The audit of a Chicago Health Department warehouse revealed that nearly $1 million's worth of drugs had either expired or disappeared, due to shoddy record-keeping and/or lax security. The warehouse on the Near North Side stored medicines, vaccines, birth control, antibiotics, condoms and baby formula, but nothing harder than that. The city lost its license to handle harder drugs last year for the same reason: poor record-keeping. more ›

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a... more ›

Two Midway customs officers are among 20 people accused of being a part of a drug ring that smuggled millions of dollars in heroin, cocaine and marijuana from Mexico. Officials said the officers, both from Chicago, used law enforcement databases to find out if any members of the drug ring were being investigated. Federal agents also say that in early 2003, they arrested a person who'd just left one of the customs agents' house. On him was over $300,000. The agents face 10 years to life in prison if convicted. more ›

A report released by the Center for Impact Research on Wednesday says that Illinois could have saved around $50 million through increased alternative sentencing for non-violent drug offenders. more ›