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Is Baghdad Safer Than Chicago?
This past Sunday, Barack Obama gave a speech at the Vernon Park Church of God in Chicago in which he noted that the number of city schoolchildren killed in the last school year was higher than the number of soldiers from all of Illinois killed in Iraq over the same period. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]