, played Gustav Mahlers moving Ninth Symphony one week followed by Ludwig von Beethovens iconic Ninth Symphony last weekend. And, unlike most music I hear, these two performances are still echoing in my brain.

Was this because I had not expected playing of such a high caliber from a pick-up summer ensemble and was transfixed by the bands expert execution? Or was it that I had heard so many performances of the Beethoven that I had become slightly jaded and did not think I could be moved so strongly? Read more...

Grant Park Orchestra Closes Season with "Freude" originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 09:29:47.

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One Chicago Photo: Giant Dude with Pipe

Dude with Giant Tail Pipe

Ced's Auto Service, 3940 W. Grand Avenue

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One Chicago Photo: Giant Dude with Pipe originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 15:37:22.

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MSI Cancels Remaining Farmers Markets

Citing "scheduling conflicts," the Museum of Science and Industry has announced it will cancel its farmers markets for the rest of the season, which had extended into October. That includes the one scheduled for this coming Friday, August 21. Fortunately, there are still plenty of other Chicago farmers markets to choose from.

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MSI Cancels Remaining Farmers Markets originally appeared on About.com Chicago on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 22:23:28.

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Body scanners the future for all

Edens Spur project will be bottleneck
Roadwork expected to snarl commutes, travel

Roadwork expected to snarl commutes, travel.

New female condom adds to anti-AIDS arsenal
‘Put a ring on it’ is new slogan for the latest female condom

‘Put a ring on it’ is new slogan for the latest female condom.

No parade pinches S. Side business
Bars that would normally be overflowing see only a trickle of patrons on St. Patrick’s Day

Bars that would normally be overflowing see only a trickle of patrons on St. Patrick’s Day.

Not your parents' dorm room
U. of I. takes out phones but piles on dorm amenities — and fees

U. of I. takes out phones but piles on dorm amenities — and fees.

Did Northwestern project inspire 'Law & Order' episode?
Some see parallel between Monday night’s ‘Law & Order’ and the Medill Innocence Project

It can't be easy inventing storylines for "Law & Order" court procedurals over the long slog of 20 years on the air, for innumerable spinoffs and with casts that seem to change more often than a Twitter feed.

Evanston hand-held cell phone ban begins

Fire destroys long-running dance studio
Historic building was once Maywood Opera House

A 30-year-old dance studio that has trained thousands of ballet, jazz and tap dancers and offered a safe haven in a struggling community was in a historic three-story building destroyed in a Maywood fire.

Cabdriver, shot 5 times, holds suspect for Zion police
Seriously injured driver manages to pin man until help arrives

A cabdriver, shot five times in the face, neck and back, somehow managed to restrain his attacker long enough for police to arrive and arrest the man, according to Zion police.

Wind turbines stir ill will
Proponents point to reduced dependence on foreign oil, say no evidence of physiological harm

Months have passed since anyone has waved hello to one another in Waterman or Shabbona in rural DeKalb County. Some people claim they've even stopped going to church to avoid having to talk to former friends.

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How did convicted mob bookie get liquor licenses?
The Watchdogs: When convicted mob bookmaker Carl Dote was interviewed on the popular WTTW-Channel 11 show "Check, Please!" about Danny's, the restaurant he runs in Melrose Park, there were a few things he made clear.

Traffic victims need to step up
The Ride: In the wild kingdom of Traffic Court, a "CW" is the rarest of birds -- you can be in court all morning and never spot one. "CW" is courthouse shorthand for "complaining witness." If someone's driving like a goof and rear-ends your car or runs you over, the ticket will likely get thrown out unless you appear in court to make your complaint.

Chicago Housing Authority program teaches: 'You can'
Rebecca Rodriguez, her husband and four children were sharing a tiny, three-bedroom apartment rented with a Chicago Housing Authority voucher when she heard of its Family Self-Sufficiency program. The authority's 13-year-old FSS program helps participants change their lives and maybe no longer need voucher help. For Rodriguez, 43, that was five years ago. Last week, she and her husband and others graduated from the program at a ceremony highlighting the agency's successes with its teach-a-man-to-fish-rather-than-give-him-fish philosophy.

Developer won't call Mayor Daley to testify at bribe trial

A defense lawyer said today he wont follow through on plans to call Mayor Daley to testify in the bribery case of Chicago developer Calvin Boender.

Wounded cabbie holds onto robber until cops arrive

A taxi driver who was shot multiple times but managed to subdue his attacker remained in critical condition at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

Judge fines Sheriff Dart $1,400 over eviction delay

Sheriff Tom Dart who made international headlines in 2008 when he temporarily stopped evicting tenants in foreclosed buildings today was fined $1,400 over a delay in carrying out a 2009 eviction order.

Man dies after SUV crashes, bursts into flames

A man was killed early Monday when the car he was driving smashed into a concrete barrier, flipped and burst into flames in the Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood.

Prosecutors: Man blew at least three red lights before fatal crash

A 23-year-old man went through at least three red lights before he ran through a fourth and crashed into another motorist and killed her over the weekend, Cook County prosecutors said.

Full-body scanner debuts at O'Hare

A full-body scanner that can see under your clothes is making its Chicago debut today at OHare Airport and more are on the way.

Hotel evacuated after bathroom fire in Oakbrook Terrace

A fire in a second-floor bathroom caused the evacuation of a Holiday Inn Monday morning in west suburban Oakbrook Terrace.

ACORN to rename, rebrand after scandal

CHICAGO -- Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal.

Erin Andrews stalker gets 30 months in prison

An insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has been sentenced to 21/2 years in prison.

Rain damage, detours hinder commutes in NE

EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. -- A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, causing damage and flooding, created some minor headaches for commuters Monday.

Overweight kids more likely to eat school lunch

Students who regularly eat lunch provided by their schools are more likely to be overweight and have higher levels of cholesterol than those who eat meals brought from home, a Michigan study found.

Edwards mistress: 'We love each other very much'

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Marathoners may be hurting their hearts

Marathon runners are at risk for high blood pressure and heart complications, as endurance training can stress the cardiovascular system, researchers said.

Continental Airlines to charge for food

ATLANTA -- Continental Airlines is ending free hamburgers, barbecue and sandwich rolls for many of its passengers in favor of a food-for-sale program that mirrors what other carriers are already doing.

Questions about runaway Prius story

SAN DIEGO -- The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.

ESPN's Erin Andrews' stalker to get sentence

LOS ANGELES -- The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole facing sentencing in a Los Angeles courtroom.

No word from mom in alleged terror plot

LEADVILLE, Colo. -- A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.

U.S. gov employee gunned down with baby in back seat

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death as they drove in this drug-plagued Mexican city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after gunmen killed the husband of another consular employee and wounded his two children, officials said Sunday.

94 people in China found to have lead poisoning

BEIJING -- At least 94 people living near a lead factory, most of them children, have tested positive for lead poisoning, state media said Monday, prompting authorities to order the closure of the plant. Hundreds more people are still waiting for test results.

Facebook opens office in India, first in Asia

MUMBAI, India -- Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users.

Nigeria: Explosion heard during amnesty talks

LAGOS, Nigeria -- An explosion has been heard at amnesty talks under way in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region.

Yemen launches new airstrikes on al-Qaida

SAN'A, Yemen -- A senior Yemeni official says his nation's air force launched a second day of strikes against al-Qaida hideouts.

No word from mom in alleged terror plot

News brief: Iraq PM edges ahead of rival

BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country's parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed his bloc leading in seven -- two more than his chief rival. The early tally strengthens al-Maliki's chances of retaining the prime minister's post.

Swiss designer creates dinosaur dung watch

GENEVA -- A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance -- dinosaur dung.

