State investigation: ComEd should pay for outages (Link)
Unusual for the financial services industry in recent years: Arthur J. Gallagher hikes dividend by 3%: (Link)
Free tax help available nationwide, generally to people who earn less than $50,000: (Link)
BMO Harris Bank branches accepting donations for slain freshman, family (Link) -
Beer and Baritones on February 7th! Watch our commercial here: (Link)
Save the Date for 2012 Gala. 10% earlybird thru 1/16 CLICK AND REGISTER -- (Link)
Thanks to ChicagoClassicalReview for naming Death and the Powers "the undisputed opera highlight of the year"! (Link)
The Best Christmas Music of 2011 from CT editor Ted Olsen: (Link)
Custody decision for abandoned boy set for next month (Link)
Falling debris closes Loop street (Link)
Hanover Park man gets 35 years for killing woman during robbery (Link)
Widow¿s emotional outbursts in court lead to judge again setting defendant free (Link)
Matthew Broderick is going to play a middle aged Ferris Bueller in a Superbowl commercial.
Still dealing with the emotional fallout from one of the Sweathogs being dead.
New DCFS director says he wants to create "culture of transparency."
Rose... wow. MILvsCHI
Breaking News: Blackhawks acquire center Brendan Morrison from Calgary. (Link)
Per press release: Blackhawks have acquired center Brendan Morrison from the Flames in exchange for defenseman Brian Connelly.
Now on BHTV: Joey the Jr. Reporter sits down with the Sedins. Plus, a confession to Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist! (Link)
A Hawk in Lanes - Tail(!) has a happy ending...(Link)
Red Tailed Hawk: (Link) on I-57 near I-80. Police waiting for experts to remove injured bird from the Expressway.
SB I-57/I-80 - Police Activity Blocking Lanes - officers are protecting a Red Tailed Hawk... no joke... the bird is injured & on the Exwy.
IB I-290 Eisenhower Exwy: at Wolf Rd (16) - report of disabled vehicle - IDOT en route
Overcast and 38 F at Chicago Midway Airport, IL Winds are Southwest at 5.8 MPH (5 KT). The pressure is 1015.8 mb and th (Link)
Overcast and 38 F at Chicago Midway Airport, IL Winds are West at 6.9 MPH (6 KT). The pressure is 1015.5 mb and the hum (Link)
Mostly Cloudy and 39 F at Chicago Midway Airport, IL Winds are West at 10.4 MPH (9 KT). The pressure is 1015.1 mb and t (Link)
Mostly Cloudy and 41 F at Chicago Midway Airport, IL Winds are Southwest at 9.2 MPH (8 KT). The pressure is 1013.8 mb a (Link)
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Breaking: Delta Air Lines is studying US Airways Group as a possible acquisition target. (Link)
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Pilot Season: CBS picks up three comedy pilots, including one from Brothers & Sisters creator Greg Berlanti (Link)
Pilot Season: ABC picks up comedies from Scrubs scribes and more: (Link)
Crocheted Bandit Cat:
My dear friend, Fonda Yoshimoto, crocheted this adorable cat. It is her very first croch... (Link)
An over-sized cargo ship collides with aging steel bridge in Kentucky -- click to see the devastating photos (Link)
The CNNdebate was the top cable news show last night with 5.4 million viewers: (Link)
Allow this man to reintroduce himself. His name is D-WYANE WADE.
26 teams in action.. 13 games.. a perfect night to rev up the ol NBA League Pass! (Link)
Microsoft is ready to cry havoc and let slip the Nokia Lumia of war against Google and Apple. (Link)
Causecast takes corporate philanthropy beyond the Fortune 500 (Link)