All Bad News, All The Time.
I went to the local Chicago Tribune breaking news website at 10am local time to see if I could get a sense of what Chicago is talking about this week (hey -- that's not cheating -- I work from home and it's been too cold to go out of the house to eavesdrop on what others are actually saying) ... and I had to dig through to the 49th story before I found something that wasn't tinged with death or crime or violence.
For the record books, there were 12 news stories about shootings/slayings, 9 about other robberies/crimes, 8 describing car crashes of some sort, 4 related to the Jesse Jackson Jr scandal, 3 on public transport issues, 2 eye witness reports about the stinky cruise ship experience, and 1 each for carbon monoxide poisoning, a fire, a hazing, a Drew Peterson lawyerly trick, a reflection on the E2 tragedy, a reflection on the NIU mass shooting anniversary, a pediatrician who groped women in his doctor's office, a story about cops who submitted fake overtime, another one about lawsuit troubles over an attempt to preserve buildings and a college basketball player who previously punched his girlfriend and threatened her with a gun who wasn't living up to his probation, so the judge sent him to jail (but didn't take away his chance to keep on playing Premier bball).
And then, story #49: Whitney Young chess team celebrates state title.
If only we lived in a world where that was news story #1 ...
MY CHOICE FOR NEWS STORY #1:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-whitney-young-chess-team-celebrates-state-title-20130214,0,466095.story
ADMIT IT -- YOU WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THE SERIAL GROPER TOO:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-frankfort-pediatrician-charged-with-groping-women-20130215,0,5322497.story
JAIL TIME -- SURE; JUST DON'T TAKE AWAY MY BBALL:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jereme-richmond-exillini-hoops-player-gets-8-days-in-jail-20130215,0,6355496.story
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