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Happy Halloween! Have you been wondering how your favorite politicians, Chicagoist editors and, um, Richard Marxes are going to dress this year? Eyewitness News Chicagoist has the scoop!

With the Blackhawks and Canucks getting ready to square off in the NHL Western Conference Semifinals, it's time for His Elective Majesty to put the donated products of local businesses where his mouth is. Mayor Daley and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson have placed the stereotypical wager of foodstuffs on the outcome of the series. The one thing more annoying than these types of bets are sports fans who say "we" when referring to their favorite teams. There is no "we;" there's "them" (the athletes on the field/court/rink) and "you" (the boorish louts who take the games too seriously while beer goggling women in the stands).

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We had a nice spit take while drinking our morning coffee and reading the front-page headline of the Sun-Times. The headline accompanying Fran Spielman's story about His Elective Majesty's advice to Senator Barack Obama in the wake of his win in the Iowa Caucuses was to "always be the underdog."

The US House subcommittee on highways and transit will conduct a hearing here on October 29 to determine what kinds of transit improvements Chicago would need before we could host the Olympics. Why yes, October 29 is a mere 6 days before our public transit system starts collapsing into itself like a dying star! "Mayor Richard Daley, Blagojevich, officials from the Regional Transportation Authority, the three transit agencies and the U.S. Olympic Committee will...

If the kid living with you joins a gang, gets a gun, and shoots a thirteen year old girl, you might look to yourself and try to determine what went wrong. You might. Or, you might take that anger and frustration and send it right back to Mayor Daley for calling suspect Tony Serrano a "nineteen year old punk." Serrano is accused of firing the shots that killed Schanna Gayden on the orders of gang...

CBS2 reports that the city is testing a new system where they are going to put red and green lights on street poles to help residents avoid street cleaning tickets. On street cleaning day, the light would be red, and when crews finished the light would go green, indicating the street was once again safe for parking. "Once the sweeper comes by then the light goes green and everybody can park there. Takes 5 minutes to clean it and save an enormous amount of money," said Mayor Richard Daley. CBS2 says, "The pilot program still has a few kinks to work out, but he [Daley] loves the idea."

Two men that are running for mayor but refuse to declare it are taking swipes at each other in the local papers. Neither one will definitively say it, but it sure looks to Chicagoist like the competition is on. Yesterday, Jesse Jackson Jr. admonished Richard Daley to "leave race out of it". Apparently claiming that the unions turned a blind eye when big-box retailers opened shop outside of black neighborhoods, Da Mare accused living-wage supporters...

A few months back, A Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics was discussed. Chicagoist whole heartedly endorsed the idea. Da Mere also came out in favor of such a bid. It was pointed out, however, that the newly renovated Soldier Field wasn't large enough to accomodate the opening & closing ceremonies or track & field events. So, while we already have many of the necessary venues we'd have to build an Olympic Stadium in...

You already know that Chicago is one of America's greenest cities, but a group of area architects are asking the ever-burning question: Why just be green when you can be green and stylish at the same time?

If you like gambling, and you live in Chicago or the south suburbs, get pumped, because odds are some action is coming your way. Or at least, that's what it looks like.

Chicago Public School teachers are about to be subject to tougher enforcement of residency requirements, despite the Chicago Teachers Union's request to eliminate or at least relax the rule that mandates teachers hired since 1996 to live within Chicago city limits.

When Chicagoist first covered this story, we had no idea how juicy it might get. What could be better than a story that involves a heated sports rivalry, a populist politician, a conservative media conglomerate, cute kids, little old ladies from Iowa and allegations of a cover-up? In the latest chapter of the crumbling Wrigley saga, Chicago mayor and #1 Sox fan Richard Daley blasted the Tribune Company -- owners of the Chicago Cubs...

Today's the day Chicagoist has been waiting all season for! The first game between the Cubs and White Sox begins this afternoon at 3:05pm at U.S. Cellular Field. Mark Prior faces off against Jon Garland in the first of three games between the two clubs this weekend. The Cubs' and Sox's success on the field again has fans dreaming of a Red Line World Series. Will it happen? If history is any indication probably...

At least one more thing is complete in Millennium Park.. In a closed ceremony on Saturday, Master Architect Frank Gehry and Mayor Richard Daley cut the ribbon and opened the new Gehry-designed, 935-foot-long footbridge. The bridge begins in Grant Park, goes over Columbus Drive and winds down into the gardens of Millenium Park. Passing pedestrians described the bridge as "snakelike" or looking like a space ship. Gehry, himself, said he think it looks like a river. This is Gehry's first attempt at a bridge. And because everything these days has to have a corporate sponsor, the bridge is officially known as BP Bridge, after the oil company that was its primary funding source.

After several days of wishy washiness, Mayor Richard Daley has announced that he is supporting plans to build a casino in downtown Chicago. He said that budget problems are forcing the city to find new sources of income and that he wants Chicago to be the first city in the nation to own a license so that both state and city taxpayers would receive all of the revenue benefits - up to $850 million annually. Daley also said that a casino would employ about 2,500 people.