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July 2008
- MillerCoors Taps Chicago for New Headquarters
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 16, 08 2:25 PM CDT
  
  Chicago will be home to the new corporate headquarters of beer conglomerate MillerCoors, the Tribune reports. The Windy City edged out Dallas to serve as a neutral location for the nerve center of Denver-based Molson Coors and Milwaukee-based Miller. Chicago attracted MillerCoors because it has "access to an attractive base of talent, transportation and business resources," company president Tom Long said. More »
  
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  Chicago • alcohol • Illinois • beer • Denver • Dallas • Milwaukee • MillerCoors • Windy City
- How Chicago Made Obama a Politician
  
  newser | New Yorker | Jul 15, 08 3:00 PM CDT
  
  Behind the New Yorker ’s fist-bumping Barack Obama cover, Ryan Lizza chronicles the Democrat’s political education in Chicago, where competing imperatives from the city’s fundraising elite, black urban base, and Daley-down political hierarchy taught him how to massage the system—and learn the kind of political evasion that opponents are beginning to detect. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • Obama 2008 • New Yorker magazine
- Chicago Ties Sustain Obama
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 14, 08 8:47 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama’s Chicago home base has provided the candidate with a wealth of influential allies who serve him in a variety of ways, from the political to the personal, the Washington Post reports. While some play official campaign roles or are informal advisers, others keep Obama grounded on his beloved basketball court. Either way, they must follow two rules: No drama and no leaks. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • campaign adviser • David Axelrod
- Die-Hard Cubs Fans to Get Final Waiting Place
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  When the last living Cubs fan to have seen his team win the World Series passed away in April at age 106, fans willing to wait a lifetime realized a lifetime may not be long enough. One is now preparing the field of their dreams in a Chicago cemetery, the AP reports, where 280 "eternal skyboxes" will be available in a replica of Wrigley Field's center wall. More »
  
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  baseball • Chicago • Chicago Cubs • World Series • Wrigley Field • cemetery
- Cup of Joe Getting Smaller
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 9, 08 3:18 PM CDT
  
  One purveyor of fine coffee is drawing a line in the sand: Come Aug. 1, Chicago brewer and distributor Intelligentsia will phase out its 20-ounce option—or venti, per Starbucks lingo, the Chicago Tribune reports. Brewing such a large cup dilutes the proportions necessary for maximum flavor, Intelligentsia's CEO says, resulting in a "a watered-down, Big Gulpish version.” More »
  
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  Chicago • Starbucks • coffee • Dunkin' Donuts • beverages • excess
- Obama Found His Identity in Chicago's Gritty South Side
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 7, 08 7:16 AM CDT
  
  Between graduating college and starting Harvard Law School, Barack Obama spent three years working as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side. As he learned how to rally and mobilize people to progressive causes, he also developed a greater understanding of his identity as an African American. The New York Times examines that formative period in the candidate's life. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • Obama 2008 • black community • South Side • political organizing
- Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 4, 08 3:05 AM CDT
  
  An Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and he didn't want them to run away. He was arrested after a woman heard one of the children sobbing. More »
  
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  Chicago • child abuse • social services • child neglect • foster homes
- NRA Plots Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Against Obama
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 1, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  The NRA has budgeted $40 million for the fall elections, with more than one-third of it set aside to spotlight Barack Obama's gun policies. The ad blitz will deny Obama the opportunity to neutralize the issue, Politico reports. A rep says the NRA will target 15 battleground states. “We look forward to showing him ‘bitter,’” he said. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Chicago • gun • NRA • handgun ban
June 2008
- Frank, Chicago Isn't Your Kind of Town Anymore
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 28, 08 2:28 PM CDT
  
  The gritty home of the Bulls and Bears is turning soft, Radley Balko gripes in the Chicago Tribune . The Windy City has developed a nasty case of paternalism that’s trampling the rights of its people to smoke, drink, and eat trans fats freely—and even ranked last in a poll gauging the freedoms of America's most-populated cities. More »
  
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  Chicago • smoking ban • gun ban • nanny laws • drinking bans
- NRA Sues San Francisco, Chicago Over Gun Laws
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | Jun 28, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  Close on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense, the National Rifle Association filed suits yesterday against San Francisco and Chicago over gun-control laws in those cities. In San Francisco, the NRA hopes to overturn a law keeping guns out of public housing, and in Chicago, to end a ban on gun ownership, the San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune report. More »
  
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  lawsuit • US Supreme Court • Chicago • San Francisco • gun control • gun ban • National Rifle Association
- Chicago Watchful for Second Helping of Tainted Taste
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 27, 08 1:56 PM CDT
  
  With news still coming of people stricken by tomatoes tainted with salmonella, health officials say they're taking full precautions to prevent another outbreak at this year's Taste of Chicago, the Tribune reports. Booths will be inspected four times a day for sanitary conditions at the event, which begins today—though authorities warn they don't test actual dishes for safety. More »
  
