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CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County could soon get a little more expensive for smokers. But they aren’t the only ones who will be shelling out more cash if Board President Toni Preckwinkle gets her way. Preckwinkle’s proposed $3 billion budget will include a $1 a pack tax hike in cigarettes …
Read More »Chicago’s Heroin Highway
Heroin is an opioid and is derived from morphine extracted from the poppy plant. Its scientific name is diacetylmorphine, morphine diacetate, or diamorphine. This drug is known by many street names such as smack, dope, H, black tar, and horse. The Chicago Heroin Highway refers to the Eisenhower Expressway. However, …
Read More »Walking in a fecal wonderland
The Arizona Snowbowl resort has found a way to turn human sewage into snow, giving new meaning to “slippery slope” By Lynn Parramore This article originally appeared on AlterNet. AlterNet Winter brings wonderland dreams of pristine, snow-covered landscapes. At the Arizona Snowbowl resort, you can ski on it. You can …
Read More »Get Rebates on a New Furnace Replacement Before End of 2012
October 2, 2012 – With the winter season coming, many households would expect their energy consumption to increase as they would use heating appliance more often. And so, they would look for ways to lower their monthly natural gas bill. The premier heating and air-conditioning firm, Around the Town Heating …
Read More »Stop Over-Spending on Tobacco
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Read More »92 Occupy Chicago protesters have cases dismissed
Sarah Schulte September 27, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A Cook County judge has dismissed over 90 cases against Occupy Chicago activists arrested last October in Grant Park accused of violating the city’s park curfew. Cook County Court Judge Thomas Donnelly dismissed 92 cases on Thursday against the activists, who were …
Read More »Prosecutor on leave after accused of biting man at adult store
By Rosemary R. Sobol Tribune reporter 4:21 p.m. CDT, September 25, 2012 An “apparently intoxicated” Cook County prosecutor became disruptive in an adult store on the North Side and bit a worker in the leg when told to leave, authorities say. Sarah Naughton, 31, an assistant state’s attorney since 2008, …
Read More »American prison labor means longer unemployment lines
By FOX News Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government contract expires in October. Federal Prison Industries – which also operates under …
Read More »Adel Daoud: Chicago-area man charged over attempted terrorist attack, FBI says
FBI: U.S. citizen wanted to carry out jihad Posted: 6:30 AM By: CNN Wire Staff CHICAGO (CNN) — The FBI said Saturday it has arrested an 18-year-old American man who allegedly tried to blow up a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago bar. Adel Daoud, of the Chicago …
Read More »Riot Fest vs. A.V. Fest Hideout Block Party: Battle Of The Chicago Music Festivals
It’s usually good news for music-loving Chicagoans when the city gets to play host to just one high-caliber music festival — and with those prospects doubled this weekend, music fans in the area have been tasked with a tricky choice. In this corner, Chicago’s Riot Fest. The punk-geared festival, in …
Read More »Melting the Rubber Stamp: Chicago’s Unelected Board of Education
By joel • Sep 12, 2012 • Print-Friendly The seven members of Chicago’s Board of Education, along with CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, are, in theory, responsible for the governance of the city’s schools. In reality, they are only accountable to the man that appointed them—Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As anyone who has …
Read More »CPS strike updates: ‘What am I supposed to do with my kid?’
Parents started arriving at Disney Magnet School shortly after 8 a.m. Many were from nearby Nettelhorst Elementary. They walked their children past protesting teachers as security guards directed them to an area in back of the school across a parking lot. Some parents said they found the situation awkward. “It’s …
Read More »Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing
By TAMMY WEBBER and DON BABWIN Associated Press US Video Buy AP Photo Reprints CHICAGO (AP) — The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district’s latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and that the wrangling would continue throughout the weekend, as tens of …
Read More »John Cusack: Is Obama Just Another Ivy League A–hole?
By Noel Sheppard | September 03, 2012 | 07:49 “Is the President just another Ivy League A–hole shredding civil liberties and due process and sending people to die in some s–thole for purely political reasons?” So asked perilously liberal actor John Cusack Saturday in an article published by Truthout: Mr. …
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