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Extra, Extra
Photo by Martin Nieto A pair of area deaths related to H1N1 have been reported. In related news, a truck with 900 H1N1 vaccine doses was stolen in Milwaukee though police have apprehended a suspect. As...
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Oprah Sorta Clears The Air
The Great O addressed the rumors of a new cable network but her silence on the possible departure from Chicago for Los Angeles may have been just as loud. She confirmed the formation of a new...
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Chicago's Mental Health Services Still in Jeopardy
Photo by Zol87 While we've been lamenting things like the loss of the Outdoor Film Festival and the shrinking of the Chicago Christmas tree, there are certainly more serious issues at stake in the midst of...
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Jay-Z Announces 2010 Tour Dates. Chicago Not On List.
Original photo via Jay-Z's MySpace. Back in September we lined up with hundreds of Chicagoans outside the House of Blues for a chance to see Jay-Z's Samsung-hosted elusive free show. And like many of the same...
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. Pirate Radio, the new comedy starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, from the creator of Love Actually. In theatres 11/13. American Apparel, with 4 stores...
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"Batman" Headline Is a Stretch, But Prison Escape Story Could Be Its Own Movie
"Wacker Drive looks pretty nice from up here." Photo via Wired. The Tribune is calling today's story about "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan's incarcerated brother and his planned prison escape "Batman-like," which is good bait to...
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Chili Cook-Off Countdown
We're getting closer to tomorrow's Half Acre Brewery's Charitable Chili Cook-Off this Saturday benefiting The Arts of Life and if you haven't gotten your tickets yet, get a move on! They're still only $5 through 5...
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Friday Afternoon Diversion
The sun is shining! It's kind of warm! And this is how that all makes us feel! Thanks to Bryan for the tip!...
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Last Second Plans: The Interview Show Returns To The Hideout
The Interview Show is a humorous monthly Chicago-based talk show hosted by quick-witted syndicated columnist Mark Bazer the first Friday of every month. The show is a similar format to late night TV talk shows set...
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Grates To Tear Up Schubas
The whirlwind that is The Grates hails from Australia and threatens to take down everything in its path. Singer Patience Hodgson dominates the proceedings with voice that flips from sweet trill to all encompassing roar into...
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Blackface Controversy Spurs Northwestern University Forum
Every year the boundaries for acceptable Halloween costumes are tested. Every year those boundaries are most certainly crossed, if only for a few of us at Chicagoist that insist on wearing the Ninja Turtles costume we've...
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I Fight Dragon$
Who says music can't prosper in this economy? Local nerd power-pop-rockers I Fight Dragons just raised a cool $10,000 for their band in under 48 hours. They offered fans a chance to buy a lifetime subscription...
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Another Fenger Student Charged In Albert's Death
A 14 year old student from Fenger High School has been charged in the September beating death of fellow student Derrion Albert. The student is the fourth currently charged in the murder; Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley,...
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Sox Shuffle Continues
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast The White Sox continue to shuffle their lineup around. First, a day after the rumors first leaked about a trade sending Chris Getz and Josh Fields (plus some cash) to Kansas City,...
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Eccentric Soul Revue Returns To Chicago
If you missed the Eccentric Soul Revue last spring, or if you went and had such a great time pretending you were rolling around 1970's Chicago in a blue soft-top Monte Carlo with bench seats and options...
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Second Chicago-Area Victim At Fort Hood
A second Chicago-area victim of the Fort Hood shooting has been identified. CBS 2 is reporting that 21-year-old Francheska Velez of Chicago was among the 13 people killed. Velez, a 2006 graduate of Kelvyn Park High School,...
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Friday Morning Diversion: Moline Teen's Jeopardy Joke
We couldn't pass this up. Bonny Jain, a teen from Moline, brought the giggles on a recent episode of Jeopardy when, in his Final Jeopardy answer, he made a reference to those SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits and...
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Save Chicago's Free Music
Remember all those cuts we talked about a few weeks back? Several of them involved some of the FREE music festivals and events we love about the city. Now, the Friends of Chicago Music are fighting back...
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Put Down Your Nanowrimo And Leave The House
This month is National Novel Writing Month — Nanowrimo for short. A time for cranking (crunking?) out 50,000 words of elegant prose — or crap, depending. A time (30 days, to be precise) within a time...
