McCormick Place, Navy Pier Upgrades Part Of Rahm's $1.1 Billion Plan

May 16, 2013 Subscribe · Forward McCormick Place, Navy Pier Upgrades Part Of Rahm's $1.1 Billion Plan Updated story Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced a $1.1 billion plan for a new DePaul University basketball arena to be built across the street from McCormick Place as well as major improvements -- some new, some previously announced -- to Navy Pier. Continue reading... Concealed Carry Battle Riles Gun-Rights Advocates Man Discovers $4 Million Dollar Lotto Ticket In His Cookie Jar Riot Fest 2013 Lineup Unveiled LOOK: These 17 Abandoned Puppies Were Saved Just In Time Child's Body Pulled From River Believed To Be Missing Infant Honeymooning Newlywed Arrested For Soliciting Prostitute Honeymooning Newlywed Arrested For Soliciting Prostitute LOOK: These 17 Abandoned Puppies Were Saved Just In Time LOOK: These 17 Abandoned Puppies Were Saved Just In Time Internet Rallies To Give Hope To Homeless Chicago Man Child's Body Pulled From River Believed To Be Missing Infant JEANNE BISHOP Fixing Illinois' Unconstitutional Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentencing for Juveniles It's May now, and the Illinois legislature has already taken up measures to try to fix the concealed carry law. The fix on juvenile life sentences? Still waiting. Continue reading... ROBERT KOEHLER Know-Nothing Security Security is a real need, of course, but know-nothing security flouts that need, often enough both ignoring and aggravating the real dangers we face while, at the same time, inflicting massive inconvenience on people innocently caught in its web. Continue reading... DR. JASON CLAY Freezing the Footprint of Food We need to freeze the footprint of food -- find ways to double the productivity of farming, so that we can produce twice as much food and fiber on the same amount of land. This will require many actors working on several strategies simultaneously. Continue reading... JOHN PAUL ROLLERT Empathy, Gatsby, and the Great American Tragedy Hollywood adaptations of great novels tend to unnerve devoted readers. The effort seems hubristic and slightly profane, akin to painting a second Sistine Chapel or adding a chorus to King Lear. Perfection, by definition, can't be improved upon, and it seems suspect even to try. Continue reading... LISA LORI 5 Things My Italian Parents Taught Me About Food The Italian approach to life has been well-chronicled in bestsellers such as Eat, Pray, Love and Under the Tuscan Sun, but we shouldn't overlook the valuable lessons the Italian approach to food can teach our children. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003