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Extra Extra: Abandoned, Abused Dog Recovering Well

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 11, 2012 12:00AM


  • How Isis Got Her Groove Back: Remember the dog whose owner abandoned her and was found being beaten with baseball bats by some kids? Well, Chicago Animal Control officials say Isis is doing remarkably well and is learning to love again. [Tribune]

  • Did you ever notice the brick near Wrigley Field that says, "Still single because of you Amy Bergseth"? Well this is the story behind that brick. [The Outside Corner]

  • Anti-violence advocates rallied outside the Congress Theater in Logan Square to protest the brutal attack on a suburban high school student on New Year's Eve. [Sun-Times]

  • Local cab driver and author Dmitry Samarov has some advice for Mayor Rahm Emanuel on how to manage the taxi industry. [Chicago Hack]

  • Rahm Emanuel says we shouldn't be critical of Bill Daley because that White House Chief of Staff job is really, really hard. [NBC]

  • Check out the 1934 World's Fair in Technicolor, turning the White City into the Rainbow City. [Chicago Magazine]

  • Rats are occupying the Occupy DC camps. [DCist]