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  Chicago • food • public health • tomatoes • salmonella • bacteria • Taste of Chicago
- Gun Ruling Sends Chicago Mayor Into Rage
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 26, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a handgun ban in Washington, DC, is “a very frightening decision,” says Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, vowing to fight for Chicago’s own strict gun law, which will likely now be challenged. Mayors across the country must protect their cities, Daley said, predicting that most will be outraged by the decision, the Tribune reports. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • Chicago • gun control • Richard Daley • handgun ban
- For Sale: Chicago Landmark
  
  newser | Chicago Sun Times | Jun 25, 08 9:44 PM CDT
  
  Saddled by debt from his acquisition of the Tribune Company media empire, billionaire Sam Zell may sell off the iconic Chicago headquarters of the Tribune newspaper, he said yesterday. The 83-year-old Tribune Tower could fetch $250 million, analysts told the Sun-Times , with Zell likely needing to assure a new owner that the newspaper would continue to occupy the building on a long-term lease to fetch maximum value. More »
  
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  Chicago • Tribune Company • Sam Zell • Chicago Tribune
- Gator Caught—in Chicago?
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 21, 08 5:32 AM CDT
  
  Alligator wranglers may not be the busiest of folks in metro Chicago, but they came through yesterday by yanking a 5-foot unwelcome visitor out of the Chicago River, the Tribune reports. The healthy female, probably a discarded pet, is on her way to a sanctuary in the Southeast. More »
  
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  Chicago • animal • alligator • reptiles • Animal Control
- Chicago Fines Aim to Kick Smokers' Butts From Beach
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 18, 08 11:43 AM CDT
  
  Chicago will fine smokers who toss cigarette butts on the beach—or within 15 feet of one— up to $500. The new law is aimed at cutting the cost of cleaning up after smokers, who have been forced outside by smoking bans, reports the Chicago Tribune. Millions of tons of butts are cleared from beaches every year. More »
  
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  Chicago • smoking • smoking ban • Surgeon General • Ocean Conservancy • Earth Day
- Why R. Kelly Was Acquitted
  
  newser | Time | Jun 14, 08 7:45 AM CDT
  
  Jurors in the R. Kelly trial say it was the lack of testimony from the alleged victim—or her parents—that swayed them towards acquittal, Time reports. One juror said he was sure it was Kelly in the sex tape at the heart of the case, but wasn't convinced of the girl's identity. And jurors said the R. Kelly mole that was the object of endless hours of testimony was a non-issue: "The mole played more of a role for the press. It never came up in deliberations." Five of the jurors had been ready to convict at one point. More »
  
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  Chicago • child pornography • R. Kelly • jury • acquittal
- R. Kelly Not Guilty on All Counts
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 13, 08 4:06 PM CDT
  
  Just over 6 years after he was originally indicted, singer R. Kelly was found not guilty today on all 14 child porn counts against him. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated for less than a day before acquitting the singer/songwriter after a 4-week trial, the Chicago Tribune reports. "This prosecution is one we have no reservations about," said the state's attorney. More »
  
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  Chicago • child pornography • R. Kelly
- Obama Shifts DNC Power to Chicago
  
  newser | Politico | Jun 13, 08 11:01 AM CDT
  
  The Democratic National Committee is moving its field operations to Chicago as part of Barack Obama's strategy to centralize the party and streamline efforts for the general election. The move has been welcomed publicly by the DNC, even though it clearly shifts power from Washington to Obama's unassuming headquarters in the Windy City, Politico notes. Chicago hasn't had such national political focus since the 1968 convention. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • presidential campaign • Howard Dean • DNC • Democratic campaign
- Note to Right: Hyde Park Is Neither Liberal nor Elite
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 1:23 PM CDT
  
  With the right cranking up to use Obama's Chicago neighborhood as a weapon against him—the Weekly Standard depicting it in a long piece as an liberal elitist bastion —Wall Street Journal columnist (and former Barack neighbor) Thomas Frank says it’s complete bunk. Not only do Hyde Park-ers have a median income below the national and Chicago medians, but if the college town has a political legacy, it’s a conservative one! More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • University of Chicago • Hyde Park • right-wing attacks
- What Hyde Park Tells Us About Obama
  
  newser | Weekly Standard | Jun 9, 08 7:37 PM CDT
  
  "It is the most racially integrated neighborhood in the nation's most racially segregated city," Andrew Ferguson writes in the Weekly Standard of the area in south Chicago Barack Obama calls home. It's a college town, a lefty enclave where the moneyed mix with boho bookworms, and "NPR announcer" types walk the streets wearing wire rims and backpacks. But Hyde Park isn't an ordinary college town, it's an unusually isolated one—an island in the middle of a slum. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Chicago • University of Chicago • elitism • Bill Ayers • Hyde Park

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