Photo by pantagrapher It's going to cost the Obama campaign $2 million to party in Grant Park on Election Day; Mayor Daley handed down the actual retail price earlier today. We hope the Obama campaign didn't bid $1 when asked cause, man, the contestants who do that are annoying. A Lincoln Park man was stabbed this morning after chasing a burglar who had broken into a nearby residence. The injuries were not life-threatening. Another......

Maybe we're nerds [Ed note: Maybe?], but we've always loved catching ESPN's coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, not to mention we're huge fans of the outstanding documentary Spellbound. And we're not the only ones: for the third year in a row, the Championship Round is going prime-time on national television. The preliminary rounds have wrapped up and the quarterfinals are this afternoon from 1 - 4:30 p.m.(broadcast on ESPN360.com), while the semis will......