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- Federal investigators on the Jon Burge torture case have widened their scope to include several of Burge's former colleagues.
- A new police unit on the West Side, led by commander James Roussell, has seen dramatic improvements in violent crime statistics. Roussell credits using a similar strategy he used against insurgents when fighting in Iraq as a Marine Reserve officer.
- State Representative Cynthia Soto is asking for a one-year moratorium on the closing and reorganizing of several Chicago-area schools.
- A handwritten copy of President Lincoln's 1864 acceptance speech could get up to $4 million when it goes to auction.
- The Board of Trustees for the City Colleges of Chicago is calling a do-over on a vote to hike tuition by 10 percent after complaints they didn't give the public enough notice about the first hearing.
- The well known Marathon Mural just south of Armitage is being changed to an Olympic-themed mural to support the Chicago 2016 bid.
- See You In My Nightmares: Raptors ahead!
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Raptors Ahead!
Ha. Not too far off. Just last week when I was pulling into my driveway, a redtail hawk was sitting on my fencepost and it literally swooped down in front of my car and landed on the bushes right next to me. I could have touched it! It was awesome. Enormous!!
There was also a story in the newspaper last week about a hawk that tried to hack into a chihuahua who was in its backyard, right outside of Naperville. A second chihuahua fought the hawk off, and left the other one with a big gash in its forehead. (Don't leave your small pets outside people!!!!!)
So, yeah...if I saw a sign that said Raptors Ahead, I'm going to believe it :)
I want to see the chihuahua that could fight off a hawk ... just not alone in a dark alley. That chihuahua could cut you.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1396347,6_1_NA25_DIXIE_S1.article
That is one awesome little chihuahua :)