Tag: chicago
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November 07, 2009 10:45 PM EST --
Louisiana Attorney General's Office tells ACORN - Show Me The Money (the books and the corporate records)
by Michael McCray
Nov 6th 2009
“If ACORN hopes to survive then the know . . .
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July 27, 2006 07:11 AM EDT --
When I was in college in Chicago, I had the experience of a lifetime. Not in a good way, but in a very bad way. This is a follow-up article to Perp Walk, about a shoplifter in my store last night.
I . . .
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February 08, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
Since Valentine's Day will soon be upon us, I decided to share this little tid bit of information that I got off of a post card I picked up in Chicago.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, . . .
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July 01, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
I passed the station in Westchester, IL about 30 miles west of Chicago and gas was 4.29.9 or 4.30 per gallon. I'm biking and using public trans more.
What are you paying for gas and where, how . . .
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April 17, 2009 08:28 AM EDT --
Well, I am jetting off yet again. This is just a short 3 day trip though.
I'm going to Chicago to do a conference for the company I work for. The conference is for The ARC of Illinois. It . . .
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August 06, 2009 08:42 PM EDT --
My granddaughter Dani went on a trip to Chicago. She brought back some neat pictures but no explaination of what they were. It's been way to long since I was there for me to know. . . .
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October 02, 2009 07:53 PM EDT --
Despite having one of the strongest bids by a North American city since the games were in Atlanta in 1996, despite the efforts of President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and a certain talk show host . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:42 AM EST --
The Yankees won another World Series yesterday. Now, this blog is not about the Yankees winning their 27th World Series or about the Cubbies (my favorite baseball team losing out again). It about the . . .
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July 07, 2009 09:55 PM EDT --
Here is a shots of Chicago's famous Millennium Park, I often go there after work to just chill out before heading home. It's a very beautiful place with an excellent skyline, gardens and fountains. There's . . .
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July 21, 2009 09:59 PM EDT --
Today I was on my way home from work in Chicago and took a few photos on the way.
I normally carry a camera with me for my job but today went out with the company photographer for a photo survey of . . .
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August 08, 2009 05:26 PM EDT --
John Mellencamp is a dynamic performer from the my neighboring state of Indiana. He's a regular guy and supports the everyday person in many of his off stage efforts. He's pretty much a populist . . .
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July 29, 2007 08:49 PM EDT --
Janie and I went to only one yard sale this weekend, on our way back from Chicago, and there wasn't anything worth buying or taking pictures of, so what we have are picutures of, yes, you guessed it. . . .
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June 13, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
Here is a big trial we were following in Chicago. How this guy beat the rap is beyond me but he did and as I understand the FBI made a positive ID of Kelly as being in the film that bought about the charges. . . .
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December 23, 2008 10:28 AM EST --
Here is a Chicago Sun Times article dated 12-23-08. Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher ex and mother of Urlachers' young son, Tyna Robertson was arrested for contempt of court for not . . .
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February 11, 2009 11:57 PM EST --
It's not new anymore, but have you ever used the "Google Earth"? It's quite a fascinating way to travel around the neighborhood, city, state, or world. I don't know if change is . . .
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April 06, 2009 05:08 PM EDT --
CHICAGO (UPI) -- Polluted water from Chicago has helped create a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, where excess algae suffocates marine life, says a U.S. Geological Survey study.
Chicago was named the . . .
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November 04, 2009 02:51 AM EST --
Toward the end of the 1960s, when the world was suddenly aware of blues guitarrist Jimi Hendrix, as he exploded into psychedelic rock, those of us who loved the Blues coming out of South-Side . . .
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September 15, 2006 05:19 AM EDT --
It seems the people affected did not like what the Chicago City Council was trying to do.
The Council voted to require all "Big-Box" retailers to pay a minimum wage of $10/hour and $3 benefits . . .
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June 27, 2007 09:59 PM EDT --
The number of children in Chicago killed each year by gun fire is just staggering--yet very rarely discussed. Every so often there's news of an A-student, a basketball star, or a sweet toddler . . .
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August 12, 2007 09:44 PM EDT --
I wasn't in the hospital from 2 for 1 Friday! I decided after being on Gather on mid afternoon on Friday I would take the kids to Chicago for the day Saturday! We hurried in the car and on spur . . .
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