It was Christopher Valdez’s fourth birthday Friday, and his relatives were preparing to celebrate at the family’s Southwest Side home. But instead of a celebration, there was mourning. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/toddler-killed-in-domestic-situation-on-4th-fourth-birthday-20111126
The chief executive of The Second Mile, the nonprofit organization at the center of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, refuted a report on Friday that said the charity was preparing to shut its doors. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/second-mile-ceo-denies-charity-is-shutting-its-doors-dpgonc-20111118-kh_16020600
The girl scouts meet every other Wednesday at the Roosevelt Branch Library. They object to a budget deal announced at City Hall. It includes another round of library cuts, on top of cuts made two years ago. Branch libraries would only be open 40 hours a week instead of the 64 they were once open. [...]
NASA scientists will be tracking an asteroid on Tuesday as it flies past Earth slightly closer than the moon’s orbit. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/asteroid-2005-yu55-to-pass-near-earth-next-week-dpgoha-20111104-fc_15797547
Amanda Knox has reportedly signed a nearly $4 million book deal with HarperCollins to tell the story of her conviction and subsequent acquittal in the stabbing death of her British roommate in Italy. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/amanda-knox-signs-4m-book-deal-dpgonc-20120216-sv_17997549
on February 19th, 2012