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Niles to Chicago: Save marathon race 911 calls
Fearful of a potential lawsuit, north suburban Niles officials want the City of Chicago to preserve all radio dispatches, 911 calls and other emergency communications from the day of the Chicago Marathon.
That’s because a Niles ambulance driver, called in to assist for the Oct. 7 race, got lost […]
All Cities Tested Had Bacteria on Their Playgrounds
So, “Good Morning America” investigated playground cleanliness across the nation by collecting 60 samples at public playgrounds. The samples were tested to determine which playground was the cleanest and which had the most germs.
“GMA” tested 12 playgrounds in four cities including: Washington, D.C., and suburban Virginia and Maryland; […]
This hit close to home. Chris Himel was shot and killed while riding his bike with two friends around Western south of Armitage, near Humboldt Park and Bucktown. This was last Friday morning. No reason is given.
Chris Himel, suffered a gunshot wound at the 1500 block of North Maplewood Avenue, according to […]
State lawmakers to get 10% pay raise
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich, doing battle with lawmakers for months, let them have their nearly 10 percent pay raises despite vowing during his re-election campaign to veto the increases.
Wish I could make laws giving myself a 10% raise. Or how about just a 10% reduction in […]
Some of the videos featured at the Seventh Annual Bicycle Film Festival 2007 which took place in Chicago the past few days and also in NYC, LA, Paris, Toronto, Portland, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Vienna, London, Milano, Roma, Barcelona, Sydney, Melbourne, and Tokyo.
The Youtube videos are messing with the flow of the page so click more […]
The Dark Knight redux
A curious crowd has gathered in Chicago’s Old Town, where a film crew has spent a good portion of the night setting up shop.
Word has traveled through the neighborhood that the latest in the “Batman” series, “The Dark Knight,” starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader, is shooting scenes. People, many […]