Bin Laden's son calls on Iran to free his siblings

CAIRO -- One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Iran's supreme leader to release members of his family believed to be under house arrest there since they fled Afghanistan in 2001, according to a letter posted Monday on the Internet.

Rocket attack kills 1 at NATO base in Afghanistan

KABUL -- An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be suicide bombers from attacking a security post.

Overweight kids more likely to eat school lunch

Students who regularly eat lunch provided by their schools are more likely to be overweight and have higher levels of cholesterol than those who eat meals brought from home, a Michigan study found.

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Rielle Hunter on affair with John Edwards
John Edwards was "reckless" to stay in the 2008 presidential race, his mistress Rielle Hunter said in an interview. SEE WHAT ELSE SHE SAID - PHOTO GALLERY

Sentencing today for Erin Andrews stalker PHOTOS
She's expected to speak to court as suburban Chicago man who shot nude peephole videos heads to prison.

No 'oops' allowed as priceless chandelier moved PHOTO

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies PHOTOS
He also starred in "Airplane!" Films, and WWII drama "Stalag 17".

Man dies after SUV crashes, bursts into flames

Snow melt and rain runoff prompts river flood warnings, advisories

Lawmakers targeted in pro-health care overhaul ads
A new $1.3 million ad campaign will target 17 House Democrats this week urging them to support President Barack Obama's health care plan.

Kirk hits air with first TV ad in Senate race
Republican Mark Kirk is hitting the airwaves with the first TV ad in his bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budget
Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options.

Quinn won't talk about alternative to tax increase
Gov. Pat Quinn refused to say Monday whether he has a plan to avoid deep cuts in education if lawmakers resist his call to raise the state income tax.

Cops seize 1,200 pounds of pot, $100K worth of cocaine in bust
A search warrant executed over the weekend resulted in the seizure of more than $8 million worth of narcotics, multiple handguns and vehicles, as well as approximately $335,000 in cash in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Feds want no delay in Blagojevich trial
Federal prosecutors say ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request for a five-month delay in the start of his corruption trial should be turned down.

Daley won't testify at developer's bribery trial
Mayor Richard Daley will not be called to testify in the trial of a millionaire developer who's charged with allegedly bribing a Chicago alderman.

Alert issued after man tries to lure girls into his car
Police have issued a community alert after a man has twice tried to abduct young girls into his car on the Southwest Side near a public high school.

Police seek white truck in Kendall County hit-and-run
Police are continuing the search for a truck involved in a hit-and-run accident more than a week ago in a rural area of Kendall County and a $1,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver.

Cabbie subdues robber after being shot multiple times
"Amazing" is how a surgeon describes the cab driver who was shot but managed to subdue the gunman in the northern suburbs over the weekend.

Cops: Man Tasered in Macyâs racks up 64th arrest
A man who hid inside Macy's on State Street after hours was Tasered when he tried to leave the store with merchandise Saturday night, police said.

Prosecutors: Man blew at least three red lights before fatal crash
A 23-year-old man went through at least three red lights before he ran through a fourth and crashed into another motorist and killed her over the weekend, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.

March Madness Basketball TV Schedule For Thursday
CBS Sports has released the schedule for the first-round of games on Thursday for the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Victims rolled in rugs during home invasion
The residents of a Franklin Park home were rolled up in rugs and made to stay on the floor of their home during a home invasion in the near northwest suburb last Tuesday.

18-year-old robs N. suburban store, spits at cops
An 18-year-old from Glenview is charged with robbing a 7-Eleven of cigarettes and firewood, while armed with a large knife, then struggling with and spitting in the face of two police officers as they tried to apprehend him.

Man raises stink over Naperville sludge dump

Geneva's smelly situation nears an end in April

Man critical after bludgeoning, lake rescue

Coming out of the closet, in retirement
After hiding homosexual or transgender desires for decades, newly "out" seniors face unique challenges.

Housewares Show: Flush a lot, or a little

Gov't says it cannot explain runaway Prius

Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online

Another school district weighs "how much ?" for pay-to-play
With cost of athletics topping $417 per athlete, school board studies how much families should shoulder.

Illini left out of NCAA tournament
"Disappointing" just doesn't quite capture the feeling.

Family: no word from freed "Jihad Jamie"
Mom recalls daughter--a suspect in alleged assassination plot--told family they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her footsteps and convert.

Full-body scanner debuts at O'Hare PHOTOS
The federal Transportation Security Administration is giving the public a peek at the full-body technology today.

No talking while driving in Evanston, unless hands-free
Cellphone law takes effect in northern suburb.

Semi carrying paper overturns on I-94
A semi truck carrying 42,000 pounds of paper rolled over Sunday morning on the Tri State Tollway, blocking several lanes.

No bond for thwarted taxi robber
A would-be robber who allegedly shot and was thwarted when the cabdriver subdued him despite his wounds was ordered held without bond Sunday.

Housewares Show Takes Over McCormick Place
The International Home and Housewares Show is open at McCormick Place.

Teen charged with beating mom's boyfriend with bat
A Des Plaines teenager who attacked his mother’s live-in boyfriend with a bat was ordered held on $25,000 bond Sunday.

Multi-Alarm Fire Destroys Auto Repair Shop
A multi-alarm fire completely destroyed an auto repair shop Sunday in west suburban Maywood.

Chicago police rule book gets edit after 40 years
For the first time in four decades, the Chicago Police Department's rule book is getting an edit.

3 Associated With U.S. Consulate Killed in Mexico
Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican city Sunday.

Shaving heads for cancer research
Dozens of people are having their heads shaved Sunday in one western suburb to help fight cancer.

Bond posted for restaurant worker accused of fraud
A Chicago restaurant employee charged along with his bosses of defrauding two banks has been bonded out of jail.

Neighbor's tip leads to prostitution bust
A Naperville woman is behind bars after a neighbor tipped off police she might have been involved in prostitution.

Motorist charged for hitting man changing tire
A woman has been charged after striking the van of a man changing a flat tire, injuring him, on the Northwest Tollway (I-90) Saturday morning.

Joliet baseball team robbed, alleged thieves charged
Four men who allegedly burglarized Silver Cross Field were arrested after one reportedly refused to take one for the team Friday night.

Police search for man with history of harming self
Chicago police issued a missing person's alert Sunday for a man with a history of harming himself.

Two men walk into a hospital, shot
Two men walked into a hospital early Sunday saying they had been shot at a gas station on the South Side's South Shore neighborhood.

Quinn to discuss literacy at Chicago library
Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to speak at a downtown Chicago library to stress the importance of childhood literacy.

Parade Die-Hards to Party Despite Cancellation
Facebook sites try to rally fans of South Side Irish Parade. PHOTOS

Cabdriver holds robbery suspect despite wounds
A cabdriver fought back against a would-be robber who jumped in his cab and shot him multiple times early Saturday.

Thousands go green For St. Patrick's festivities
Thousands of people put on something green and flocked downtown for Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Flood Advisory Issued, Low Visibility Delays Flights
The rain and low visibility are expected to remain in the Chicago area through Saturday -- prompting a flood advisory and a warning to air travelers.

`South Park' Begins 14th Season by Taking on Tiger
Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods.

Quinn wants to borrow nearly $5 billion - but how?
While laying out his budget plan, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn sounded less like the leader of a state facing a $13 billion deficit than a guy looking to find a credit card with a better interest rate.

Woman who died in Indiana jail had meth
An autopsy found that a woman who died while being held in an Indiana jail had three bags of methamphetamine inside her body.

