September 19, 2008 – 01:24 pm
From Forbes’s America’s Most Stressful Cities: “Record weekend rainfall isn’t the only thing worrying Windy City residents. Chicago’s rising unemployment rate, expensive gas, high population density and relatively poor air quality create a perfect storm of stress.”
September 5, 2008 – 07:12 pm
From CBS2New’s 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer: “In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 125 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend [...]
Those of you who can’t go more than a day without checking Fluid Imagination — which is to say, about a dozen of you — may have noticed things are a little slow this week. That’s because Dawn and I are in Chicago, doing the whirlwind tour of visiting friends and family.
I’m spending today, tomorrow, [...]
From CBS Chicago’s City May Ban Small Bags Used For Drugs: “Tiny plastic bags used to sell small quantities of heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and other drugs would be banned in Chicago, under a crackdown advanced Tuesday by a City Council committee. Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) persuaded the Health Committee to ban possession of ’self-sealing [...]
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