File this under "Why We Can't Have Nice Things." When a Buffalo Grove teen had his Xbox video game system taken away by his parents as punishment for an undisclosed transgression, he called the police to see if it was within their legal rights to do so. Sure enough, it is, the responding officers told him. Well, we're glad that clears that up. At this rate, the kid is probably one step away from becoming this guy: more ›

Teenagers do stupid stuff. We all know it. Most of us did stupid things ourselves. And so did these teens: a trio of teens was arrested for tagging the police memorial by Soldier Field. Police say the graffiti was non-gang-related and not anti-police. Which is nice, but still. Really kids? If you're gonna tag something, you couldn't find a blank brick wall in an alley? You had to tag a memorial serving fallen police officers? Send 'em to boot camp, we say. more ›

Okay, people. We know Lollapalooza has a lot of great music and good times. But sometimes people have too good of a time. Please stay out of the fountain. It costs a lot of money to keep it in good shape and we'll all be better for it. [via] more ›