Three police officers are expected to surrender today on charges for that Jefferson Tap beatdown. In other Chicago-police-related news, an officer faces up to 14 years for fatally running down a teenager then trying to cover it up. CPS spent $50 million in federal money tutoring 56,000 students, but it didn't really help. Chicago comes in 7th in a ranking of cities with the most incidents of road rage. Brian Ulacher's jock strap was... more ›

The Chicago Outdoor Film Festival movies have been announced. Also, while we were on the City's crappy events site we noticed that the Chicago Jazz Fest and the Chicago Blues Fest schedules are available now, too. LA says that if they get the Olympics they'll make about $2.7 billion. Chicago isn't sayin' shit! On police brutality: Remember that case where the cops fired into a car with 11 youths in it during the 1998... more ›

Wow. Snow. That's messed up! A virus has killed a bunch of fish in the eastern Great Lakes and it seems to be heading this way. Chicagoland mayors think that the state should pick up more of the bill for public schools. Abbott Labs has more than halved the price of its HIV drug to poor countries. The state wants to get its mitts on some Abe Lincoln artifacts, including a stovepipe hat valued... more ›

Speaking of people dying... On the coattails of the bartender-beating incident, six off-duty cops are accused of attacking four businessmen in a bar on December 15. The men, two of whom were brothers, were allegedly playing pool at West Loop's Jefferson Tap and Grille when the officers pounced on the group, unprovoked. When witnesses dialed 911, the pugilistic police waved them off. The melee was supposedly caught on tape. More bad news for Chicago's Finest:... more ›