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Obama Heads to Chicago for Oprah, NYC for Money
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- President Barack Obama plunged into donor-rich New York on Wednesday, his first fundraising sweep of the city since announcing his re-election bid this month, with a lament that he has not seen his wish for less-polarizing politics realized. "The hope that I had that we'd start coming together in a serious way ... has been resisted," Obama told contributors gathered at the home of financier and former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. His intention, Obama said, is to make the 2012 campaign an "election in which we're not just talking slogans ... but we are looking soberly at the ...
Chicago Launches Green Taxi Program
By Jane Healey - AOL NewsOn Friday, which happened to be Earth Day, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced the city's new Green Taxi Program. The initiative will reimburse taxicab companies that use hybrid vehicles or vehicles powered by alternative fuel. Unlike gasoline-powered cars, hybrids get better fuel economy, have cleaner emissions and do well at slow speeds or idling. "The Green Taxi Program provides an incentive to the taxi industry to reduce carbon emissions," Norma Reyes, Chicago's commissioner of the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, said at the Earth Day Celebration at Daley ...
Illinois Man Accused of Killing 3 Women, Taping Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO -- Prosecutors said Wednesday that a suburban Chicago man charged with killing three young women, including two whom he met on telephone chat lines and a neighborhood teen he's accused of having videotaped sex with after her death, may have more victims. Sonny Pierce, 27, of the Chicago suburb of Blue Island, faces three counts of first-degree murder. A judge ordered him held without bail during a court appearance Wednesday. A public defender who was in court with Pierce declined comment. Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, in announcing the charges, pointed to a "pattern" ...
Chicago School Bans Bag Lunches to Get Kids to Eat Less Junk Food
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA push for healthier school lunches has led one Chicago school to ban students from bringing lunches from home altogether. Students at Chicago's Little Village Academy are required to eat the lunch provided to them by the school -- a policy that has cooked up controversy among parents and educators amid a national debate about the best way to promote healthy eating for children. "Some of the kids don't like the food they give at our school for lunch or breakfast," Erica Martinez, a parent at the school, told the Chicago Tribune, which first reported the story. "So it would be a good idea if ...
Introducing 'bacōn,' the Cologne for Men Who Want to Smell Like Fried Pork
By Larry Knowles - AOL NewsIt's a sign of the Aporklypse. A Chicago man has introduced a wearable, bacon-scented fragrance called "bacōn" that captures the essence of greasy Sunday-morning breakfasts. One-ounce bottles of bacōn, pronounced "bay-cone," sell for $36 and can be ordered at the product's website, fargginay.com. The unisex line comes in Gold and Classic, offering bold and subtle bacon scents, respectively. Fargginay Bacōn, the scent for discerning pork lovers, was introduced last week by a Chicago entrepreneur. One-ounce bottles sell for $36. The creator of the scent, John ...
2012 Election in Sight, Obama Looks to Chicago
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO -- President Barack Obama's relationship with his hometown may be best described as a long-distance love affair. That looks like it's about to change. Obama is returning to his roots as he embarks on his re-election race for 2012. He's setting up his campaign headquarters in a downtown high-rise near Grant Park, the site of his victory celebration in November 2008. A Chicago base could reinforce a connection to a city that aides say keeps Obama grounded while he lives in the nation's capital. "The conversation in Washington is completely different than the conversation you hear out ...
Dangerous Storm Threatens Thunderstorms, Tornadoes in Parts of US
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsThe second major outbreak of dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes is poised to sweep across parts of the United States in the coming days, following quickly on the heels of a storm that produced more than 1,800 severe weather reports earlier this week, including 66 tornado reports. The severe weather is expected to be most widespread on Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center, comprising the government's thunderstorm and tornado forecasting experts, has outlined a large area from the Plains to the Midwest and parts of the South as a potentially dangerous region on Sunday and Sunday night. The ...
Chicago UFO Mystery Solved: They Were Sky Lanterns in Honor of Child Abuse Victims
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsHere's a perfect example of not jumping to conclusions when you see mysterious lights in the night sky. Over the weekend, Chicago residents thought they witnessed UFOs slowly moving in the sky above the Windy City's South Side. Nicole Dragozetich was driving along 35th Street and Western Avenue around 8 p.m. on Saturday when she saw nearly a dozen people looking up at the sky. When she then spotted a line of orange-colored blinking lights moving in the sky, Dragozetich caught them on her cellphone camera, WLS-TV reports. One person on the video can be heard saying, "They came from ...
Boy Dies After Fall From Chicago Roller Coaster
By not in system - AOL NewsNORRIDGE, Ill. - A 3-year-old boy died Saturday after falling out of a roller coaster at a suburban Chicago amusement park, police said. The boy was sitting near the front of the Python Pit roller coaster at the Go Bananas amusement park when he got underneath the ride's safety bar, Norridge Police Chief James Jobe said. He suffered head injuries in what Jobe described as "a tragic accident." The boy was on the ride with his twin brother when he fell out of the coaster while it was moving, Jobe said. The Cook County medical examiner's office said the boy died at the park. Police said a state ...
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsA powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the threat of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The storm will also produce more late-season snow in the Northern Plains and cause additional flooding problems from the Plains to the East. The stretch from Chicago southward to Dallas will be the region at risk for dangerous thunderstorms from later Sunday through Sunday night, with the greatest risk area in Illinois, Missouri and ...
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