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How sad is this?  Public schools in Chicago were having a tough time getting parents to show up at conferences for their children.  So, they've started bribing them with gift cards in an effort to increase attendance. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Walgreen Co...

City officials in Chicago are considering a proposed “violence tax” on guns and ammunition in hopes that it will help shade in the gray areas of a $115 million black hole in the city’s budget and police the number of guns in circulation on the streets. This has Second Amendment supporters ticked off because sources say the proposed tax will increase the prices of these items exponentially, even th

In a move that some suggest is taking "going green" to an extreme level, Chicago's O'Hare Airport is looking to utilize goats to keep their lawn and green space trimmed.

The other day I left the office for lunch to run errands and was surprised to see a food truck in downtown Duluth.  Wondering if the lunch-on-the-run fad was making it's was to the Northland, I finally put two and two together to realize it was there for the farmers market...

For the fifth time in their careers, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers will tour together. The two classic rock bands will be on the road playing mostly sheds and amphitheaters for 25 dates across the country between July 11 and August 26. Chicago are the headliners, but the show promises to have both bands on stage for the finale playing some of their biggest hits.

The Doobie Brothers will celebrate their 40th anniversary as a group by teaming up with Chicago for a summer concert tour that will feature an evening full of hits from both bands and their legendary catalogs.

It was just announced that Oprah Winfrey has been named CEO of the OWN network.  Am I missing something?  ...Hasn't it always been her "OWN"? The Queen of Talk had pledged to dedicate herself more fully to OWN with the end of her syndicated talk show in May, and with Wednesday's move she did it with a vengeance -- signaling that she'll try to personally put the network in order... Read M

He was an hour or so into his first set when he slumped face first into his keyboard. He was rushed off stage, only to return a few minutes later to tune up and resume the show. An unidentified man approached him, lifted his guitar off him and escorted Chuck off stage...