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At New Chicago Restaurant, Seats Going for $3K

Apparently everyone's very excited about Grant Achatz's new venture, Next

(Newser) - Want to eat at Next, the highly anticipated new restaurant from top Chicago chef Grant Achatz? Then expect to pay quite a bit for the experience. Unless you can snag your own ticket (which isn't cheap at $85 per person), a ticket bought on Craigslist or eBay will set you...

Toddler Dies in Roller Coaster Fall

Twin boy, 3, apparently slipped out from under safety bar

(Newser) - A 3-year-old boy apparently managed to slip out from under a safety bar on a roller coaster and plunged to his death at a Chicago amusement park. Jayson Dansby was riding with his twin brother when he wriggled from his seat on the child-sized Python Pit roller coaster, stood up,...

Teacher Mocks 7-Year-Old Student's Hair on Facebook

Posts pictures for friends: 'And y'all thought I was joking!'

(Newser) - A Chicago teacher is under fire after she posted pictures of a second-grader’s strange hairstyle on Facebook—and then publicly made fun of it. Inspired by a picture in a magazine, a 7-year-old had asked her mom to tie Jolly Rancher candies to the bottom of her braids for...

11 Injured After Shooting on Busy Chicago Street

Car crashes into city bus, sending it into a pole

(Newser) - Scary story from the streets of Chicago: Two gunmen opened fire on a busy street in broad daylight with automatic weapons, setting off a chaotic chain of events that included a car crashing into a city bus, reports the Chicago Tribune . Eleven people were injured, two of them seriously. Witnesses...

Chicago Man Finds His $9M Lottery Ticket Just in Time

He found it only because he was doing his taxes early

(Newser) - An incredible story of lottery luck from Chicago: Irvin Przyborski bought a ticket a year ago and inadvertently slipped it into a folder with his tax documents. When he sat down to do this year's taxes, he found it again, checked the numbers, and discovered it was worth $9...

UChicago Kids Fight Nerdy Image With Casual Sex Site

Site tries to fight perception of social ineptitude

(Newser) - The University of Chicago may be known as a bastion of sexless nerd-dom, but some undergrads are changing that with UChicago Hookups , a website that allows students to meet up for, well, whatever they might have in mind. Entries read more or less like the casual-encounters section of Craigslist: people...

Charlie Sheen Takes Show on the Road

Crazyman has 'Violent Torpedo of Truth' for you

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is testing out whether his particular brand of crazy is road-worthy: The warlock has announced two dates for "Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth" in Chicago and Detroit. Details are sketchy, reports the Chicago Tribune , but the "comedy" will set you back a minimum...

The Unfortunate Fall of Chicago's Peace Museum

Three decades later, its treasured items sit in storage

(Newser) - Some of the most prized symbols of American peace have been languishing in water- and mold-damaged storerooms, disregarded items that are about to be doled out to other institutions in the Peace Museum's sad, final chapter. Last month, the Illinois attorney general was awarded control of numerous relics once contained...

Why Rahm Might Be a One-Termer

Challenges facing Chicago require painful solutions

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel won the Chicago mayor’s race—but will he be able to keep the job for more than one term? The Sun-Times , the Tribune , and the New York Times take a look at the many, many challenges facing him:
  • Financial crisis: Chicago is on the brink of bankruptcy.
...

Rahm Emanuel Wins in Chicago, Avoids Runoff

He easily triumphs in city's race for mayor

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor of Chicago, and he won't even need a runoff. With 86% of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents with 55% of the vote. Emanuel needed more than 50% of the vote to win outright. The other major candidates—former Chicago schools president...

Chicago Votes Today: Rahm Smells Like the Winner

So the big question is: Will he win now, or after a run-off?

(Newser) - After a campaign fraught with uncertainty , Rahm Emanuel now seems poised to win today’s election and become Chicago’s next mayor—but the only lingering question is whether or not he'll actually win today. If he can’t take more than 50% of the vote, he’ll face a...

Cities Build Charging Stations, but Plugs Won't Fit

There's no universal standard for fast-charging technology

(Newser) - The good news is that Chicago plans to have more than 70 public stations in place by the end of the year where people can pull in and quickly charge their electric cars. The bad news is that fast-changing standards means the stations will be useless for some models unless...

Chicago's Population Dips Below 1920 Level

People are leaving for suburbs, Southern US

(Newser) - Chicago's population fell 6.9% during the decade that ended in 2010, leaving it with fewer people than lived there in 1920. The US Census Bureau reports a population of 2,695,598 people, just under the 2.7 million that were reported nearly a century ago, the Wall Street ...

Tea Party Backs Rahm Rival
 Tea Party Backs Rahm Rival 
Feb 14, 2011 4:03 AM CST

Tea Party Backs Rahm Rival

But Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico is far from party line

(Newser) - A Tea Party revolution may be brewing in Barack Obama's very Democratic backyard. The local branch of the upstart party is backing a rival of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in the fight to be Chicago mayor. But another mayoral candidate sees the endorsement of Democrat Gery...

Neighbor Catches Shovel Thief, Then Gets Even

Revenge is a dish best served cold

(Newser) - If you're going to steal from a neighbor, you should probably avoid the one who owns a surveillance company. A neighbor stole Chicagoan David Welles' snow shovel, but his house is under total video surveillance provided by his company, Tunnel Vision Technology, the Chicago Tribune reports. Upon discovering the theft,...

After Snow Comes ... Subzero Cold

Arctic temperatures follow in blizzard's path

(Newser) - The good news is that skies are clearing in the Midwest after that brutal mess of a storm . The bad news is that Arctic-like temperatures will follow. Chicago, for instance, expects temperatures as cold as 15-below tonight, and that's without the wind-chill factor, reports the Tribune . The city registered 20....

Chicago: Thundersnow? Snowicane? A Big Mess

Lake Shore Drive closed, 24-foot swells on Lake Michigan...

(Newser) - One-third of the country is covered in snow , but the storm hammering Chicago is especially intense. What they’re dealing with, courtesy of the Tribune , Sun-Times , and the San Francisco Chronicle :
  • Hundreds of motorists and bus riders were stranded last night and early this morning on Lake Shore Drive
...

Court: Rahm Emanuel Can Run for Mayor

State's high court keeps him on the ballot in Chicago

(Newser) - The Illinois Supreme Court put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor today, reviving his campaign to lead the country's third-largest city. In the unanimous ruling, the justices called the appeals court's basis for deciding that Emanuel could not be on the ballot "without any foundation in...

Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot &mdash;for Now
 Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot 
 —for Now 
UPDATED
Jan 25, 2011 1:51 PM CST

Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot —for Now

State Supreme Court agrees to hear his appeal

(Newser) - Good news for Rahm Emanuel in the Chicago mayor's race: The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear his appeal of a ruling that booted him off the ballot—and it ordered election officials to stop printing ballots without his name on them, reports the Chicago Tribune . The court promised...

Thousands of Fish Dead Along Chicago Lakefront

This type of herring is particularly sensitive, says biologist

(Newser) - Yet another mass animal death : Along the Chicago lakefront, gizzard shad—a type of herring—are dying off in large numbers. Thousands, maybe more, are dead and frozen or floating in Lake Michigan, the Sun-Times reports. Geese and ducks are feeding on the dead and dying fish. Gizzard shad are...

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