Robert Mayday Caught After Bank Robbery and Carjacking in Ill

Robert Mayday has been caught after a bank robbery and carjacking in Bloomingdale, Illinois earlier today:"Bloomingdale Police have confirmed that fugitive Robert Maday was caught in West Chicago this afternoon after robbing a bank in Bloomingdale this morning." Previous...

WGN Weather in Chicago Warns of Severe Thunderstorm and Floods

WGN weather in Chicago warns residents today of a severe thunderstorm in the area, with massive flooding and the potential of a flash flood for Boone County, northeast DeKalb, northern Ogle, Winnebago County,...

Bonuses for "Vital" Workers, others laid off at Chicago Tribune

Looks like the same song and dance in the coorporate world. Lay off the workers and then give bonuses to "vital" employees on the same day of the lay off. How is this not illegal? ""On the same day the Chicago Tribune cut 53 jobs from its newsroom, its parent Tribune Co....

Day-to-day struggle

"I read this story in The Chicago Tribune and was shocked to realize what a toll this tough economy is taking on the less visible, but imminently vital, illegal laborers of our country. Even more surprisingly, some desperate American citizens are also showing up to get hired...

Chicago Tribune Changes Masthead to Twitter Names

The Chicago Tribune was one of the first big American newspapers to rally its staffers to get on Twitter and now they've taken the bold step into full-force, mass-twidoption by posting the Tribune's Masthead as a...

No Disharmony in Obama’s Adopted Hometown?

In a post last Wednesday, I reported that a joint anti-war protest and immigrants rights rally was set to take place today in Pilsen, the heart of the Chicago’s Latino community. And it did. Unfortunately, it appears most Chicago media outlets seem content with...

73-year-old black man shot and killed by police in Homer, LA.

Howard Witt at the Chicago Tribune is following the HATE crime in Homer, LA.He reports about how on the last afternoon of his life, Bernard Monroe was hosting a cookout for family and friends in front of his dilapidated home on Adams Street in this small northern Louisiana...

Major Newspapers Join Forces for Global News Coverage

In the face of falling revenue and evaporating advertising revenue, major news media companies including the Tribune Co. and the New York Daily News are seeking partnerships with other media to maintain global and...

2008: Chicago Murders Total Tops U.S. Soldier Deaths in Iraq

Few Americans realize the number of people murdered in Chicago during 2008 was larger than the number of U.S. soldier deaths in Iraq during the same period.In a Sept. 4 post, I noted an effort by Chicago’s CBS...

Patrick Fitzgerald Says Governor Blagojevich Engaged in ‘Political Corrupti...

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald opened his news conference late this morning by describing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as having been “in the middle of a political corruption crime spree.”During the...

U.S. Attorney Outlines Charges Against Blagojevich

The Office of the U.S. Attorney in Chicago just posted a 12-page news release outlining the charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) who, along with his chief of staff John Harris, was arrested this morning...

From JFK to George Bush and Barack Obama: Did the Knave of Hearts Really Stea...

Was it really Jack, the Knave of Hearts, who purloined the pastry? There were other knaves -- in fact a whole gang of knaves called the ‘Knives’ -- who might have nicked the tarts. Or was it the Queen of...

Chicago Tribune | Kids, DVDs and the lessons involved

Parents allow their daughter to watch a DVD in a restaurant, failing to teach her manners, conversation, consideration for others, or the importance of observation and imagination.

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