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Please help!Chicago’s Animal Care and Control has waaaay too many cats and kittens.They are in desperate need of adopters and foster families.This is NOT a no-kill shelter.Understand?If you want...

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring Chicago’s first responders with a ceremony and commemorative stamp. The stamp features a firefighter, an EMS worker and a law enforcement officer. The stamps ...

Predator is devouring its rivals at the box office. 20thCentury Fox reports the film earned $24 million to land at the top spot; but its high production costs ($88 million) may not have the studio doi...

For the first time since he topped the charts way back in 1982 with his Tug Of War collection, Paul McCartney has scored his first Number One album on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his latest al...

Yup. That is a talking Mr. T in Your Pocket toy that spouts phrases like “I Pity the Fool” and “Sucka Quit Your Jibba Jabba”. It’s not easy to find that toy anymore. The ...

Mick Fleetwood revealed that in addition to possibly tapping into its late-’60s Peter Green blues era, a Mike Campbell and Tom Petty song (along with a Crowded House number) will find their way ...

Amazon Go, the retail front for Amazon.com just opened it’s first Chicago location. The store boasts a model that allows shoppers to use an app to purchase their items while in store and skip th...

It burns in your mouth, not in your hands. The makers of M&M's candies reportedly are preparing to introduce a new flavor to the mix: jalapeno peanut. It's part of a new international line of M&am...

Save this for the last slot on your bucket list. Chicago’s Moxy Hotel serves up a massive 17-pound burrito. They call the monstrosity, the “Zombie Burrito.” Its jam-packed with vario...

The National Toy Hall of Fame has narrowed it’s 2018 induction list to just 12 and you get to decide what goes in next. Among the twelve are ‘American Girl dolls,’ ‘chalk,̵...