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  • Thug tries to rob UFC fighter, predictably loses fight

    Anthony Miranda, pictured all beaten up and bruised, a 24 year old thug in Chicago, decided that he was going to carjack and rob a 33 year old man. The problem though, is that the 33 year old “prey” is a mixed martial arts fighter and UFC participant, so...
  • Shawn Weimer

    Drunk man uses nine-year-old as designated driver

    These stories seem to pop up more often than you’d think, or hope: A man in Chicago, obviously drunk, entered a gas station with his nine-year-old daughter, who can be seen chewing on a candy apple in the surveillance video.  He then proceeded to brag about how good his...
  • hugo

    Filing taxes not so painful when winning lottery ticket is found

    It’s that time of the year again when Americans break out the W-2s and 1040-EZs.  For most, it’s an expensive inconvenience.  For Irving Przyborski in Chicago, it was his lucky day. Even luckier was the fact that the Illinois Lottery ticket was set to expire the following day, perhaps...
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    Glass? In your Big Mac? It’s more likely than you think

    Chicago resident Vjollca Lecaj ordered a spicy McChicken sandwich from McDonald’s in August of 2010.  What she found upon biting into the sandwich was mostly chicken and condiments, but also contained a significant quantity of broken glass. According to her lawsuit, Lecaj “sustained severe and permanent oral injuries as...