• CPS officials are boasting about higher test scores, but are they misleading?
• Police caught a man accused of a rape in Logan Square.
• An Amtrak train bound for Chicago crashed into a sedan today, killing all five people in the car.

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas's only feminist bookstore. Throughout the week, they interviewed a bunch of indie fashion designers and D-I-Y websites—Etsy, Ornamental Things, 31 Corn Lane, and Aorta Designs—for the upcoming Stitch Fashion Show. They also did... more ›

With its brightly lit blue and orange round sign serving as a beacon on the congested strip of Lawrence just east of every high school boy’s favorite strip club, the Admiral, Chicago Kalbi is instantly noticeable. Chicagoist has walked past it several times and it’s almost always looked small and crowded, which is why we shied away from it at first. But after experiencing it, we’re sure to return again soon. more ›

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's... more ›

Chicago resident David Dright, was charged by the Lake County state's attorney with identity theft after finding financial records in his west side home. Included in the stacks of stolen info were financial records for 80 major league baseball players, including the White Sox's Jim Thome and former Cub Juan Pierre. more ›

Farewell to another weekend, and all the newsworthy mayhem that goes with it: more ›

The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Chicago law prohibiting alcohol from being served at clubs that allow nude dancing. Therefore, anyone who likes to sit at VIPs on Kingsbury with a vodka tonic in one hand and a woman who would never talk to you during high school in the other is advised to get there pronto. more ›

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out their art and face off. A plagiarized novel is the... more ›

Boobs. What can't they drive a person to do? In a time long ago, in a land 164 miles south, Chicagoist was known to occasionally frequent a strip club in her college town because 1) there was no cover charge, 2) it was one of only a smattering of bars that women could go to and not worry about men giving them a hard time and 3) well, strip club. Chicagoist knows very few women... more ›

What happens when an Elgin strip club auctions off it's strippers as caddies and sponsors a golf outing? Well, suburban moms get angry, that's what! more ›

Chicagoist has too many hobbies, apparently, because we had no idea that strip clubs that have to choose between liquor and nudity. "Nudity" isn't a clear-cut term, though, so the Illinois Court of Appeals had to decide if pasties and g-strings are cover-up or not. Oh to be a judge. more ›