20% rate increase, which will bump metered parking up to as much as $5 an hour.
Of the $771.3 million in lease proceeds that remained as of March 31 this year, $543.9 million is supposed to be spent by the end of the year to fill holes in the city's operating accounts
Yet another city parking meter fee hike coming soon | Greg Hinz | Crain's Chicago Business
Second City plans to put him on the stand and provide catharsis for all. At the end of the reprise engagement of "Rod Blagojevich Superstar," which begins Aug. 6, the hit Second City musical based on the life and times of the Blagojeviches, actor Joey Bland
Click on he following for more details: 'Blago' to testify in Arlington Heights - The Theater Loop
BP to sell $30 billion in assets before 2012 to pay for costs related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP on Tuesday set aside $32.2 billion to deal with the aftermath of the spill, leading to a record second-quarter loss of $17 billion. That compared with a $4.4 billion profit in the period a year ago.
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Robert Dudley is to become BP’s first non-British chief executive at the beginning of October, replacing Tony Hayward.
Click on the following for more details: Dudley Vows to Fulfill BP’s Commitments in the Gulf - NYTimes.com
GOP gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady reported receiving a $50,000 donation from the Arkansas-based discount retailer on June 1 -- right around the time Mr. Brady was loudly urging the Chicago City Council to approve plans for Chicago's second Wal-Mart outlet.
[Greg Hinz] heard that… the governor or top aides recently met with a Wal-Mart exec and that the retailer soon may write another check, this one to the Democratic candidate
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Several weeks ago, WikiLeaks provided the documents to three publications—The New York Times, London’s The Guardian, and Germany’s Der Spiegel—under an agreement that the newspapers couldn't publish the material until Sunday.
The Times described the archive as offering “an unvarnished, ground-level picture” of the war “that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal.” The Guardian said the documents present "a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan,” while Der Spiegel noted the “gloomy picture” on the ground.
Click on the following for more details: NYT defends publishing leaked military records - Yahoo! News
The White House denounced a massive leak of secret military files Sunday that allegedly describe how Pakistan's spy service aids the Afghan insurgency, but said the information was no surprise.
Click on the following for more details: US condemns massive leak of Afghan war files - Yahoo! News
Secret no more.
Sunday, July 26 5pm EST.
WikiLeaks today released over 75,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan.
The Afghan War Diaries an extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. The reports describe the majority of lethal military actions involving the United States military. They include the number of persons internally stated to be killed, wounded, or detained during each action, together with the precise geographical location of each event, and the military units involved and major weapon systems used.
Click on the following to read these documents: War Diary
