AP Photo/M. Spencer Green This photo of Oliver Purnell being introduced as the new men’s basketball coach at DePaul University – with team mascot Dibs – is a fair representation to the monster task of turnaround that awaits Purnell.... 

Some brazen thieves have made off with a Midlothian man’s custom-made velociraptor sculpture . Gary Crawford said he found the sculpture – which is three feet by six feet, weighs 150 pounds, and is made of twisted steel and sex appeal –... 

For many, familiarity with Flying Lotus ‘ music exists out of obscurity. This is expected–when most of your exposure is limited to five-second, uncredited clips between Adult Swim programming, the path to fame is indeed a difficult one. But... 

Painting By The Magical Lauri Apple Now that he’s done with Celebrity Apprentice , former governor Rod Blagojevich can get back to focusing on that pesky little federal trial of his coming up this summer. But as the preparation continues, it’s... 

What happens when you make Pac-Man into a movie with a gritty, Saw -like twist? We may never know but some pretty smart folks at least made a trailer for that possibility. PACMAN: THE MOVIE TRAILER from Therefore Productions on Vimeo . View original... 

Photo by: trippchicago As Police Supt. Jody Weis gave a press conference on Friday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood to discuss the recent wave of violence that left 41 people shot and four dead, an ironic report of shots being fired several blocks... 

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Gov. Quinn celebrated Good Friday by issuing 147 pardons and allowing two people who had already been pardoned to seek expungement. None of the pardon recipients were in prison and most of the original sentences were probation.... 

We’ve been loving the unseasonably warm weather this week but there is a downside to the early boost in Spring temps. It’s been a violent 36 hour period for the city as five people have been killed and 24 injured in a 36-hour window beginning... 

While everyone is going crazy for this weekend’s iPad release , there’s only one operating system we use here at Chicagoist HQ: Windows 3.1 And we’ll be spending the weekend getting up to speed on how to optimize our 3.1 experience... 

Raven hits Berlin Thursday. If you can’t get enough of RuPaul’s Drag Race and often find yourself reciting the Absolut ads that populate the online streaming editions of this season’s episodes by heart, you’re in luck: Two of...