U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley gave this speech on the floor of Congress to recognize the 40th anniversary of WXRT 93.1 and morning show host Lin Brehmer’s 20th anniversary with the station. [ more › ] View original post here: Rep. Quigley Honors Lin... 

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain , a psychedelic trip about Jesus searching for enlightenment, has attained cult status as much for the story of how Jodorowsky prepared himself and his actors for filming as much as for the film’s... 

Seven of the teens appeared in juvenile court today, and a judge placed them all on electronic monitoring. An eighth teen will be charged as an adult and is held on $100,000 bond. [ more › ] Here is the original post:  8th Teen Arrested For Brutal... 

Eric Fisher has a keen interest in “understanding the workings of cities.” Fisher uses geotagging to get a bearing on how people in urban areas travel from one place to another. [ more › ] Excerpt from:  Geotagging How We Move  Read More →

A DuPage County judge sentenced 39-year-old Robert Lyons to 40 years in prison for killing his mother after she wouldn’t use a hookup to score him Avril Lavigne tickets in 2008. [ more › ] Read the original post: Man Who Killed Mother Over... 

Driving 88 —probably not a reference to the speed of a time-traveling Delorean, but we won’t hold that against anyone—was released today by local rap star Rockie Fresh. Download it here. [ more › ] Excerpt from:  Download The Latest... 

                    If nothing else, Saturday’s Brew Ho Ho showed that Chicago’s homebrewing scene is as diverse and deep as the city’s craft brewing community. It may be more diverse.... 

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is sending staff members to help the Cook County morgue deal with the backlog of 300 to 400 dead bodies at the morgue. [ more › ] Read more from the original source: Preckwinkle Orders Morgue To Address... 

Like a lot of Southern recipes, a burgoo is a dish made from necessity; it’s a means of extending what the cook has on hand. [ more › ] Read the original here:  One Great Dish: The Southern’s Kentucky Burgoo  Read More →

The Uzbek refugee has ties to Islamic Jihad Union. He has been blamed for attacks in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. [ more › ] Originally posted here: Terrorism Suspect Arrested At O’Hare  Read More →