The Chicagoist will be launching later but in the meantime please enjoy our archives.

Extra Extra

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM


  • A fight broke out between two shoppers, who were waiting outside a Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day in Downers Grove. [TribLocal]

  • What is it like to be young and homeless and unemployed in Chicago? [CNC]

  • The daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died today. She was living in Wisconsin. [Tribune]

  • A cable music service played “All That Jazz” from the musical “Chicago” while showing photos of and facts about the band Chicago. [NYT]

  • Sara Lee is classing up its meats with a new image. [Crain's]

  • First Lady Michelle Obama came to Chicago today to attend the funeral of Chicago's First Lady Maggie Daley. [Tribune]