• Iraq war vet Joseph Jesk has been ordered held on $1 million bail in connection with the weekend shooting death of his wife, Heather Jesk.
• The battle over red light cameras continues tomorrow in Springfield.
• Fellow blogger (and our occasional sparring partner) Mike Doyle of Chicago Carless posted on his experiences blogging for the Trib's Chicago Now network and a huge discussion over what Chicago Now has allegedly done wrong and right has commenced over at the Windy Citizen.

Foodie/urban explorer, carless advocate and eager drinker of bucket boy haterade Mike Doyle is beating on a bucket of his own over at Gapers Block's Drive-Thru blog regarding Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea's decision to replace drip coffee in their retail locations with more intensive brews extracted from $11,000 Clover machines. "(A) sub-$3 cup of coffee is now a thing of the past at Intelligentsia," Doyle writes. From there, Doyle launches into overdrive, wondering if all the changes Intelligentsia has implemented in its retail locations in recent months is a case of a company putting the cart before the horse, especially in our current banana republic of an economy. more ›