The stocks of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade surged Tuesday. picked by robfouryqr 2 years 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 9 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 8 months ago

$600,000 car found abandoned on Chicago expressway.
(car in thumbnail not actual size) picked by Dangerman 1 year 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 5 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

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

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 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

Awesome clip from "This American Life" relating the story of this famous hot dog stand in Chicago, where customers and staff interacts in an abusive insults mess. But this "supposed to be fun" tradition often goes to a less innocent game. picked by wildminou 8 months ago

City workers with political clout claim to be injured at a rate that far exceeds any occupation tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor. picked by hypnotode 2 years 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 9 months ago

Walked inside the restaurant, looked around and settled in a cooler with juice and pop! picked by danska 1 year ago

The past two years have seen a dramatic increase in poverty and its effects. One of these "effects" is hunger.(welcome to third world Amerika) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Midwest drunks cheer. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Under cover of darkness, the mayor ordered construction crews to move in and bulldoze the runway at Chicago's Meigs Field. When asked about the stranded aircraft he said, "that's your problem" picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Jim Dooley, who succeeded George Halas as head coach of the Bears, died Tuesday, his daughter said. He was 77. Dooley coached the Bears from 1968-71. picked by punthe 8 months ago