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No love for Hot Doug's?...

From the S-T article: “That would deny the next mayor — if I sign the agreement and say, ‘Go ahead’ — of the revenue they need to balance the budget,” Daley said. “And government needs money in order...

This "accident" supposedly caused $30,000 in damage. Stupid is as stupid does....

With all the talk of police shortages I hope this is way down on the list of things taking up their time. Pretty much the definition of victimless crime....

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893847_1894203,00.html...

It's from TIME when Dart was highlighted as 100 most influential of 2009....

Am I missing the huge call of Chicagoans for hired trucks, the Olympics or planters in the loop, but we've got them. Metered water would make people pay for what they use, simple as that. There is n...

In my mind this series of articles perfectly encapsulates the failings of the Daley years. Instead of running a basic city service in an efficient manner mayoral focus was paid to glitzy items like t...

I was half expecting Lovie to go for a touchdown on the final Bears play. The "coach" needs to realize that 3 points is better than no points. While 3-0 is great for morale the Bears and their fans ...

This quote is from the Shanghai Maglev Train Wikipedia entry: "Following the opening, overall maglev train ridership levels were at 20% of capacity. The levels were attributed to limited operating ho...

"...resulting in a hung jury and a mistrial." I seem to remember a conviction in there as well. Please don't tell me that Blago's patented media tour/reality distortion campaign is working on Chic...

I'm actually glad to hear this. Robert's role in this seemed to me to be a minor one and frankly a guy who would have done a better, nonfelonious job as governor. ...

This smacks of the run-before-you-walk planning that is so typical of Daley's management style. His only guiding principle seems to be Dan Burnham's "Make no little plans." It's a great slogan but sh...

Also, I thought we heard last week there was a verdict on 2 counts. What happened to the second count?...

Will the jury be polled? Are we talking 11-1 or 6-6 on the hung charges? ...