
- We didn't even realize it rained last night, but 75,000 people who were without power this morning because of strong overnight storms sure knew!
- In a kind of reign-by-divine-right move, Chicago Alderman Todd Stroger is replacing his father on the ballot for Cook County Board president.
- Speaking of Naperville, it's a great place to buy a Toyota. They'll rip you off, and then sexually harrass you, according to this post on Comsumerist.
- McDonald's is hitting the bars with a new promotion that puts toll-free numbers on coasters and lets drunkies program a wake-up call. A pre-recorded message by various celebs the next morning urges the hungover recipient to wake up and go to McD's for breakfast. Yeh, Mr. T telling us to go buy a breakfast burrito is just what we want to hear in the morning after one too many tequila shots!
- The Trib is cutting 120 jobs.
- 16 people have been charged by the feds for defrauding the Dept of Housing and Urban Development.
- As seen on the cbs2chicago website: "IL Seat Beat Use At All-Time High." The "Seat Beat"? Seriously, who writes these headlines?
- The judge in the R. Kelly suit fell off an 18-foot ladder and injured himself over the weekend.
- 4 years ago a woman was killed when some scaffolding collapsed at the John Hancock Center. Now her family has donated the $3 million received in the lawsuit to the University of Notre Dame to build a softball stadium in her name.
- Rival Room has a good post on the Gay Games.
- To help stop the spread of the emerald ash borer, Sen. Durbin wants some parts of Cook & Kane counties to be declared as federal emergency quarantine areas.
Lakefront beach photo via scrapplequeen on Contribute. You can feel the heat radiating just by looking at this photo!



"As seen on the cbs2chicago website: "IL Seat Beat Use At All-Time High." The "Seat Beat"? Seriously, who writes these headlines?"
That kettle is black!
Now he's still up on the 18ft. ladder
But I'm down here losin' my mind
He's slipped on the ladder
I can't believe my eyes
Now he's falling of the ladder
Oh my god! he's injured himself