Two days after undergoing brain surgery for a stroke, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is alert and breathing on his own, doctors say. In fact, he asked for his Blackberry back, Dr. Richard Fessler told reporters at a news conference at Northwestern Memorial Hospital... 

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... 

Spielberg’s out as Best Director? Good! And how did “The Help” and “Extremely Loud” get placed in the same echelon as “The Tree of Life”? Dann Gire’s take-down of the Oscar nominations begins here. Read... 

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... 

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... 

    Chef Giuseppe Tentori is annoyed that some jerk destroyed “Little Giuseppe,” the snowman outside of GT Fish and Oyster. [ more › ] View original here:  Chef Tweet of the Week: Don’t Bust Up Tentori’s Snowman!  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 →

                        Del McCoury, David Grisman, and a cast of seasoned bluegrass musicians brought the audience to their feet at day one of the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Fest. [ more ›...