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Cook County Forest Preserve police and agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday destroyed an elaborate marijuana-growing operation tucked away in a patch of woods in Palos Township. In all, authorities burned about 6,000 marijuana plants that were being cultivated in six fields along a stream in the Edward M. Sneed Forest Preserve […]
CHICAGO, IL – Eight members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc are suing their National President for the misuse of the organizations fund’s. Members of a prominent Chicago-based sorority are suing to oust their national president — former Chicago Housing Authority comptroller Barbara McKinzie — saying she misappropriated funds and commissioned a $900,000 wax figure […]
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing.
The worker, Sun Danyong, 25, was a recent graduate in engineering who worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group. Foxconn is a Taiwanese firm that makes many Apple products at a massive factory in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.
Dude apparently got nervous, because he felt like the Apple Mafia (j/k) was gonna come after him or something.
Apple is notorious for being extremely secretive about its new products, and Foxconn also has a reputation for being tight-lipped about the goods it produces for its customers, which include some of the biggest brands in the technology industry.
The cat that plays Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter flicks was arrested and charged with growing that green stuff at his mom’s crib. Jamie Waylett, 19, who has played school bully Vincent Crabbe in all the films about the boy wizard, had been arrested with a friend after he took a photo of police […]
London’s prestigious Albert Hall has a new graffiti wall that will honor celebrities including Muhammad Ali, Jimi Hendrix and Jay Z. The Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK’s most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable the world over. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world’s leading artists from every kind of […]
The X-Men took to the big screen once again, and once again they nailed it when it comes to action and special effects. The latest installment is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. As usual, the comic book characters come to life on screen well, and this time they take us on a very fun science fiction ride […]
CHICAGO, IL – While the smoke was still in the air from the counter-culture weed holiday 4/20, there was a big marijuana bust in West Town. Jeremy Peterson, 31, of the 2400 block of West Madison Street, was charged Monday night with manufacturing and delivering cannabis and two counts of possession of cannabis, according to a […]
GARY, IN – A woman from Chicago was asked to leave the Majestic Star Casino the other day for a little while, because she had been there for three straight days. Five-Oh just wanted her to roll for a few, and she could have come back that afternoon. But no. She wanted to act funny […]
Rapper Jim Jones has been arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant in northern New Jersey. Jones, known for the hit “We Fly High (Ballin’)”, was stopped in Teaneck early Monday morning for an equipment violation. It was discovered he had an outstanding motor vehicle warrant from nearby Paterson. Jones was taken to police headquarters in […]
New to BMSRadioChicago.com and Mixshow 72 is Chicago’s very own DJ Shazam. Meet the man and hear him tell his own story of being a DJ in Chicago. This man started making mixes and beats using Radio Shack Realistic mixers and turntables, and is still in the game now all the way up through his […]