SCUBA Diving in Lake Michigan? more ›

Soldier Field/Burnham Harbor via Chicago Outfit. See more photos from the set here. more ›

On May 2, 2005, the groundbreaking is planned for the city's new memorial to police officers killed or seriously wounded on the job. The 5-acre memorial park, called Gold Star Families Memorial and Park, will feature a spiraling concrete and granite wall with the names of fallen officers and a central plaza where as many as 5,000 people can gather. The park also features tall, rectangular glass panels at the north and south entrances as "welcoming doorways" and 5 circular nodes embedded in the lawn to represent the values held by many officers: honor, courage, dedication, pride, and family. These 5 spaces will be connected by a "thin blue line" that is to symbolize the protection the police provide. more ›

After the typical bureaucratic delays, work is finally expected to begin within two weeks on an electronic barrier that will hopefully keep Asian snakehead carp out of Lake Michigan. The voracious fish can grow to 4 feet and 60 pounds while eating up to 40% of their body weight daily. more ›