Now that the bill has passed and will be signed into law tomorrow by President Obama, what can we expect? That's a damn good question as the bill itself clocked in at over 2,000 pages. Here are a few links that are helping us sort out what's next. Feel free to add some you've found in the comments. more ›

• Police shot and killed an 18-year-old man late last night after the man had opened fire in a South Side convenience store, injuring four.
• Carlos Hernandez-Garcia, 19, has been charged in a hit-and-run that occurred Monday night and killed two pedestrians.
• WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight talks to Gary Goehl, who knows a few things about Chicago corruption, and his recent NY Times op-ed.

It's been a week since Venkatesh's most recent book, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets was published, and the critical response is unanimous: OMG! What a total badass! more ›

Today's big story--and no doubt one of the biggest stories in a long, long time--is that Benazir Bhutto, opposition leader and former prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated this morning in a bombing that killed at least 20 other people. International leaders, including President Bush, are condemning the attack. more ›

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With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn't as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music and the local theater getting name checked on "Heroes." Chicagoist tried to wrap their heads around a religious movie being banned from a Christmas themed park. To wash that... more ›

The NY Times says that Chicago is losing ground to condos. Duh. Chicago to create 100 new schools through Renaissance 2010 plan. Why is Google Audio hiring big-time sales people in several cities including Chicago? To buy Clear Channel? Just expand its current sales efforts? The Supreme Court is to decide if a man can sue Chicago Police officers for false arrest or if the statue of limitations is up. The '85 Bears worried... more ›

We swore we weren't going to post on this as it's only going to give more publicity to a douchebag that doesn't deserve it. But damnit, Defamer, you forced our hand. We're speaking, of course, of TheTrixie.com and self-proclaimed local asshole Tucker Max. Chicagoist noticed TheTrixie.com yesterday and debated posting on it before we dismissed it as too trite, even for us. While LPTrixie.com (RIP) gave us some laughs (when it wasn’t chilling us to... more ›

Chicagoist never really had a "bisexual" phase. We jumped straight to gay, which is why we've never fully understood guys who claim to like both sides of the fence. A new study shows our suspicions may have been warranted. Researchers at Northwestern University asked 101 young adult men to rate their sexual orientation on a scale of 0 to 6: 0-1 indicating dudes who claim to like the chicks, 5-6 for the boys who like... more ›