Chicago Records Deadliest Day In 13 Years As City Spirals Out Of Control

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-14/chicago-records-deadliest-day-13-years-city-spirals-out-control

Finally, despite some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, 87% of homicides were committed with firearms, up from 79% in 2010.  So how could the city that has the toughest gun laws in the country, laws described as the "closest they could get legally to a ban without a ban," also have some of the highest gun-related homicide rates?  Could it be, that criminals looking to use weapons for violence have a lower propensity to follow laws and that by banning guns you're really just taking them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens that wouldn't have used them for violence anyway?

Chicago "Junking" Triggers $2.2 Billion Payment, Deepening Financial Crisis

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-13/chicago-junking-triggers-22-billion-payment-deepening-financial-crisis

Lawsuit Stunner: Half of Futures Trades in Chicago Are Illegal Wash Trades

Criminal enterprises posing as legitimate entities isn't surprising given Chicago's history in the futures pits and in politics.

http://wallstreetonparade.com/2014/07/lawsuit-stunner-half-of-futures-trades-in-chicago-are-illegal-wash-trades/

Visualizing The Collapse Of Chicago's Middle Class

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-04/visualizing-collapse-chicagos-middle-class

Opinion: The Deadliest Global City

This is an interesting article on guns and violence.  It concludes that urban poverty causes violence.  And that guns should be completely banned.  Good luck with either proposal in America.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-Deadliest-Global-City-163874546.html

Just raise the sensitivity thresholds on the radiation detectors.  "All is well."

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/chibrknews-tokyo-flight-triggers-ohare-radiation-detectors-20110317,0,4216493.story

Mayor Richard Daley acknowledged today passengers on a flight from Tokyo had set off radiation detectors at O’Hare International Airport, but he offered no details and said federal officials will be handling the situation.

“Of course the protection of the person coming off the plane is very important in regards to any radiation, especially within their families and anything else,” Daley said at a downtown news conference to discuss his trip to China this week.

City Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino would only say, “We are aware that occurred yesterday. We are working with Customs and Border Protection on this issue." She referred reporters to the Department of Homeland Security.

Emanuel likely to leave before November

President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is likely to leave to run for mayor of Chicago. The ship is sinking.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-22/emanuel-likely-to-leave-white-house-before-november-for-chicago-mayor-race.html