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Category: Crime

  • Problems in Pennsylvania Schools

    Well over 100 educators will eventually face state disciplinary charges for cheating that could lead to the revocation of their professional certificates, Tomalis said. But that could take years, and the results of state disciplinary board hearings in Harrisburg would be disclosed only if educators were disciplined. In Philadelphia, 53 district-run schools and three charter…

  • Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance

    Pen register and trap and trace devices now generally refer to the surveillance of information about—rather than the contents of—communications. Pen registers capture outgoing data, while trap and trace devices capture incoming data. This still includes the phone numbers of incoming and outgoing telephone calls and the time, date, and length of those calls. But…

  • Pete’s Update – 09/27/2012

    A couple of new things to report on the situation with Pete’s Fresh Market. As most readers know, the story has now made the local papers and WGN TV News.  Here’s what’s new — and what you won’t read in those papers: #1 My original story stated that “the ring-leader of the group of thugs…

  • Corruption “Widespread” in Illinois

    A new poll finds that a whopping majority of state residents believe that not only state government but Illinois business is plagued by serious misconduct. According to the survey of 1,271 registered voters by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, 76.8 percent agree that “corruption in Illinois government is widespread.” via…

  • Pete’s — Update 09/26/2012

    “If we don’t work then nobody work.” via. WGN. Dude on camera telling the world he’s going to shut-down construction. This is insanity.

  • East Coast Liberals: Smartest Students in CPS are the Gang Leaders

    …  Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker and former New York Gov. David Paterson — who spoke Tuesday morning about recidivism and racism at a panel hosted by Stroock law firm — say. During the talk, Paterson observed the smartest students in the Chicago Public School system are the gang leaders because they’re giving kids what…

  • Pete’s — 09/25/12 Update

    The Sun-Times joins the discussion: The West Side is one of Chicago’s “food deserts,” so named because it lacks full-service grocery stores. Cheers went up from people in the neighborhood when the city sealed a deal two years ago to bring one to Madison and Western. Pete’s Fresh Market, a South Side-based chain, got the…

  • Anti-Austerity Protests in Spain; U.S. Media Not Reporting

    Police are trying to clear out the massive anti-austerity demonstration that engulfed Spain’s federal district this evening. via Business Insider. Follow the link for photos.  This is us in a few years.  There’s no other way.

  • Painkillers Kill More Than Heroin And Cocaine Combined

    Prescription opioid painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined, according to a new study out of Brandeis University. via Business Insider. I’m fascinated by statistics about how we die.  In Chicago gun crimes get all the media attention however heroin, and now I guess narcotic overdoses actually…

  • Mayor Booker Gives Rahm & McCarthy an Idea

    This will be “policy” in Chicago within the next 12 months. Controversial Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker wants to make an offer to local drug dealers that they can’t refuse. Cory Booker and former New York Gov. David Paterson spoke Tuesday morning about recidivism and racism at a panel hosted by Stroock law firm. One…