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Extra Extra: The Trial Of Drew Peterson Starts In July

The trial of Drew Peterson will start in July, more than three years after he was arrested. [ more › ]

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One For The Road: RIP Donna Summer

Disco diva Donna Summer died today. Let's watch her perform some of her hits. [ more › ]

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Funny Billboard Makers Welcome NATO Members... Except France

The folks who brought you the "Go f*uck yourself, San Diego" billboard have one to welcome the NATO members. [ more › ]

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ANARCHISTS R N UR COMPUTUR!!

From the "NATO fearmongering" file. [ more › ]

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Occupy Chicago Occupies Mayor's Facebook

Occupy Chicago punked the Facebook page of Chicago Mayor's Office today by posting their own "welcome video" for the NATO committee. [ more › ]

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PRESS RELEASE OF THE DAY: Unicycle Loves You

Chicagoist's mail slot is constantly clogged by the numerous press releases we have coming over the transom, and while most are mediocre and unworthy of coverage at best, occassionally we get a real gem. Today's winner was tossed our way by Chicago band Unicycle Loves You. It reads: [ more › ]…

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Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Gardening On Salvia

With most of the city's transit options snarled by the NATO Summit's "Zone of Exclusion" and so many of the city's great attractions likely to be subject of unreasonable search and seizure, why not use this weekend to spend sometime in your garden? [ more › ]

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LAST MINUTE PLANS: Daniel Clowes At Quimby's Tonight

Someone up there is doing Chicago a solid because amid museum closings and NATO hoopla, cartoon genius and former Chicagoan Daniel Clowes touches down in his hometown tonight for a several events running through the weekend. [ more › ]

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Midday News Links: Sears Slows The Bleeding

- This is a great longform piece on Cabrini-Green’s last tower and the rise and fall of public housing. [Harper's] [ more › ]

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Tom Ricketts "Repudiates" Race-Baiting President Obama Attack Ad Ideas His Dad Allegedly Commissioned

You know you've stepped in it big time when your son releases a statement trying to distance himself from the controversy. But that's what Cubs primary owner Tom Ricketts has done a few moments ago. [ more › ]

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DOWNLOAD: Riverboat Gamblers

We've been following Denton's Riverboat Gamblers for quite a while now, watching the once spazz-punks gradually refine their sound. By this point they've sanded the sharpest corners off their songs, so they no longer draw blood. But what they've given up in danger they've made up for in melody.…

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A Quirky Reading With Shanny Jean Maney

We here at Chicagoist have a very straightforward question to ask: do you like chicken-limos? Yes, that's what we said: Chicken-limo. [ more › ]

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Rock Throwers Target Stevenson Expressway

As far as copycat memes go, throwing rocks at passing cars on expressways isn't one we hoped would happen. [ more › ]

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Bun Mi's Tasty Banh Mis

      Authentic flavor and low prices make Bun Mi’s bahn mi’s our sandwich of choice for this weekend. [ more › ]

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Está Vivo Teases New Album With “Smile Back”

Take a listen to the first single off Está Vivo’s upcoming album, Befitting Flesh. [ more › ]

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Around Town: Members Only

        &n bsp;      Is "Born Losers" a club you want to join? And do you need a push-mower to get in? [ more › ]

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Protestors Demand End To Evictions And Foreclosures

Protesters said the money spent on hosting the NATO summit could be better spent elsewhere. [ more › ]

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Pencil This In: Ascene Chicago's Asian Fusion Fair

May is Asian Heritage Month and Ascene Chicago, an online magazine focused on Chicago's Asian American community, is hosting an "Asian Fusion Fair" from 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. tonight at NV Penthouse Lounge (117 W. Hubbard St.). [ more › ]

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See Food: Spring At Green City Market

        &n bsp;       &nbs p; Green City Market is open for business. Even though it's still early in the season, there are plenty of goodies to be found. [ more › ]

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Is Q101 Back?

Kinnnnnd of, sorrrrrt of … but not really. [ more › ]

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Billionaire Cubs Owner Joe Ricketts Commissions Study To Destroy Obama

According to the Times, the proposal is called "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good." [ more › ]

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Nick Offerman And Craig Robinson Are Back For Round 2

Unlike Round 1, which saw the two trade deadpan insults, Robinson—who saw his favorite team win a World Series in his lifetime—asks Offerman what he would do to see the Cubs win one. As Robinson raises the stakes, Offerman responds in increasing Swansonian fashion. [ more › ] …

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Surveillance Drone Supposedly Spotted Over Elgin [UPDATE]

Amateur video posted on YouTube over the weekend seems to suggest that unmanned surveillance drones might be flying over Chicago's skies for the NATO summit this weekend. [ more › ]

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Today's Weather: Ricochet

We're one day closer to the NATO summits and today's forecast is, as we like to say, "Baby Bear:" just right. [ more › ]

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