Putting the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan in context with the latest reports on safety, containment, and risk, including a new look at earthquake risks to nuclear power plants in the U.S.
SHOWDOWN ON GROUND ZERO: At the center of a huge 9/11 lawsuit—a $1.2 billion property damage case—is the Chicagoan Robert Clifford, one of the top aviation lawyers in the nation
Related: FOR CHICAGO LAWYER, 9/11 CASE COULD BE HIS BIGGEST YET » Though personal injury lawyers have sometimes been a target of outrage—for winning huge jury awards for supposedly minor mishaps, for example—Bob Clifford argues that certain cases have the potential to bring about needed changes. One example that he likes to cite: In 1987, … Read more
Where the first nuke was buried in Chicagoland; the first radiation poisoning, or at least the first lawsuit about radiation poisoning; police forensics, circa 1898; the early history of the stop snitchin’ code; and more
Check out our recommendations for restaurants and stores in the heart of West Town and Noble Square… and these deep cuts to go along with them.
While the political and fiscal news in Illinois remains relatively quiet, our Midwestern neighbors are taking dramatic and controversial steps to repair their budgets.
Yesterday, when lame-duck mayor Richard M. Daley finally got some of what he wanted in the building of a new runway and a new air traffic control tower at O’Hare, he got to take center stage. But people who follow city politics saw the hand of Rahm Emanuel, who has an old friend in Ray LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation…
Could a partial meltdown occur at a Great Lakes nuclear power plant? One already has, and there’s even a song about it. Here’s a look at some risks for Midwestern plants, including tornadoes, people, and not being a nuclear power plant.
Last week the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago released its 27th General Social Survey, which measures Americans’ government-spending priorities. The austerity fad seems to have changed our priorities a bit, but a plurality of us still wants to spend money on most government functions, especially on education.
Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Horace Grant were among those who attended the March 12th homecoming celebration, during halftime at the Bulls-Jazz game on Saturday.
