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• Do You Want a Ribbon or Something?

  Published: August 9, 2007, 2:22 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  up from an F to a D-, the Chicago Postal Service is reacting to a nationwide audit that found them to be "Most Improved" as if they'd just won a championship marathon. WTF, Chicago Post? You're still the worst in the nation! The fact that the service is most improved is based mostly on a 3% increase in the odds that if you sent something

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• Near-Riot Erupts in North Lawndale

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:19 am

  Tags: News Chicago

  the news reports of the Taser death of Gefery Johnson not even a few days old, this was the last thing the Chicago Police Department needed. Police shot and killed a recent Manley High School graduate last night in the North Lawndale neighborhood and wound up having to quell a near riot as residents took to the streets in protest.

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• Water Breaks for Jesus

  Published: August 12, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: News Chicago

  rule from being enforced in Chicago Public Schools. It is pretty common knowledge that students in school are not granted certain rights that are inherent in the normal/real world. For instance, the Supreme Court recently ruled against a suit against a school that suspended students for holding up a sign that said "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" at an

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• Aaron Patterson Looks Gift Horse in Mouth, Gets 30 Years in Prison

  Published: August 15, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: News Chicago

  How many of you remember Aaron Patterson? He was one of the infamous "Death Row 10" who spent 13 years on Illinois' Death Row for a murder he insisted cops, led by former commander Jon Burge, framed him for? Four years ago, in his final official acts, former Governor George Ryan pardoned Patterson and three others while commuting the sentences

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• Cornbleet Suspect Arrested in Caribbean

  Published: August 15, 2007, 11:22 am

  Tags: News Chicago

  news broke late yesterday of an arrest in the case of Dr. David Cornbleet, the dermatologist who was murdered in his Loop office last October. Authorities filed a warrant for 29-year-old Hans R. Peterson, who was arrested August 6 on a federal fugitive warrant for unlawful flight on the French Caribbean island of St. Martin. After his arrest

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• Hyuck, Hyuck, Hyuck

  Published: August 16, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  on trial for leading the Chicago Outfit, implication in 18 unsolved murders and more, but to hear him you'd think he didn't have a care in the world. Aside from admitting he was a hustler who ran a notorious floating craps game, Lombardo flatly denied any ties to the Chicago Outfit, links to any murders and anything else that was thrown at

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• Tensions from Harrison Killing Spill Into Police Board Meeting

  Published: August 17, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: News Chicago

  them keep the heat on the Chicago Police Department. Nearly 50 protesters disrupted last night's Police board meeting at police headquarters at 35th and Michigan, leading the board and interim police superintendent Dana Starks to adjourn the meeting after 15 minutes, saying that the protesters "harassed" them. The decision was made after

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• Extra Extra: "You'll Turn Into a Prune" Edition

  Published: August 20, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  Here are some other newsworthy items on the day the earth stole Heaven. A Southern Baptist Church in Romeoville had problems with their divorced pastor remarrying, but turned the other cheek when they allowed another preacher/convicted sex offender to become more involved in church business. Both resigned last week. A local plastic

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• Chicago: No. 1 Tourist Destination ... Well, Kind Of...

  Published: August 21, 2007, 1:13 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  Under the new formula, Chicago was launched into a four-way tie for the most popular tourist destination in the country, along with Atlanta, Vegas and New York. Under the old model, which many states and cities continue to use, Chicago ranked fourth behind Orlando, Vegas and New York (tied for second), and San Diego. As quoted in the

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• Extra Extra: "Downright Nucular"

  Published: August 21, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  Here are some other newsworthy items to ponder while we slap some Tiger Balm on our knees. Serves us right for riding our bikes to Morgan Park and back. Even when being deported, Elvira Arellano can't stop talking. She also got to see her 8-year-old son, Saul, before leaving. He's staying with his grandmother The "cell-phone

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• Durbin, Obama Appeal on Slain Doctor's Behalf

  Published: August 22, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  info, now carries ongoing news of the extradition struggle and pushes visitors to send their own messages of support to the French embassy and Ms. Rice. As for seeking the death penalty, Jon says he's not ready to give a statement concerning that right now, that family members have many different views on the situation. We have to wonder

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• Extra Extra: "Make it (Stop) Rain" Edition

  Published: August 23, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  a sales tax increase for the Chicago area to stave off the proposed Doomsday scenarios of CTA and Pace. Bank of America's pending acquisition of LaSalle Bank could cost the metropolitan Chicago area over 10,000 jobs over the next two years when completed. Chicago Public School teachers voted against a strike authorization Wednesday. More

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• French Hang On to Murder Suspect

  Published: August 24, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  The French have spoken. Overseas officials have denied U.S. requests to extradite Hans Peterson back to the States to stand trial for the murder of Dr. David Cornbleet. The 29-year-old Peterson allegedly confessed to killing Cornbleet, his former dermatologist, due to a prescription drug that left him impotent. Despite pleas from U.S. senators

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• Extra Extra: "Captions Written by Trained Monkeys" Edition

  Published: August 24, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  here's some stuff in the news. Buckingham Fountain is slated to undergo a complete overhaul in autumn 2008. Near West Side businesses get $1.5 million in TIF money intended for keeping manufacturing jobs in the area. Does Manny Flores have the constitution to run against Luis Gutiérrez? He's not talking. A picture is worth a

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• Extra Extra: "We Link it Here So You Don't Have to Search" Edition

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: News Chicago

  yourself that at least the Chicago Public Schools aren't that bad. Illinoisans have more to love. Video of Frank Calabrese, Sr. and Anthony "Twan" Doyle, "just talking" (via). The Brangelina Traveling Circus is now New York's problem. Classic footage of Buddy Guy with Big Mama Thornton. ComEd should have full power restored to the

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