Savio pathologist dies
Dr. Bryan Mitchell, the pathologist who performed autopsies in the death of Kathleen Savio and many other notable cases, has died.

Metra train strikes mother carrying infant
A woman was killed and her infant child injured when a Metra train struck them as they crossed the tracks with their family Saturday morning.

Ill. state senator meets Haitian leaders
An Illinois state senator got an insider's look at the problems still facing Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake.

'Sexting' teen offenders may be spared sex offender punishment
The Illinois House moved Thursday to spare teenagers who engage in "sexting" from having to register as sex offenders.

Violent crime down compared to same period last year
Crime in Chicago saw a 10.3 percent drop in February, with eight fewer murders reported during the first two months of the year compared to last year.

Woman sues museum for $50K after tripping on train exhibit
A woman is suing the Museum of Science and Industry claiming unsafe conditions at the museum’s “Pioneer Zephyr” train exhibit caused her to fall and injure herself.

Gov. Quinn fires 3 top Department of Corrections administrators
Gov. Quinn’s administration fired three top Department of Corrections administrators Friday after repeated calls for a shake-up over the agency’s botched early release of inmates, the Sun-Times is reporting.

Two tons of pot seized in NW suburban homes
A marijuana growing operation at two northwest suburban McHenry County homes this week that netted $6.6 million in pot plants was the result of an investigation three years ago of a similar operation in Lake Barrington.

Mother charged with murdering infant daughter
A South Side woman was charged late Friday with murdering her 7-month-old daughter in July 2009, police said.

Flood advisory issued for Chicago area
The rain and low visibility are expected to remain in the Chicago area through Saturday -- prompting a flood advisory and a warning to air travelers.

3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov
Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.

Neighborhood Gears Up For St. Pat's Day Despite Parade Loss
The crowds will likely be smaller, the parades shorter and the bars could be less packed but businesses and residents still are gearing up for revelers Sunday.

Suit: Diner Staff Charged For Credit Card Payments
A woman who worked for a popular vegetarian restaurant in the Lake View neighborhood filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the restaurant and its owner.

At Least 3 Dead in Canadian Avalanche
An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least three people.

Ex-US Secretary of State Kissinger Hospitalized
A hospital official says former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is recovering after being hospitalized in South Korea.

Woman Shot Husband In Genitals On I-57
An argument about taxes and an affair led a Country Club Hills woman to shoot her husband in the genitals, prosecutors said Saturday.

Woman Dies After Crash On North Side
A woman was fatally injured in a traffic crash in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side early Saturday.

$325K Little Lotto Ticket Sold
It may not have the cache of a Mega Millions jackpot, but after rolling over a few times, the Illinois Lottery's Little Lotto can offer a pretty nice jackpot. WINNING NUMBERS

Crews On Scene of Multi-Alarm Fire
Fire crews are on the scene of a blaze Sunday morning in southwest suburban Bolingbrook.

Toxicity of 'Easterly's pile' worse than first indicated
New test results show the waste destined for Easterly's Pile is one step short of being considered hazardous.

Daylight-saving time: It's back
America is springing forward.

Metal Crashes Through Roof, May Be From Airplane
The Federal Aviation Administratino is investigating how a nearly 4-pound chunk of metal came to rest in a Carpentersville home.

Object that came through man's roof ID'd
A small metal object flew through the roof of one man's home and crashed into his bathroom Friday afternoon.

Gary man sentenced to 121 years for fatal shooting
A Gary man was sentenced to 121 years in prison Friday in the drive-by murder of a teen who was shielding his friend from gunfire in 2007.

Governor looks for someone to lend $4.7 billion
So, who can lend Illinois the $4.7 billion Gov. Pat Quinn wants to borrow to move the state closer to balancing the budget?e

WIU's Quad Cities campus to offer 3-year degree
Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus will offer students interested in the great outdoors a chance to earn a degree in three years.

Man, 74, found dead in van at forest preserve
A 74-year-old man was found dead in his car Thursday night in a southwest suburban forest preserve.

Missing South Side 12-year-old found safe
A 12-year-old girl reported missing from her South Side Fuller Park neighborhood earlier this week has been found safe, police said Friday.

Lawsuit: Woman hospitalized for bacteria-tainted Subway sandwiches
A lawsuit filed Friday accuses a west suburban Subway restaurant of serving bacteria-tainted food, claiming a woman was hospitalized after eating there.

Teacher Writes 'Loser' on Child's Assignments
The mother of a sixth grade student in Buncombe County, North Carolina says her daughter's teacher wrote 'loser' on the girl's class assignments and she's speaking out about the discouraging comments.

U of I looks at creating 3-year degree program
As many as one in five students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the state's flagship campus, might be able to graduate in three years, interim President Stanley Ikenberry said Thursday.

Quinn stumps for education
Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's ``Leave No Child Inside'' program aims to fight childhood obesity by getting kids to spend more time outdoors.

BMW starts fire that kills four cats in NW suburb
An electrical problem in a BMW started a fire that left four cats dead in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates on Thursday night.

Reputed mobster Fratto arrested on bid-rigging charge
Reputed top Chicago mobster Rudy Fratto was arrested today and charged along with another man in a bid-rigging scheme on a forklift contract for trade shows at McCormick Place, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Cops: Witnesses provided crucial details in Stiggers case
Police released details Friday on how eyewitnesses provided information leading to the arrest of Chauvet Stiggers.

Greek Youths Revolt Over Economic Crisis
Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in Athens over a nationwide strike against the government SEE RIOT PHOTOS

Maggie Daley out of the hospital

Raw Video: Ship Explodes in Missile Test
Pakistan's navy announced on Friday that it had successfully test-fired a series of missiles and torpedoes in what it called "a message of deterrence" to "anyone harboring nefarious designs" against the country.

Time to turn clocks forward soon
Daylight-saving time arrives Sunday.

Residents alerted to indecent exposure incident PHOTO

Republican paid $150K after nude 'hot-tubbing'

Giannoulias to donate tainted money to charity
Steve Miller reporting
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Alexi Giannoulias says it's giving about $115,000 to charities.

That's everything Giannoulias has received from the owner of Boston Blackie's restaurants, who's now accused of trying to flee the country, apparently to escape a fraud charge.

That donor, 62-year-old Nick Giannis, was arrested early Thursday trying

Raw Video: Big brawl at L.I. basketball game
Former student athlete charged with slashing the father of a basketball player during a melee in the stands.

Busboy beaten, question is 'Why?'
32 staples and 19 stitches in his head. No money taken.

Police seek man who tried twice to abduct girl
He approached 11-year-old two days in a row at same time, same place, in same truck.

Report: Woods likely to return at Masters
Woods has been practicing near his Orlando home; now targeting April major, sources say. PHOTOS

Bulls' Derrick Rose sprains wrist against Orlando PHOTOS
It happens in another collision with Orlando's Dwight Howard.

War hero gets career-ending reprimand
Soldier decorated for bravery in the deadliest battle of the Afghan War faulted for inadequate preparation.

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Man Who Taped ESPN's Andrews Gets 2 1/2 Years
An insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

Fire Damages Dance Studio, But Memories Remain
It has been a difficult but joyous two days for a Maywood couple. Fire destroyed their beloved dance studio over the weekend. But they've been touched by the overwhelming response from the community. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports that Ernie and Lois Baumann learned what they mean to thousands.

Daley No Longer Sought As Corruption Trial Witness
A defense lawyer said Monday he won't follow through on plans to call Mayor Daley to testify in the bribery case of Chicago developer Calvin Boender.

Feds Oppose Delay In Blagojevich Trial
Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution.

