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Posted Cubs, Sox Register A Few Blips For Post-Season Awards to Chicagoist
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II Neither the Cubs or the Sox had particularly awful seasons, but they weren't great and both teams were left on the outside of the playoff race looking in. Fitting, then, that some...
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Posted Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: Muppets Do Queen to Chicagoist
Yesterday, we watched a Yip Yips-Busta Rhymes mash-up. Today? We watch this glorious piece of genius, the Muppets covering Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Sorry, Wayne and Garth, this one's better. [via]...
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Posted Gun Ban Repeal Gets Nation-Wide Support to Chicagoist
Opponents of Chicago's handgun ban - who have taken their battle to the U.S. Supreme Court - are finding themselves gaining support from all around the country. In fact, 38 states have shown support for the repeal....
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Favorited Dairyland Greyhounds Available for Adoption on Chicagoist
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Posted Wait: Some <em>Good</em> News About O'Hare? to Chicagoist
AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh Even as one of the busiest airports in the country is in the thick of its busiest week of the year, there's actually some good news to be had about O'Hare and...
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Posted Uncle Receives Kidney From Fallen Boxer to Chicagoist
Photo via Today, there's a bittersweet addendum to the tragic story of Chicago boxer Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez who died late Sunday night after suffering fatal brain injuries during a boxing match last week. According to a...
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Posted Around Town to Chicagoist
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Posted Indiana Girl Hurt By Pet Monkey to Chicagoist
A pet monkey (but not the one involved in this incident); Photo via Did we learn nothing from the tragedy of Charla Nash, the woman violently attacked earlier this year by a friend's pet chimp? While...
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Favorited A Very Chicagoist Thanksgiving 2K9: Recipes From Local Chefs on Chicagoist
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Posted Sentencing Day For E2 Owner (Updated) to Chicagoist
E2 owners Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins were due to be sentenced this morning for their part in the February 2003 stampede that killed 21 people. While Kyles and Hollins have since both been cleared of...
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Posted Morning Box Score to Chicagoist
Oden and the Blazers had no trouble dumping the Bulls; AP Photo/Don Ryan Bulls' Skid Worsens Things keep getting worse on this current road trip for the Bulls as they lost their third straight game, this...
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Posted CPS Board of Education Approves New Charter Schools to Chicagoist
At their meeting yesterday, their first since the death of board president Michael Scott, the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education moved forward with business, approving five new charter schools that will open across the next...
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Posted Notre Dame Fan Takes It Too Far, Allegedly Punches Clausen to Chicagoist
Clausen talks with one of his offensive linemen, who apparently wasn't around later that night to protect his QB; AP Photo/Darron Cummings Reports surfaced yesterday that Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen got a black eye after...
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Posted Today's Weather: Morose to Chicagoist
Photo by VtotheendL Just what we needed during this travel heavy week: dense fog and rain. The fog that's spread throughout the area is already burning off and will clear up by around 10 a.m. and...
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Posted Extra, Extra to Chicagoist
Photo by VtotheendL Two people are dead and four were hurt in a fire this afternoon near suburban Bloomingdale. A week after his body was found in the Chicago River and a day after he was...
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Posted Chicago Native Is "Iron Chef" to Chicagoist
Congrats to Chicago native Jose Garces who has been crowned the Food Network's latest "Iron Chef." Garces is more associated with his current city, Philadelphia, but is the executive chef at Mercat a la Planxa, which is...
