Midday News Links

By Staff in News on Jun 8, 2011 5:40PM

• Whet Moser compiles a nice history of Chicago Beach violence. [Chicago Mag]


• Former Congressman Bill Lipinski denies asking Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. for $2,500 on behalf of Rod Blagojevich. [ABC 7]


• Chicago Department of Revenue head Bea Reyna-Hickey tenders her resignation. [The Expired Meter]


• One of the contestants in Metromix's Hottest Server contest will appear on NBC's The Playboy Club. [Metromix]


• A Gurnee couple was charged with theft after trying to remove a Denver Boot from a car, then driving away with the boot still attached. (We've actually seen this done before. Lots of smoke) [TribLocal]


• 44th Ward Ald. tom Tunney introduced an ordinance at today's City Council meeting that would allow the Cubs to host Paul McCartney concerts July 31 and Aug. 1. [Sun-Times]


• A Fox River Grove man fired his gun to stop a door-to-door magazine salesman from pitching him. [Chicago Breaking News]


• "Inexperience" is being cited as the reason a pleasure boat crashed into the rocky breakwaters of Burns Harbor, IN at 30 MPH early this morning. [Tribune]