An Iraqi-born Chicago artist has set up a project allowing Internet users to shoot him with a paintball gun. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 150-pound cougar was gunned down by Chicago police Monday after it was loose in a residential area on the city's North Side. (Story includes photo of the cougar walking right behind a policeman) picked by escaflowne 8 months ago

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

A gallery has offended Christians and visitors alike by displaying a statue showing Christ with an erection. picked by muppet 11 months ago

Gallery of slightly creepy puppety scultpures, plus some animations.

There's something compelling about the style of them though. At least to me, anyway. picked by pocksucket 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 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 12 months ago

Year 2007 was emotional, intense, tragic, funny.
Here's a brillant gallery picked by wildminou 12 months 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 11 months ago

New showcase photo gallery, provided by Pentax. picked by andrego 1 year ago

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

A slightly quirky gallery - mildly NSFW if where you work objects to paintings of nipples. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A gallery of hair-raising images from space picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

Police say a boy shot his sister in the face in a fight over a bag of potato chips. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

London art gallery is embarrassed after painting over a mural by a renowned graffiti artist. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A study of prostitute's income, by the same people who studied street drug dealers. Some of the findings show that: # Prostitutes work, on average, thirteen hours a week # Prostitutes earn, on average, $340 a week # Condoms are used 20 percent of the time # Pimps take 25%, but those prostitutes with pimps earn 50% more than those without pimps# Roughly half of all tricks are with repeat cust... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

This is a brilliant gallery of some of the most emotional and intense pictures from Reuters throughout 2005.
Really well presented too.

Be careful at work. picked by Milkshake 2 years 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 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 2 years 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