Cabdriver Who Fought Robber In Critical Condition
A would-be robber who allegedly shot and attempted to rob a cabdriver early Saturday -- and was thwarted when the cabdriver subdued him despite his gunshot wounds -- was ordered held without bond Sunday. The driver is in critical condition.

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Full-Body Scanner Goes Online At O'Hare
The first and only full body scanner at O'Hare International Airport is now open for business.

Quinn Won't Talk About Alternative To Tax Increase
Gov. Pat Quinn refused to say Monday whether he has a plan to avoid deep cuts in education if lawmakers resist his call to raise the state income tax.

Cops Seize Drugs, Guns, Cash In Narcotics Bust
A search warrant executed over the weekend resulted in the seizure of more than $8 million worth of narcotics, multiple handguns and vehicles, as well as approximately $335,000 in cash in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Police Seek Truck In Kendall County Hit-And-Run
Police are continuing the search for a truck involved in a hit-and-run accident more than a week ago in a rural area of Kendall County and a $1,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver.

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Deaf Mother Upset By Drive Thru Discrimination
Karen Putz, a Bolingbrook woman who is deaf, is on a mission to make the world more accessible to those with hearing impairments. Her latest target: restaurant drive thrus. She spoke with CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini, who reports there is a fix that could help those simply trying to order a meal.

Officer: Sheriff Demoted Me After Dog-Bite Lawsuit
A young girl was mauled by a bomb-detection dog at her home. Her father, Cook County Sheriff's police officer Al Giacchetti, was its handler. Giacchetti says the department gave him a dangerous dog, then later retaliated when he filed a lawsuit. 2 Investigator Dave Savini reports.

2 Investigators: Why Didn't City Fix Red Light?
A traffic signal burned out at a Chicago intersection, and a 911 call was made to report it. CBS 2's Dave Savini investigates what happened next, which is raising questions about safety on our streets.

Dangerous Debris Falling From CTA 'L' Tracks
Heavy metal spikes and screws are falling from the CTA elevated tracks. It's a hazard to pedestrians and vehicles. The 2 Investigators first exposed the problem in January. Since then, CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman has continued to find fallen screw spikes and so have our viewers.

Beware Cheap Duct-Cleaning Offers
They promise to clean your air ducts and make your home healthier and dust-free. But are discount air-duct cleaning services a bargain or another case of something too good to be true? 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports.

Airline Snafu Grounds Customers From Flights
Two local families booked airline tickets, only to be told someone else used them. One family never got their vacation. The other was stranded in a foreign country. Each wants to know if this is just a customer-service hassle -- or a Homeland security danger. 2 Investigator Dave Savini reports.

Energy Co. Under Fire For Deceptive Sales Tactics
Some door-to-door salesmen will say they can save you money on your natural gas bills. Two years ago, a CBS 2 undercover investigation documented how those salesmen from U.S. Energy Savings Corp. mislead customers. Now, as CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports, the company has changed its name but is playing some of the same deceptive games.

2 Investigators: Beware Tax-Refund Advances
A Joliet man says he needed cash -- fast. He paid the fees for a tax loan, signed over his rights to his IRS check, but then he says he didn't get the check the tax preparer was supposed to give him -– that is, until 2 Investigator Dave Savini got involved.

Is Medicare Ignoring Cheaper Lung-Cancer Test?
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States. Now new technologies are making it easier and less expensive to detect it early. But is Medicare making it too hard for patients to get access to them? 2 Investigator Pam Zekman looks at one company's struggle to get a procedure approved.

Bus Driver Charged With Battery Of 14-Year-Old
It's happened again. Another school bus driver has been accused of bad behavior with a student. The bus driver worked for First Student Bus Company, the same operation that's had other problem drivers, exposed by CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini.

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Oral Arguments Begin For Teenage Abortion Law
Oral arguments are set for Monday in a case dealing with the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion.

Lawmakers targeted in pro-health care overhaul ads
A new $1.3 million ad campaign will target 17 House Democrats this week urging them to support President Barack Obama's health care plan.

Kirk hits air with first TV ad in Senate race
Republican Mark Kirk is hitting the airwaves with the first TV ad in his bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budget
Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options.

Feds want no delay in Blagojevich trial
Federal prosecutors say ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request for a five-month delay in the start of his corruption trial should be turned down.

Daley won't testify at developer's bribery trial
Mayor Richard Daley will not be called to testify in the trial of a millionaire developer who's charged with allegedly bribing a Chicago alderman.

Cabbie subdues robber after being shot multiple times
"Amazing" is how a surgeon describes the cab driver who was shot but managed to subdue the gunman in the northern suburbs over the weekend.

Cops: Man Tasered in Macy's racks up 64th arrest
A man who hid inside Macy's on State Street after hours was Tasered when he tried to leave the store with merchandise Saturday night, police said.

March Madness Basketball TV Schedule For Thursday
CBS Sports has released the schedule for the first-round of games on Thursday for the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Man dies after SUV crashes, bursts into flames

Snow melt and rain runoff prompts river flood warnings, advisories

Man raises stink over Naperville sludge dump

Geneva's smelly situation nears an end in April

Man critical after bludgeoning, lake rescue

Ouch: Former pain doctor must forfeit $500,000

Housewares Show: Flush a lot, or a little

Sentencing today for Erin Andrews stalker PHOTOS
She's expected to speak to court as suburban Chicago man who shot nude peephole videos heads to prison.

ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal

80-year-old woman earns GED

Court action Monday in abortion notification case

Settlement reached in lawsuit over mentally ill

No 'oops' allowed as priceless chandelier moved PHOTO

Another school district weighs "how much ?" for pay-to-play
With cost of athletics topping $417 per athlete, school board studies how much families should shoulder.

Illini left out of NCAA tournament
"Disappointing" just doesn't quite capture the feeling.

Full-body scanner debuts at O'Hare PHOTOS
The federal Transportation Security Administration is giving the public a peek at the full-body technology today.

No talking while driving in Evanston, unless hands-free
Cellphone law takes effect in northern suburb.

Semi carrying paper overturns on I-94
A semi truck carrying 42,000 pounds of paper rolled over Sunday morning on the Tri State Tollway, blocking several lanes.

No bond for thwarted taxi robber
A would-be robber who allegedly shot and was thwarted when the cabdriver subdued him despite his wounds was ordered held without bond Sunday.

Housewares Show Takes Over McCormick Place
The International Home and Housewares Show is open at McCormick Place.

Teen charged with beating mom's boyfriend with bat
A Des Plaines teenager who attacked his mother’s live-in boyfriend with a bat was ordered held on $25,000 bond Sunday.

Multi-Alarm Fire Destroys Auto Repair Shop
A multi-alarm fire completely destroyed an auto repair shop Sunday in west suburban Maywood.

Chicago police rule book gets edit after 40 years
For the first time in four decades, the Chicago Police Department's rule book is getting an edit.

Shaving heads for cancer research
Dozens of people are having their heads shaved Sunday in one western suburb to help fight cancer.

Woman shoots husband in genitals on I-57, bond set
An argument about taxes and an affair led a Country Club Hills woman to shoot her husband in the genitals as they fought on the shoulder of Interstate 57.

Bond posted for restaurant worker accused of fraud
A Chicago restaurant employee charged along with his bosses of defrauding two banks has been bonded out of jail.

Neighbor's tip leads to prostitution bust
A Naperville woman is behind bars after a neighbor tipped off police she might have been involved in prostitution.

Motorist charged for hitting man changing tire
A woman has been charged after striking the van of a man changing a flat tire, injuring him, on the Northwest Tollway Saturday morning.

Joliet baseball team robbed, alleged thieves charged
Four men who allegedly burglarized Silver Cross Field were arrested after one reportedly refused to take one for the team Friday night.

