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Raccoon Family Destroys Human Family's Storage Unit

Raccoon Family Destroys Human Family's Storage Unit

When you rent a storage unit, you do so with the assumption that the company in charge won’t let a family of raccoons move in and destroy or urinate on all of your belongings. The La Gambina family of Illinois thought so, at least, but they were quite wrong.

Apartment Listing Service Sells Database Of Scammy And Outdated Rentals

Apartment Listing Service Sells Database Of Scammy And Outdated Rentals

The Illinois attorney general’s office has filed suit against a Chicago-based rental property listing service for allegedly “charging consumers a membership fee for access to a property database populated largely with fraudulent or outdated rental listings.”

Thanks, Bank of America: "I Deposited A Check That Dosen't Exist, And I Have A Receipt."

Thanks, Bank of America: "I Deposited A Check That Dosen't Exist, And I Have A Receipt."

It seems that everything isn’t going so swimmingly during the transition from LaSalle Bank to Bank of America. One reader says that a check he deposited and has a receipt for has mysteriously disappeared…

Salmonella From Illegal Cheese Strikes Chicagoland

Salmonella From Illegal Cheese Strikes Chicagoland

Kane County health officials said Thursday that cheese may be causing a salmonella outbreak that has made at least 20 people sick.

Eat a Cockroach, Ride a Rollercoaster.

Eat a Cockroach, Ride a Rollercoaster.

Six Flag’s Great America. Ah, those halcyon days of youth, strapped to one of the American Eagle’s dual trains with only a lapbar and someone else’s mom to keep your skinny ass from bouncing the hell out of the car. Oh, the memories.