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

Lenuta and Costel, two tiger cubs from one of the world's most endangered species, the Siberian tiger, were born in a Romanian zoo this year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Chicago Cubs, one of baseball's most storied franchises, are for sale – paging Mark Cuban. picked by punthe 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 8 months ago

Two white lionesses gave birth simultaneously to seven fluffy, white cubs at the Schloss-Holte Stukenbrock Zoo in Germany. More photos here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 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

A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. Safari Zoological Park owner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubs were born Sunday, but the mother had problems with them. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

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

Chicago hoping to make a run in '07. picked by tomphoolry 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 5 months ago

Fourteen tiger cubs have been spotted in a reserve in north-western India, forestry officials say. picked by jhordie 4 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

Chicago Cubs player hits a homerun, gets the wierdest greeting in the dugout by a teammate. picked by juicyfruit 12 months 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

Poor widdle cubs. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Ugh, what a couple of maroons. picked by Moe 11 months 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