Results tagged “injanuary”

While the talk around town has focused on the implications of Tony Rezko's indictment for Blagojevich, the national story has been how close he was to Obama.

It's cold again? In Chicago? In January? Will wonders never cease?

In January George Hood, an Aurora resident, spent 85 hours on a stationary bicycle in an attempt to break the world record. Guinness officials notified Hood that due to inconsistencies in his log of rest breaks, they express "great regret" that he is not the record holder he thought he was.

In January, General Motors Vice Chairman of Product Development and Chairman of GM North America, Bob Lutz, spoke with a group of bloggers about the Chevy Volt Concept car shortly after it was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show. The Volt, if developed, with its E-Flex power system, could nearly eliminate trips to the gas station. During the interview Lutz spoke about how likely it is the Volt could go from concept to reality "Are...

It's that time of the year, 2006 numbers are being announced and to combat a drop in the stock price companies often throw a bone to the shareholders in the form of a workforce reduction. There were some layoffs that took place in and around the Chicago area this week. Schaumburg based Motorola announced on Friday that they will be cutting 3,500 jobs and Time, Inc. announced it will be shutting its doors in Chicago for Time magazine and People magazine.

The next time someone comes to your house or apartment to do a repair or fix a broken lock, you may want to be a little extra cautious about letting him or her inside your home. CBS 2 reports that seven robberies occurred in North Side homes between Oct. 15 and Nov. 3 by robbers posing as employees of utility companies, tree cutters or construction contractors. The robberies took place in neighborhoods across the...

On Friday, the Tribune reported about 5,000 Chicago firefighters would receive new protective gear to replace decades-old equipment. Already, other major cities have upgraded to the higher-tech gear, and Chicagoist thinks it's about time we join them.

This week, we bring you stories of several thefts, but only one leaves us thinking that the punishment may have been worth the crime, and the bragging rights that come along with it. Chicagoist’s motto has always been “go big or go home.” Well, actually, we’ve never said that in our lives, but if we were into stealing stuff, we think we might. Here’s to the dreamers – May you never cease to entertain us....

In January, Chicagoist posted that Federated Department Stores was thinking about buying May Department Stores and thanks to a tip last night (thanks, Jasmine!) we found out it's a done deal.