Police search for man with history of harming self
Chicago police issued a missing person's alert Sunday for a man with a history of harming himself.

Two men walk into a hospital, shot
Two men walked into a hospital early Sunday saying they had been shot at a gas station on the South Side's South Shore neighborhood.

Quinn to discuss literacy at Chicago library
Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to speak at a downtown Chicago library to stress the importance of childhood literacy.

Cabdriver holds robbery suspect despite wounds
A cabdriver fought back against a would-be robber who jumped in his cab and shot him multiple times early Saturday.

Thousands go green For St. Patrick's festivities
Thousands of people put on something green and flocked downtown for Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Woman who died in Indiana jail had meth
An autopsy found that a woman who died while being held in an Indiana jail had three bags of methamphetamine inside her body.

Savio pathologist dies
Dr. Bryan Mitchell, the pathologist who performed autopsies in the death of Kathleen Savio and many other notable cases, has died.

Woman and baby fatally struck by Metra train
A woman and her 1-year-old goddaughter were killed after a Metra train struck them as they crossed the tracks Saturday morning.

Ill. state senator meets Haitian leaders
An Illinois state senator got an insider's look at the problems still facing Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake.

'Sexting' teen offenders may be spared sex offender punishment
The Illinois House moved Thursday to spare teenagers who engage in "sexting" from having to register as sex offenders.

Mother charged with murdering infant daughter
A South Side woman was charged late Friday with murdering her 7-month-old daughter in July 2009, police said.

Flood advisory issued for Chicago area
The rain and low visibility are expected to remain in the Chicago area through Saturday -- prompting a flood advisory and a warning to air travelers.

3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov
Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.

Woman Shot Husband In Genitals On I-57
An argument about taxes and an affair led a Country Club Hills woman to shoot her husband in the genitals, prosecutors said Saturday.

Woman Dies After Crash On North Side
A woman was fatally injured in a traffic crash in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side early Saturday.

Residents leap from windows to escape blaze
Residents of an apartment building panicked and jumped from second floor windows Sunday morning after a kitchen fire broke out.

Toxicity of 'Easterly's pile' worse than first indicated
New test results show the waste destined for Easterly's Pile is one step short of being considered hazardous.

Daylight-saving time: It's back
America is springing forward.

Metal Crashes Through Roof, May Be From Airplane
The Federal Aviation Administratino is investigating how a nearly 4-pound chunk of metal came to rest in a Carpentersville home.

Object that came through man's roof ID'd
A small metal object flew through the roof of one man's home and crashed into his bathroom Friday afternoon.

Gary man sentenced to 121 years for fatal shooting
A Gary man was sentenced to 121 years in prison Friday in the drive-by murder of a teen who was shielding his friend from gunfire in 2007.

Governor looks for someone to lend $4.7 billion
So, who can lend Illinois the $4.7 billion Gov. Pat Quinn wants to borrow to move the state closer to balancing the budget?e

WIU's Quad Cities campus to offer 3-year degree
Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus will offer students interested in the great outdoors a chance to earn a degree in three years.

Man, 74, found dead in van at forest preserve
A 74-year-old man was found dead in his car Thursday night in a southwest suburban forest preserve.

Missing South Side 12-year-old found safe
A 12-year-old girl reported missing from her South Side Fuller Park neighborhood earlier this week has been found safe, police said Friday.

Quinn stumps for education
Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's ``Leave No Child Inside'' program aims to fight childhood obesity by getting kids to spend more time outdoors.

BMW starts fire that kills four cats in NW suburb
An electrical problem in a BMW started a fire that left four cats dead in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates on Thursday night.

Cops: Witnesses provided crucial details in Stiggers case
Police released details Friday on how eyewitnesses provided information leading to the arrest of Chauvet Stiggers.

Maggie Daley out of the hospital

Time to turn the clocks soon
Daylight-saving time arrives Sunday.

Residents alerted to indecent exposure incident PHOTO

Cop kills pit bull after attack

Parade Die-Hards to Party Despite Cancellation
Facebook sites try to rally fans of South Side Irish Parade. PHOTOS

Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating

Poison Prevention Week: how to stay safe

Suburb fire chief to retire after nearly 30 years

After 3 years in county jail, man sentenced

Murder suspect allegedly cut off ankle bracelet

Former mayor, aides to pay $108 million

Judge suspended without pay after shooting self

Priest pleads guilty to $2.7M real estate scheme

Speed suspected in fiery fatal wreck
Driver plows into concrete bridge support in west suburbs.

Busboy beaten, question is 'Why?'
32 staples and 19 stitches in his head. No money taken.

Police seek man who tried twice to abduct girl
He approached 11-year-old two days in a row at same time, same place, in same truck.

Bulls' Derrick Rose sprains wrist against Orlando PHOTOS
It happens in another collision with Orlando's Dwight Howard.

Suspect charged in SW Side rapes
3 counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. His green minivan is located in north suburb.

New Blog Tracks Spots Where People Fail To Clean Up After Dogs
The new blog "South Poop" is tracking the spots where dog owners did not do what this person is doing.

Giannoulias goes on offensive about banks
Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs) is looking to turn the tables on Republican Mark Kirk by going on the offensive about banking regulation.

Several report illness at Pilsen medical facility
At least a dozen people were evaluated Thursday morning after complaining of becoming ill at a medical facility in the Near South Side Pilsen neighborhood.

Felon charged with dealing drugs near South Side school
A convicted felon was charged with selling heroin within a "Safe Passage" zone of a South Side high school Wednesday afternoon.

$50K reward offered in unsolved Park Ridge murder
Police have announced a $50,000 reward -- and a partnership with an organized crime watchdog group -- in connection with the unsolved murder of a northwest suburban man gunned down in 2006 in front of his home.

12-yr-old girl missing since Monday
Police want the public's help in finding a 12-year-old girl who has been missing from her South Side home since Monday.

Crash shuts down busy Naperville street
No one was injured when a car bumped into the back corner of a semi truck Thursday morning in west suburban Naperville, shutting down a lane of a busy street for more than two hours.

Former planner testifies in Boender bribery trial
A former planner with the city of Chicago testified in the bribery trial of Calvin Boender Thursday morning that Mayor Daley wanted Galewood Yards, a 50-acre swath of open land, turned into a manufacturing development.

School bus driver charged with DUI three times over limit
A school bus driver who allegedly drove a bus full of students while nearly three times the legal blood alcohol limit has been suspended and charged with aggravated DUI.

Developer said he had a deal, official testifies
A former Chicago planning official says a millionaire developer blew up angrily and said he didn't need to talk with her because he had a deal with an alderman.

Boston Blackie's Owners Accused In Theft Scheme
The owners of the popular Boston Blackie's restaurant chain defrauded two banks out of $1.8 million, the Cook County State's Attorney's office said.

Suburban Chicago man charged in bank robbery
The FBI says a suspect in a half-dozen bank robberies is in custody.

Ill. World War II vets stream toward DC monument
The chance viewing of a segment on a television news program gave Don Niehart an idea that has enriched the golden years of 296 World War II veterans from the southeastern third of Illinois.

Purdue sociologist studying breast milking
A Purdue University sociologist is recruiting Indiana mothers to take part in a study about breast milk pumping in the workplace.

Mechanical problems prompt Metra cancellation, delay
Equipment problems forced the cancellation of one north suburban Metra train and the delay of another Thursday morning in the north suburbs.

Hispanic aldermen press for support of immigration reform

Sheriff's officer gets traffic school
A Traffic Court judge Wednesday ordered a Cook County sheriff's officer to traffic school for hitting a highway worker.

