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Chicago cops can now shoot at fleeing criminals

I would have never thought I would be in agreement with a policy that would allow police to shoot at fleeing criminals. But with the frequency of shootings in Chicago, I say that the cops should do anything they can to get this shit under control. 15 people shot on a Tuesday night? Really? I [...]

July 29, 2009 0
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Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 20-26th

The Results: 20 L at Philadelphia, 1-10 (WP: R.Lopez; LP: T.Lilly) 21 L at Philadelphia, 1-4 (13th) (WP: C.Condrey; LP: J.Samardzija) 22 W at Philadelphia, 10-5 (WP: C.Zambrano; LP: J.Moyer) 24 W vs. Cincinnati, 8-5 (WP: R.Wells; LP: A.Harang) 25 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-3 (WP: K.Hart; LP: J.Cueto) 26 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-2 (WP: R.Harden; [...]

July 27, 2009 0
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Chicago Photos. . . Wrigley Field

We love this place. We’ve spent countless hours here watching the Cubs, eating hot dogs, drinking beers, and parking the players’ cars. [cincopa 10544007] Social Bookmarking

July 27, 2009 0
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10 Random Rants (Vol.2)

1. Summertime in Chicago is probably the best part of the year in the city… well except for obese people. They’re hotter, even slower, sweat more, and have to resort to wearing more revealing attire. Now who really wants obese people to show more skin? 2. Nowadays wherever you go people are constantly on the [...]

July 19, 2009 0
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Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 13-19th

The Results: 7/16 W vs. Nationals 6-2 7/17 W vs. Nationals 3-1 7/18 W vs. Nationals 6-5 7/19 W vs. Nationals 11-3 The Story: The Cubs received what they greatly needed this week, a breather. Even Ted Lilly did not see action in the 80th All-Star game in St Louis in the earlier part of [...]

July 19, 2009 0
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Chicago Celebrities Concerned They Might Be Next

CHICAGO- The current wave of celebrity deaths has not gone unnoticed in the Windy City. Word out of Chicago is that some local celebrities are worried that their time may be running out. In one month’s time five major celebrities have bit the dust: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and Steve McNair [...]

July 19, 2009 0
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What to do this Week? 7/12/09

We here at the Average Chicagoan understand that the majority of us probably aren’t graced with a sweet lake house that we can run off to at any point of the week to quell all of our boredom needs. So this is the first of a weekly posting that will try to cover all of [...]

July 14, 2009 0
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Chicago Cubs Week in Review; July 6th-July 12th

The Results: 7/6 W vs. Braves 4-2 7/7 L vs. Braves 1-2 7/8 L vs. Braves 1-4 7/10 L vs. Cardinals 3-8 7/11 W vs. Cardinals 5-2 7/12 W vs. Cardinals 7-3 7/12 L vs. Cardinals 2-4 The Story: The week leading up to the 2009 All-Star Break came and went without too much drama [...]

July 13, 2009 0
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Chicago Cubs Week in Review June 29th-July 5th

The Results: 6/29 W vs. Pirates 3-1 6/30 L vs. Pirates 0-3 7/1 W vs. Pirates 4-1 7/2 W vs. Brewers 9-5 7/3 W vs. Brewers 2-1 7/4 L vs. Brewers 2-11 7/5 W vs. Brewers 8-2 The Story: Last week had it all for the Chicago Cubs; close games, walk-offs, trades, drubbings, lineup changes, [...]

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