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Image Credit: sherrykeating. Mayor Daley's son Patrick has been called back to active duty in the Army. [Clout Street/Tribune] A woman who abandoned her 3-year-old nephew at a south side firehouse Monday night said she was...
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Tuesday Late Afternoon Diversion: Beaker
Little known fact: Tankboy can do an excellent Beaker impression....
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New State Protocols To Reform DNA Processing
DNA rendering by ynse Thanks to new legislation, a backlog of untested rape kits in Illinois could finally be sent to crime labs and tested. According to the Chicago Tribune, various police departments statewide have been...
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SWF ISO Valentine's Playmate
Stella thinks a good man is hard to find. SWF ISO a man into the great outdoors. You like the feel of grass, snow, mud and pavement under your feet and aren't afraid to make the...
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Snow Far...
Sure, schools are closed, flights are canceled, and traffic is snarled, but damn the snow can look good sometimes, especially when caught from the point of view of Chicago's wonderful photographers. Here are some examples from this...
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Do This: Free Valentine's Chocolate and Sparkling Wine at Pastoral Lake View
We're putting the finishing touches to a BIG HONKIN' Valentine's weekend dinner roundup, but wanted to share this for our more frugal readers. You know who you are. Pastoral Artisan Bread, Cheese and Wine's Lake View...
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Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: Violent Super Bowl Ads
Football can be a violent game. We know this. But Super Bowl ads? One magical internet user compiled all the acts of violence from Sunday's commercials into one easy-to-swallow 30 second clip. [via]...
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Today In Hard-Hitting News: City Hall Urinals
Because there's nothing else going on in the city right now, Fox Chicago got right down to the stink at City Hall....
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Rockin' Our Turntable: Yeasayer
When we heard Yeasayer launch into "Madder Rose" at last summer's Pitchfork Music Festival we combed through their b-sides thinking we had somehow been wrong about the band since we were in the critical minority when...
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DOWNLOAD Then See: YAWN
Image via YAWN's site We stopped by Post in Pilsen Saturday night to see Tiny Concepts, a solo minimalist experimental act who just happens to be a delicate little French girl from Brittany. But we were...
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New Goose Island Clybourn Brewmaster Brings Chef's Sensibility to Brewing
New Goose Island brewmaster Jared Rouben (Chuck Sudo) Since Goose Island renewed the lease on their Clybourn brewpub at the last minute in 2008, they've been actively moving forward to improve both the quality of both...
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Sports Shuffle
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson The Sox un-retiring the number 11 isn't the only shuffling going on in the Chicago sports world. The Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawks have their own shuffling going on. The Blackhawks' goalie games continue...
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Upcoming Events for Literary Folk
10,000 Tons of Black Ink: Best of 2009 Edition Tonight: Claire Zulkey once again brings a slew of readings and performances to the Hideout with her Funny Ha Ha series. Revel in the comedic genius of...
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Asian Carp Head To Congress
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling wasn't the last we'll hear on the Asian Carp situation in the Great Lakes. Today the invasion issue will be taken up by the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. The...
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Healthy Party Snack: Fig and Walnut Tapenade
We served this unconventional Super Bowl appetizer to some skeptical beer-loving, sausage pizza-eating football fans. Under the alias “Fruit and Walnut Dip” the luscious combination of figs, toasted walnuts, olives and capers, was a smash hit. What's...
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Another Trade Show Out
Another trade show is out of McCormick Place but at least this one has bigger reasons than cost to blame. Supercomm, a major telecommunications trade show, has canceled its 2010 show, originally scheduled for October at McCormick...
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A Look at How the Neighborhoods Stack Up
A new website backed by MSN Money, Citibank, and Morningstar is using data from the U.S. government, from anonymous and aggregated spending transactions from Citi, and from third party data providers, to give users a snapshot of...
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As Pace Struggles, CTA Claims "No Major Delays" After Doomsday Day One
Photo by Phototravel1 There were fewer trains and buses and the ones that did run were more crowded, but CTA President Richard Rodriguez called the first full work day with reduced CTA services a "typical Monday"...
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Tuesday Morning Diversion: Snowlapse
Even as Chicago deals with the newest round of snow, we're captivated by this short time-lapse video of snow falling last week in the D.C. area. As the friend who shared this with us said, "It's like...
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