Posts Tagged ‘Illinois’
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 [...]
World’s smallest working fuel cell has high potential, low voltage
Engadget - University of Illinois researchers have developed what they claim is the world's smallest working fuel cell, and it's certainly a good bit tinier than anything we've seen. The itty-bitty battery measures 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm and is comprised of just four layers: a water reservoir, a thin membrane, a chamber of metal hydride, and an [...]
Blagojevich one step closer to being a free man.
The Illinois state House of Representatives voted to impeached the governor by a 114-1 vote, with three representatives not voting. The matter goes to the senate which will probably vote next week on the matter. The embattled governor said lawmakers' actions were politically driven. "The House action today was not a surprise. It was a [...]
One step closer for ‘Tool of a Governor’ getting kicked to the curb.
A state legislative committee voted unanimously this afternoon to recommend the Illinois House impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich on allegations that he abused his powers and sold his office to enrich himself. The recommendation, on a 21-0 vote, paves the way for what would be the first impeachment of an Illinois governor in history. A vote by the [...]
Luckiest Man Alive.
Man tries to close his car door after it flies open on the drive home, instead ends up driving into a wall, being ejected from his car and surviving a fall of 125 feet from the overpass onto the railroad tracks below. At about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, a 20-year-old man was driving in the outbound lanes of the Dan Ryan when he lost control of his [...]
Governor Blah-Goya-Vich still goes on acting like nothing has happened.
AP - Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still conducting state business even though there have been numerous calls for him to resign and a request was made to the state Supreme Court to strip him of his powers. His office released a statement today that said he had signed a bill that would give insurance coverage to parents of [...]
