The stocks of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade surged Tuesday. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived. picked by Proverb 11 months ago

A police officer has been arrested in the off-duty beating of a 15-year-old high school student, the Chicago Police Department said Sunday. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

An Iraqi-born Chicago artist has set up a project allowing Internet users to shoot him with a paintball gun. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Iraqi born Wafaa Bilal sits in self imposed isolation in a Chicago art gallery. Internet visitors can observe him and fight for control of a paintball gun - Bilal has been shot at over 40,000 times since the exhibit began. Take a look (or a shot) here picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A Chicago Tribune investigation of 200+ police shootings going back 10 years shows nearly every shooting in last decade 'justified', and investigations ignore witnesses, forensics. Shot-in-back findings raise questions. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

$600,000 car found abandoned on Chicago expressway.
(car in thumbnail not actual size) picked by Dangerman 1 year ago

Cougar takes girl by the head in backyard of Goya Foods president. Miami. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

The Chicago Bulls, off to a disappointing start after making the playoffs in each of the last three seasons, have fired head coach Scott Skiles. picked by tchengrox 10 months ago

While filming an episode of the reality TV show
"COPS", An officer attempting to pull over a vehicle is shot at by the driver...All caught on the Police Officers Dash Camera.
Direct link
(warning: slightly graphic) picked by muppet 1 year ago

More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The chairman of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners visited a 114-year-old woman who registered to vote on Thursday. It was also her birthday, according to her family, who cite a family Bible as evidence of her birth date. picked by muppet 9 months ago

A woman who police said used her children as hostages during a routine traffic stop has died after being shot by an officer.

...she used her kids as a meat shield... picked by acemak 8 months ago

Female Cougar protecting cubs against intruding Adult male grizzly bear. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

Several cars in Chicago's Printer's Row neighborhood received impromptu makeovers recently when vandals spray-painted large smiley faces on them.

Was this you, suebe? hehe picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The singer who played Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago got strep throat and won't be in any more performances. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

A risque billboard promoting divorce has sparked surprise and outrage in some Chicago residents and divorce lawyers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Three Chicago suburbs called emergency meetings to temporarily lift public smoking bans after bar owners asserted that the bans caused business to decline during the Bears' playoff run. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

A Staffordshire Bull Terrier was shot by police in Croydon, South London, after police attempted to subdue it with a taser designed for use on humans.

This incident was provoked when the dog bit two police officers.

Their wounds did not require medical treatment. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

Chicagoans saying "we are not in Cali, What the hell is going on. picked by nesbyniccolo 6 months ago