• A firefighter was critically injured today while responding to a fire in a Lake Shore Drive high rise (3950 N. Lake Shore Dr.).
• Maggie Daley was hospitalized today for what's being called "an adverse reaction to her cancer treatments."
• A new study claims that Burr Oak Cemetery is home to more bodies than it has room for.

One of the best stories on the newspaper industry I ever read was in Thomas Frank's The Baffler, the Chicago based magazine for thinkers that leaned unapologetically to the far left without ever resorting to histrionics. It was also famous for stiring up the local and national arts scene and just generally being a wickedly intelligent and entertaining read unafraid to take chances. more ›