‘Illinois’ Archives
Apple store in Chicago unveils the only version of windows that won’t crash even when bricked
TUAW - Police say an inebriated man threw a brick at the front window of Chicago's Magnificent Mile Apple Store on Tuesday night. The man also broke another window a short distance away. A Tribune photo shows a single broken panel of glass in front of one of Apple's "giant iPhone" displays. From the photo, it looks as if the brick did not go [...]
Chicago pizza named the country’s best, topping a list of the 25 best. Eat it, NY
WBBM Radio - A Chicago pizzeria has been named the best in America. GQ Magazine food writer Alan Richman singles out Mortadella Pie from Great Lake pizzeria at 1477 West Balmoral Avenue as having the best he's tasted after traveling 20,000 miles searching for the perfect pie. Richman writes that the pizza "represents everything [...]
I want my 2 dollars!
Chicago Sun Times - Phillip Binder was angry about $2 he said his brother owed him. So angry, the 33-year-old man stabbed his older sibling to death in front of other family members in their South Side home, prosecutors said. Phillip Binder first approached his brother Charles outside their home in the 2000 block of West 70th Place, [...]
Family saves Credit Card Applications for over a year. Result? 445 with 35 going to their two kids ages 8 – 11. Dog so far not credit worthy.
ChicagoTrib.com - Gary Silbar of Highland Park decided to find out and has saved 445 applications to show for it, including a hefty 35 addressed to his kids, Max, 8, and Jake, 11. Silbar collected and sorted every application sent to his family of four between November 2007 and October 2008. He filled two filing boxes with them and likely [...]
Scumdog Million-Hairs returns home after New York Media Blitz
NBC Chicago.com - The governor returned to Chicago Tuesday night from his New York media blitz. Outside his home, Blagojevich told reporters he's the "anti-Nixon" because the disgraced president didn't want the Watergate tapes to be released. Blago, on the other hand, says he wants all of the audio tapes played in his trial. I just don't [...]