New Cold Case chief headed crime-growth police district

Missing woman with Alzheimer's last seen outside luxury hotel

Homeowner agrees to remove racist sign
He promises to take down “white power” sign and noose he had hanging on his property.

Woman run over after argument

Inspectors shut down site of concert shooting

Ill. World War II vets stream toward DC monument

Foundation funds day-camp scholarships

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

All Chicago Police cars to soon carry Tasers

Sociologist studies workplace breast milking

"Biggest Loser" couple featured at obesity program

3 children wounded in 'rare' suburban drive-by
12-year-old boy in critical condition.

Fifth-grader brought hand gun, BB gun, knife to school
It was not the first time he'd brought weapons to Indiana elementary school.

Man convicted of throwing woman off bridge
She fell 25 feet into the frigid Fox River.

Blagojevich delivers Top Ten list on Letterman VIDEO
Ousted governor on Late Show promotes his next TV gig. VIDEO

Police release identity, photo of rape suspect SEE HIS PIC
Chicago Police have released the name and photo of the man they are believe commited a series of sexual assaults on the Southwest Side in the past week.

Immigration rights march could slow afternoon traffic
An immigration rights rally and march on Wednesday could cause traffic congestion as marchers progress from the Near West Side to Dirksen Federal Plaza downtown.

School bus driver arrested for DUI on the job
A northwest suburban school bus driver was arrested and charged with a DUI.

Illegal immigrant youth hold 'coming out' day
Tania Unzueta says she's tired of keeping her secret.

Police: More info on man suspected in 2 rapes SKETCH
Police: More info on man suspected in 2 rapes SKETCH

3 dead after separate incidents with area police
Three men are dead after separate confrontations with police in the Chicago area.

Family: girl killed by drunk driver was fleeing men

IDOT bureau chief faces peeping Tom charges

Suburb mayor dies at 68

Illegal immigrant youth plan 'coming out' day

Rookie Chicago musher crashes sled

4 coyotes trapped and killed near suburb

Skeletal remains found

School suspends student for bringing in grenade

Jennifer Hudson to perform 'One Shining Moment'

Whites in U.S. edge toward minority status
Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point". Lake County, Ind. held up as example.

Tagger rescued from 'Bubbly Creek' dies
He had jumped into branch of Chicago River to avoid police.

Quinn to propose big borrowing in state budget
Top aides hint governor will also present higher taxes as alternative to the deep cuts in social services. LISTEN LIVE AT NOON

Blagojevich returning to David Letterman Show
He's set to take part in Letterman's popular "Top Ten" segment tonight.

2 boys found safe after alleged abduction
2 suspects apprehended in disappearance of 4-year-old Decatur boy and his 1-month-old brother.

Apolo Ohno visits Chicago school
Apolo Ohno - the most decorated American winter Olympian of all time - was at a near West Side elementary school this afternoon to talk about staying healthy - and avoiding alcohol.

Nine cops quell brawl involving 7 men in Naperville
Long-simmering enmity between two Aurora residents sparked a melee that ended with the arrests of seven men in the parking lot of a Naperville strip mall.

Suburban alderman arrested, charged with theft
A west suburban alderman was arrested Monday on charges on theft by deception.

Lincoln Park Zoo's oldest animal dies
A dwarf crocodile whose claim to fame was siring a clutch of five crocodiles when he was in his late 60s is dead, Lincoln Park Zoo officials said Monday.

8 suspended over beating of student at Rich Central
Eight students were arrested after a fight last month at a south suburban high school that left one student unconscious.

FTC: Lifelock claims misleading customers
Their commercials and ads were everywhere: Lifelock promising that for a fee of $10 a month, it could give you virtually foolproof protection against identity theft.

Daley: Chicago Is Loser In State Budget
Mayor Richard M. Daley is accusing Gov. Pat Quinn of stabbing Illinois cities in the back.

Not Your Average Warehouse
WBBM's Lisa Fielding takes a tour of a Chicago prop house. SEE THESE COOL PROPS

Aldermen weigh powers of the Inspector General

Cicero President Wants Death Penalty In Arson Case
Cicero Town President Larry Dominick wants prosecutors to seek the death penalty for two men charged with murder and arson in a fire that killed seven.

Child sex offender jailed again for noncompliance

Teen girl dies, 2 others injured in wreck

2 students in hot water over bus prank

Man in Freddy Krueger mask robs store

Back when the mail clerks rode the rails

State Supreme Court convenes for art

Next week is 'Fix a Leak Week'

Atty. Gen. has tips on protecting seniors

Quinn staff to outline tax, spending proposal

Man stabbed while aiding woman friend

Judge: Developer apparently faked key document

Better planning called for mentally ill

Scientist to study old dogs

Willis, Hancock architect dies
Bruce Graham a pioneer whose works define the Chicago skyline.

Bad lieutenant
Man posing as fire department officer robs bar.

A different side of Darien murder suspect seen
Prosecutors paint a picture of Jacob Nodarse as so fanatically devoted to his friend Johnny Borizov that he killed three people. Florida court records indicate a different personality.

Motorists urged to slow down, not use high beams during dense fog
Soupy conditions expected to last until mid-morning.

Seniors on hold as they try to sell their homes

Cops disperse unruly women with spray

Dense fog slows traffic
Heavy fog blankets area, expected to last until almost noon.

Plane hits deer on takeoff
Makes emergency landing with damaged gear.

Five hurt, one critically, when semi rear-ends CTA bus
Five people were hurt --one critically-- when a CTA bus was rear-ended by a semi-truck before crashing into a minivan at a Pilsen intersection Sunday evening.

Two Charged in Alcohol-Related Crash
Two allegedly intoxicated motorists were injured early Sunday when the vehicles they were driving collided head-on.

Woman's body pulled from river
Kayakers found the body of a woman off the Des Plaines River Sunday afternoon.

North Side spa owner charged with prostitution
A woman was charged Saturday with prostitution after allegedly offering to perform a sex act on an undercover police officer at a North Side massage parlor.

Cost-conscious execs seek value dining
The 3-martini lunch might be down to just one drink, perhaps just a beer, these days.

Bond denied for Darien murder suspects
Bond was denied Sunday morning for two men charged with murder in the death of a west suburban Darien couple and their son.

Lawyer cheated south suburb out of $1 million
A longtime municipal attorney is alleged to have stolen at least $1 million - and perhaps as much as $3 million - from the village of Calumet Park.

Dispatchers recognized for helping nab robbery suspect
Two public safety dispatchers, Charisce Anderson and Kim Winandy, have been recognized by village officials for their quick response to an armed robbery in Lake Villa.

District 203 teachers approve contract
Naperville District 203 teachers overwhelmingly approved the terms of a proposed 3-year contract Friday.

CTA gets grant for electrified vehicle stalls
A $1.5 million federal grant for the construction of electrified vehicle stalls that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and unnecessary fuel consumption has been awarded to the Chicago Transit Authority.

Opening act may have incited concert shooting
World of Skates manager James Sisson was seven feet away when a teenage boy screamed and dropped to the sidewalk outside the Gary, Ind., roller skating rink late Friday night.

Green Thumbs Line Up For Flower and Garden Show
If the warmer weather has you eager to get started on this year's garden, the Chicago Flower and Garden Show may be a good place to start.

Daughter Of Late Senator Submits Lt. Gov. Application
Sheila Simon calls her chances for being named the nominee "a long shot".

All of Ill. school's seniors are college bound
A Chicago school that claims to be the nation's first all-boys public charter high school comprised entirely of black males has accomplished an uncommon feat.

