Chicago-area whiskey enthusiasts have one more local option to explore, now that Great Lakes Distillery's Kinnickinnic Whiskey is being sold at Binny's Chicagoland locations and through its online store. This according to a tweet sent out yesterday by the Milwaukee-based distillery. more ›

Amidst concerns over a rash of shootings and the high profile baseball bat attack, this would seem to be a bad time to kick off a campaign sending people out into the city to knock on random doors. But, according to the AP, that is the unenviable task of census workers who will begin hitting the bricks today to contact residents who have not submitted their forms. more ›

Daniel Vincent, 28, Aurora, was accused on Friday of robbing a First Federal Bank in Lexington, Kentucky. Vincent previously served over five years in federal prison for admitting to robbing 16 banks. On Friday, Vincent led Kentucky police on a 25-mile chase after allegedly robbing a bank in Lexington, authorities reported. Vincent entered the First Federal Bank around 11:30 a.m., implied that he had a weapon, and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said. more ›

Earlier this month we bitch-slapped New York Magazine for thinking that they could lay a personal and geographical claim to our President-Elect. Now we have to collectively face off against a more potent foe: the state of his birth*, Hawaii. There can be only one, Highlander. So who will reign supreme? more ›

Not much, actually. Her win in Kentucky, along with her recent wins in Indiana and West Virginia add nothing to her argument that she is the best candidate going into November. She can win white working-class voters? So what? She won the popular vote? That depends on how you do the math - and counting Michigan and Florida skews those numbers, because she ran unopposed there. more ›