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• 07.17.07
  Chicago News Roundup for Saturday and Sunday, July 14-15, 2007   history, brothel, red light district, garden, auto, obama, magnificent mile, poison, austin, oak park, south side, guns, roundup, west side, shootings, robbery, lake michigan, park, suburb (0)

  Obama To Talk About Guns At South Side Church
  CBS 2’s Mai Martinez reports that he’s expected to address the shootings of 34 Chicago students.
  …
  Naomi Walley said, “I’m glad that one of the candidates is addressing local violence because it’s become a huge problem, especially in Chicago and with all the deaths of teenagers and high […]

• 07.12.07
  Chicago News Round up for July 12, 2007   cocaine, ecstasy, crime rate, dallas, tourism, montreal, event, south side, shootings, toronto, food (0)

  17 People Ill After Chicago Food Fest
  You might want to avoid eating at Pars Cove Persian Cuisine is it’s anything like their booth at the Taste of Chicago where at least 17 people have been confirmed poisoned by the food from that booth. At least five of the 17 had salmonella poisoning and three […]

• 07.10.07
  Chicago News Roundup for Tuesday, July 10, 2007   robbery, NBA, restaurant, cosi, homeless, camera, roundup, loop, south side, police (0)

  3 Chicago men charged in beating of homeless man
  Authorities in Chicago have filed charges against three men accused of beating a homeless man with a heavy chain and a metal sign as they left a downtown bar. The homeless man is now stable condition after the attack around 11 p.m. Sunday night under an el […]

• 07.09.07
  News Roundup for Friday, July 6 through Monday, July 9, 2007   springfield, education, health-care, casinos, dogs, camera, minneapolis, new orleans, volunteer, illinois, budget, guns, terrorism, police, south side, taxi, rock, wrigleyville, shootings, gang (0)

  Midwest tops for volunteers — but don’t boast, Chicago
  Midwesterners are more likely to volunteer their time than are people elsewhere in the United States, according to a study released today.
  The highest rates among the biggest 50 metro areas were in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where more than four in 10 adults volunteered.
  Chicago, however, was not […]

• 07.06.07
  News Roundup for Tuesday, July 3, Wednesday, July 4, and Thursday, July 5, 2007   shootings, gary, taxi, mcdonalds, lincoln park, park, disease, olympics, lake michigan, great lakes, memphis, west side, roundup, police, evanston, suburb, transit, loop, south side, guns, ak-47, trains, gang (0)

  Memphis woman arrested with gun at Chicago’s Sears Tower
  A Memphis woman was found carrying a loaded revolver at the Sears Tower in Chicago.
  Police said 56-year-old Stephanie Warren is charged with one count each of unlawful use of a weapon, failure to register a firearm in the state of Illinois and not having an Illinois firearm […]

• 07.04.07
  El Trains Stuck Without Power in the Loop   brown, green, pink, orange, trains, transit, loop, event (0)

  Electrical problems downtown Tuesday night are leaving potentially tens of thousands of CTA elevated train riders — the majority attending Taste of Chicago and pre-4th of July fireworks at Grant Park — standing on platforms waiting for trains, which are not moving.Riders are reporting that elevated trains in the Loop stopped moving about 11 p.m.
  Police […]

• 07.03.07
  News Round up from Saturday, June 30 to Tuesday, July 2, 2007   television, transit, terrorism, airport, roundup, logan square, suburb, real estate, police, gang (0)

  Chicago man pleads guilty to uploading ‘24′ shows before premiere
  A Chicago man pleaded guilty to a federal charge Monday for posting episodes of Fox’s “24″ on the Internet more than a week before they premiered on television.
  Jorge Romero, 25, entered his plea in federal court to one count of uploading copyrighted work being prepared for […]

• 07.02.07
  News Roundup   real estate, police, logan square, evanston, suburb, event, gang, food (0)

  Chicago officers plead not guilty to beating four businessmen
  CHICAGO: Three Chicago police officers pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they beat up four businessmen while off duty in a city bar in December.
  In May, the businessmen filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the officers attacked them, unprovoked, while they were playing pool. The men […]

• 07.01.07
  Taste of Chicago   event, food (0)

  Just got back from the Taste of Chicago and decided to set up this blog. The food could certainly have been better but I suppose it’s somewhat representative of Chicago as a whole. Plenty of sausage, pizza, and taco stands. Too many people walking around eating overpriced funnel cake. Alas, I […]

• 07.01.07
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