Two shot, CTA bus flagged down for help
Bystanders flagged down a CTA bus for help after a man and a woman were critically shot on the West Side Saturday night.

Move Over Sun, Here Come The Clouds, Rain
Chicago-area residents who enjoyed the sun over the past few days took advantage of a rare situation, according to the National Weather Service.

Police: Man 'blugeoned' elderly mother to death
A man was charged Friday with murdering his 81-year-old mother at their home in home in an unincorporated area near northwest suburban Crystal Lake, police said.

$27 million in unclaimed property due
More than $27 million is available to Kane County residents in unclaimed property being held by the state, according to the state treasurer's office.

Stalking evidence allowed in sex trial
Evidence establishing the predatory interest a Waukegan man displayed in trying to snare a young girl to have sex will be allowed as evidence in his trial, a Lake County Judge ruled Friday.

'Fire inspector' bilks Downtown athletic club
A man posing as a Chicago Fire Department inspector stole more than $500 from a Downtown athletic club Saturday morning.

Divers Rescue Man From Chicago River
Divers rescued a man from the Chicago River Friday night near the River North neighborhood.

Eight teens shot in Gary
Eight teenage boys suffered gunshot wounds late Friday night while exiting a popular Gary, Ind. skating rink where they were attending a concert.

Ill. budget to hit schools, police, child care
Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to fill the biggest deficit in Illinois history includes severe cuts, a top Quinn aide said Saturday.

Judge Approves Suit Against Former Defense Secretary
A U.S. District Court judge Friday told two former U.S. contractors in Iraq that they could go forward with a suit against former U.S. Defense Secretary.

No bond for men charged with murdering partygoer
Bond was denied Saturday for the two men charged in the Feb. 21 murder of a 16-year-old boy at a West Side Humboldt Park party.

Two charged in Darien murders
First-degree murder charges have been filed against two men in the shooting deaths of a Darien couple and their 20-year-old son.

Crews free employee's hand from garbage compactor
Emergency crews freed an employee's hand from a garbage compactor after it became stuck in the machine in a Big Lots storage room in southwest suburban Crest Hill Friday afternoon.

Female aldermen slam Brooks' response
Female aldermen criticized Chicago Fire Commissioner John Brooks on Friday for his “intemperate” and “insensitive” response to an underling’s allegation of sexual harassment.

'Rocket Man' reschedules Chicago-area date
Elton John fans will be happy to know that the Rocket Man will be in concert in the Chicago-area after all.

Student sets classmate's hair on fire
A student at Hille Middle School in south suburban Oak Forest faces suspension and possible expulsion after allegedly setting another student's hair on fire while riding a school bus, police said.

Student arrested for bringing weapons to school
A male student at Lincoln Junior High in west suburban Naperville was arrested last week after allegedly bringing weapons to school.

Man found stabbed on CTA bus
A man who had been stabbed when he got between two fighting friends Saturday morning was reported to be in "stable" condition, after getting on a CTA bus on the South Side.

Sex powder, not cocaine brothers say
Police mistook sex powder for cocaine.

Four women killed in South Side crash
Four women were killed early Saturday when the allegedly speeding car they were in slammed into a tree in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said.

Hotel claims cow manure sent to conventioneers
A downtown hotel alleges that members of a union representing the hotel's striking workers sent cow manure to conventioneers.

Maggie Daley gets titanium rod in leg
Mayor Daley’s wife, Maggie, had a foot-long titanium rod inserted in her right leg Friday.

Banks shuttered in Fla., Ill., Md., Utah
Regulators on Friday shuttered banks in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah, boosting to 26 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.

$133M Mega Millions Jackpot Awarded
One winning Mega Millions ticket for Friday night's drawing, worth $133 million, was sold.

6 people killed in bus crash south of Phoenix PHOTOS
Six people were killed Friday when a passenger bus hit another vehicle and rolled over on the interstate south of Phoenix, authorities said.

Salmonella found in food flavor enhancer; recall underway GET LIST
The following recall has been announced: Earth Island is recalling certain Follow Your Heart brand products because they might be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems.

SeaWorld Death 911 Calls Released
The 911 calls made after a SeaWorld Orlando trainer was pulled into a pool by a killer whale last week show an increasing awareness of the seriousness of the situation with each call.

Columbia College student's body found
The body of a 20-year-old Columbia College Chicago student who had been missing since last month has been found, according to NBC 5 Chicago.

Apply online for Lt. Gov job
The Illinois Democratic Party's online casting call for potential running mates for Gov. Pat Quinn is drawing a lot of potential candidates. CLICK HERE AND APPLY

High court looks at reach of Second Amendment
ome gun control measures might not be affected.

Girl left at Chuck E. Cheese home
The two-year-old girl who was left at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant on the North Side is now back with her family, says DCFS.

Local Olympians Welcomed Home
Some local Olympians were greeted like heroes after returning from the Vancouver Winter Games. AUDIO

Statue of Liberty promoters could lose job
The tax service promoters dressed as the Statue of Liberty have again run afoul of village ordinances -- this time in north suburban Lake Zurich, Illinois. e trying to wave in

Roger Ebert Speaks For The First Time AUDIO
For the first time in four years, Chicago film critic Roger Ebert spoke publicly and unveiled his new computer-synthesized voice software. HEAR HIM SPEAK - PHOTOS

Man, woman stabbed by men demanding drugs

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with American Baptists jailed in Haiti
WBBM's Felicia Middlebrooks speaks with two Americans jailed on kidnapping charges in Haiti. LISTEN TO HER REPORT

17 years later, $14.6M settlement in trampoline suit
Seventeen years after a trampoline accident at a Chicago public school, there's a $14.6 million dollar settlement in the personal injury case.

Prostitute filmed transactions with clients
An undercover prostitution sting this week led to the discovery of an elaborate video recording system designed to videotape all transactions and sex acts occurring between the prostitute and her clients, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Thursday.

Man reunited with wallet after more than 60 years
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ohio (AP) - A man who renovates old homes in Ohio has found and returned the wallet lost by a Florida man more than 60 years ago.

Board Of Ed. Rules On 8 Schools
As expected, the Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close, consolidate, phase-out or re-staff eight schools.

Tenney convicted of third murder
A DuPage County jury convicted Edward Tenney on Wednesday morning of killing an Aurora man in 1992.

Sales Soar At Chicago Macy's Stores
Marshall Field said "give the lady what she wants," but my, how she is getting what she wants at Macy's.

More Than A Foot Of Snow For Northwest Indiana?
Only a few inches of snow are expected for most of the Chicago area Wednesday, but if you live in Northwest Indiana, you could get clobbered with as more than a foot.

Hate crimes charges against 3 in gay beating on CTA
Man stepped in to help harassed gay youth and attackers turn on him.

Possible closure or drastic changes for 7 public schools
Chicago Board of Education to vote later today. But two other schools get reprieve.

Bones found at Gold Coast construction site are human
An examination on Tuesday revealed bones discovered at a Near North Side Gold Coast neighborhood construction site are human.

New full-body scanners for 2 airports
Government officials say the first of 150 new full-body scanners will be installed in airports in Boston and Chicago over the next two weeks.

FBI Enlists Public's Help In Finding 'ESPN Bandit'
The FBI is asking for the public's help in finding a man believed to be responsible for the armed robbery of at least four banks and the attempted robbery of a fifth in the near northwest suburbs and on the Northwest Side.

Court Clerk's Employee Gets 3 Years For Bribery
CHICAGO (STMW) â A Cook County Circuit Court Clerk's office employee was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to accepting $15,000 in bribes from a woman attempting to bond her husband out of jail.

