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Apple store in Chicago unveils the only version of windows that won’t crash even when bricked

Kyle — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:26:33 +0000

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 through the glass, and the display appears unharmed.

Robert Grilly, 61, of Chicago was booked on two misdemeanor counts of criminal property damage, Chicago PD said.

Chicago pizza named the country’s best, topping a list of the 25 best. Eat it, NY

Kyle — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:56:22 +0000

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 irresistible about the new American style of pizza-making.”

Second on the list was the Plain Pie from Lucali pizzeria in Brooklyn, and third place was awarded to the Panna Pie at Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco.

Sears Tower to be renamed to “Willis Tower”. Whatchu talkin’ ’bout?

Kyle — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:36:37 +0000

Ugh!

I want my 2 dollars!

Kyle — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:05:54 +0000

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, questioning him about the debt early Tuesday morning, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Mike O’Malley said at Binder’s bond hearing today.

Once the two were inside, Phillip Binder took a large knife from the kitchen and plunged it once into his 35-year-old brother’s chest, according to O’Malley.

After the stabbing, Phillip allegedly told his aunt: “You’re lucky you didn’t die too,” O’Malley said.

The best part? This was over a debt for a crack pipe. I had no idea crack pipes costed so much.

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.

Kyle — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:15:16 +0000

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 extended the life of his shredder.

“I had no idea it would be this amount,” Silbar said, ripping open a few of his most recent mailings to demonstrate their variety.

And you wonder why we are in a fiancial mess? I got my first 4 credit cards in college and I thought that was excessive. I guess they are taking a page out of the tobacco industry’s playbook. Get them early get them for life.

Scumdog Million-Hairs returns home after New York Media Blitz

Kyle — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:30:42 +0000

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 really get Gov Blago. He’s running around like a crying baby. If he is so certain that he is innocent then why won’t he stand up like a man and face it with conviction and professionalism. I guess that is to much to ask. He must have Paris Hilton as his PR person. That’s ‘Hot’.