Studies have shown that students harassed for their actual or perceived orientation have lower grades than those who don't. Solution: make a gay friendly school. picked by JoshSF49 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 2 years ago

The stocks of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade surged Tuesday. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

More than two dozen students, ranging in age from 11 to 15 years old, were arrested on criminal charges after a food fight in a cafeteria at a Chicago charter school. Police held the children for 5 hours before notifying their parents. All over a food fight. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

A total of 115 girls are pregnant at Chicago's Paul Robeson High School. The entire school only has about 800 girls, so that means that 1 out of every 8 girl is pregnant. picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

A 12-year-old girl claims to have suffered $500,000.00 of psychological distress when a substitute teacher showed the film “Brokeback Mountain” to her eighth-grade class. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Mr Hodgson answered an advert for this organisation in a prison newspaper, and thanks to DNA evidence, is freed after 27 years of being wrongly convicted. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Under a proposal, chicago coaches will not be allowed to yell, scream, or in any way show their temper. They will not be able to cause any distress to the players and will only be able to motivate them by asking pretty please. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Roland Burris tried his best to get Rolando Cruz executed for raping and killing. The problem is Mr. Cruz was innocent. The evidence and testimony all showed this. Mr. Burris, who was running for Governor wanted a high profile conviction. A police chief and Mr. Cruz assistant district attorney all quit in disgust. Mr. Cruz was convicted but avoided the death penalty. 11 years later he was exonerat... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

A study of prostitute's income, by the same people who studied street drug dealers. Some of the findings show that: # Prostitutes work, on average, thirteen hours a week # Prostitutes earn, on average, $340 a week # Condoms are used 20 percent of the time # Pimps take 25%, but those prostitutes with pimps earn 50% more than those without pimps# Roughly half of all tricks are with repeat cust... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

$600,000 car found abandoned on Chicago expressway.
(car in thumbnail not actual size) picked by Dangerman 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 2 years ago

and that's not all they did either. Talk about setting a bad example for children. Sheeesh!(Pick this Pic b/c this is what they shold let every kid in the school do to them) picked by nesbyniccolo 11 months 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 3 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 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 2 years 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 3 years ago

He might not drink like a champion, but his efforts have nevertheless clearly reached the level of "epic" and "historic" in recent years. His name is Kyle Orton. He is but one man, but his achievements will outlast us all. picked by wags273 2 years ago