16-Year-Old Girl Missing From Southwest Side Home
CHICAGO (STMW) â Chicago Police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for a week from her Southwest Side Clearing neighborhood home.

New Cubs Owner Ricketts Addresses Team
MESA, Ariz. (AP) â News Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is at spring training in Arizona.

Police: Woman killed in South Side hit-and-run
Police have released a description of the car that struck and killed a woman in a hit-and-run accident in the South Side Hamilton Park neighborhood early Tuesday.

Reports: Daley Wants To Privatize McCormick Place
Mayor Richard M. Daley is considering the idea of privatizing McCormick Place, according to published reports Tuesday

Blagojevich To Speak At Northwestern University
Students at Northwestern University will get a chance to ask Rod Blagojevich questions next week.

Kenosha school evacuated after threat
Police have evacuated an elementary school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after students reported seeing a masked man carrying a gun inside the school.

Date set for Drew Peterson murder trial
Will County Judge Stephen White on Tuesday scheduled jury selection for the Drew Peterson case to begin on Monday, June 14. Date set for Drew Peterson murder trial

GOP governor's race still officially undecided

Cullerton Questions GOP Candidate On Budget Plan
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is challenging Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady to present his own budget plan as the state struggles with a whopping deficit.

Official Chicago sign mentions Al Capone

JFK love letters at auction SEE THE LETTERS
A Chicago-area auction house selling 11 love letters that then Senator John F. Kennedy wrote to one of his lovers. SEE THE LETTERS HERE

Naperville mayor suffers heart attack
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) - Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel remains hospitalized Thursday after suffering a mild heart attack Wednesday night, his daughter Carol Pradel said.

Burke: dim streetlights to save money

2 women injured in commuter train crash

Blago to answer revised corruption charges

Prius Giveaway At The Auto Show
Toyota is planning to giveaway a Prius at the Chicago Auto Show but a spokesman says the car will definitely be fixed before it ends up in anyone's driveway.

Ex-Peterson Co-Worker: I Was Asked To Kill Savio
A witness at Drew Peterson's hearsay hearing contends he was asked to kill the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife but he turned the offer down.

How Was Your CTA Commute?
CTA commuters experience first rush hour with cuts. TELL US YOUR STORY - ANSWER POLL QUESTION

Bears Make D-Coordinator Decision
The Chicago Bears have promoted Rod Marinelli to defensive coordinator. POLL QUESTION

Super Bowl Crack Down
Illinois state police are treating Super Bowl weekend like any other holiday by setting up details to crack-down on impaired drivers.

Leading cause of death in women may surprise some

Mayor indicted over house upgrade

Dold wins GOP nomination in Ill. 10th district
WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) - Entrepreneur Robert Dold has won the GOP nomination for Illinois' only open congressional seat.

Kelly wins Democratic nod for Ill. treasurer
CHICAGO (AP) - The chief of staff to Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs) won the Democratic nomination for the office over a first-time candidate for office.

Hastert's son loses father's former Ill. district
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A state senator has won the GOP nomination over the son of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert in Illinois' 14th Congressional District.

Coulson concedes GOP nomination in Ill. 10th
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - State Rep. Elizabeth Coulson has conceded the Republican nomination in Illinois' 10th Congressional District to businessman Robert Dold.

Keats Gets GOP Nod For Cook County Board President
CHICAGO (CBS) â Looking to retake control of Cook County's $3 billion vening. He will face off against Democrat Toni Preckwinkle, a Chicago alderman, in

Giannoulias Wins Democratic Senate Primary
CHICAGO (CBS) â Alexi Giannoulias has won the Democratic race for U.S. Senate.

Mark Kirk Wins GOP Senate Primary
CHICAGO (CBS) â Mark Kirk has won the Republican GOP Senate election primary by a landslide.

Topinka wins Ill. GOP treasurer nomination
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has won the Republican nomination for comptroller.

End of Stroger era for Cook County Board President
CHICAGO (AP) - Longtime Chicago Alderman Toni Preckwinkle has defeated Democratic Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in Illinois' primary election.

Woman falls off moving pickup in dispute, dies

Two elderly women injured in high-rise fire

South Side Irish Parade lovers can't let go
Parade? They don't need no stinkin' parade.

Peterson convinced Stacy was cheating PHOTOS

Haiti earthquake refugees may be headed to suburbs
Mooseheart center offers to welcome orphans and displaced Haitian children.

Schillerstrom to drop out of governor's race
DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom is dropping his longshot bid for the Republican nomination for governor and will endorse former Attorney General Jim Ryan.

Judge tosses Twitter libel suit

Haitian refugees arrive in Chicago
Special mercy flight lands at O'Hare. "God bless America! Land of freedom, land of opportunity! I'm happy to be home!" PHOTOS - HOW TO HELP

Police find $100K stash of in stolen items

Gas can found, person seen running from fatal fire

Man who alleges police torture free after 23 years
A man who contends Chicago police tortured him into confessing to a murder he did not commit walked out of a courtroom a free man Thursday after more than 23 years behind bars.

Are Property Owners Paying Fair Share Of Taxes?
Do you think your property taxes are too high? Most people do and in the process of appealing their taxes, several people squealed on thier neighbors.

Misspelled name on phony credit card lands man in prison
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) -- A word of caution to all would-be scam artists: before using a phony credit card, make sure your counterfeiter got your name spelled right.

Chicago resident Gregory L. Butler learned that lesson the hard way this week, and will have two years and three months in prison to contemplate what he might have done differently.

Butler, 47, was convicted in DuPage County

Cops: officer used Taser on 3 boys
He demonstrates effects on 3 junior high schoolers.

Quinn Delivers State Of State
Gov. Pat Quinn faces a tough job in delivering his first State of the State address.

Home Explosion In Northwest Suburbs
Emergency crews are responding Tuesday night to a natural gas home explosion in northwest suburban Elgin.

Woman gets probation for helping teen get pierced
A suburban woman dodged a felony charge and was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor forgery for pretending to be a 16-year-old's legal guardian so the teen could get a belly piercing.

Suburban police Taser 83-year-old woman
Niles police officers stunned an 83-year-old woman with a Taser last month after she threatened them with a knife, police say. COMMENT

Cops take another look at Capone-era slaying
The suspects are likely resting in peace, but Chicago Police say they won't rest until they find out who gunned down the father of Chicago's most famous war hero.

Daley Cancels Schedule Because Wife Is Ill
Mayor Richard M. Daley has canceled his public schedule for the day because his wife, Maggie, is not feeling well.

Initiative would make county government more efficient
Three weeks before election day, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is announcing a new initiative to make county government more efficient. COMMENT - POLL QUESTION

Firefighter Critically Injured In High-Rise Fire
Newsradio 780 is hearing reports that the Chicago fire department is responded to a high rise fire on the 3900 block of north lake shore drive.

Pitching Great Maddux Will Assist Cubs' GM
Pitching great Greg Maddux has rejoined the Chicago Cubs as an assistant to general manager Jim Hendry. COMMENT

Tylenol Poisonings Suspect Maintains Innocence
James W. Lewis, a suspect in the slayings of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982, has called a community cable television show host in Massachusetts "totally delusional" after he asked Lewis if he was responsible for the deaths. COMMENTS

DePaul lets go of basketball coach
Jerry Wainwright, who compiled a 59-80 record in four-plus seasons as DePaul University's men's basketball coach -- including a streak of 22 consecutive Big East conference losses -- was fired Monday.

You may still need a H1N1 flu shot
The H1N1 flu epidemic is out of the headlines, but, public health officials in Illinois warn that doesn't mean the risk is gone. FIND FREE CLINICS NEAR YOU

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