Michael Pearson, 21 was preparing for deployment to the Middle East Thursday when he was gunned down at the Fort Hood Army base near Killeen, Texas by a renegade soldier. Pearson is one of two Chicago-area soldiers who were victims of the massacre. Franchezka Velez, also 21, had recently discovered she was pregnant.

The penthouse put on the market by Bill Wrigley Jr. is the highest priced home on the market in Chicago right now.

A great African-American jazz musician channeling one of the finest Yiddish comedians of the Borscht Belt? There hasn't been anything like it since Slim Gaillard recorded "Matzoh Balls"! The early show is already sold out, bubelehs, so sign up quick so you shouldn't miss the late show.

Armed with a powerful telephoto lens, Michael Wolf captures the unknowing inhabitants of Chicago’s skyscrapers. The voyeuristic project grew out of an ongoing series of cityscape shots, tightly cropped so as to lose all points of reference besides the building’s geometry.

I don't know about you, but I've been victimized by the street sweeping operation a few times too many. Once I got there 10 minutes after the deadline to move my car. The cop was still there and watched to see my reaction when I saw my ticket waiting for me. Anyway, everyone that parks on the street in Chicago should read this story.