Saturday, June 17, 2006

Chicago

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Police Seek Man Suspected Of Attempted Abduction
Offender Described As While Male In His Teens
STNG-- Chicago Police are looking for a man who tried to abduct several children on the North Side on Thursday.The unidentified man attempted to lure children between the ages of eight and 11 into his car on the 7400 block of North Oleander Avenue and the 7500 block of West Birchwood Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Kristina Schuler.

The man drove a light blue, four-door, box style Buick with rust around the wheel wells and attempted to lure children playing on the sidewalk into the car, Schuler said. More....

Construction Crew Knocks Out Power Downtown
CBS-- ComEd has restored power to all the buildings in the downtown area near the lakeshore that were affected by a power outage Friday afternoon.A total of 27 buildings, mostly businesses, were affected by the outage and as of 9:05 p.m. power was restored to all the building, according to ComEd spokesman Jeff Burdick.

A non-ComEd construction crew digging at 360 E. South Water St. struck a power line, causing the outage, at about noon, according to ComEd spokesman Jeff Burdick. Water around the line had to be pumped away so crews could fix it. More....

Whole Foods Stops Selling Live Lobsters
Tribune -- Customers craving fresh crustaceans will have to look beyond Whole Foods Market Inc. after the natural-foods grocery chain decided Thursday to stop selling live lobsters and crabs on the grounds that it's inhumane. The Austin-based grocer spent seven months studying the sale of live lobsters from ship to supermarket aisle, trying to determine whether the creatures suffer along the way. In some stores, they experimented with "lobster condos," filling tanks with stacks of large pipes the critters can crawl inside. And they moved the tanks behind seafood counters and away from children's tapping fingers. Ultimately, Whole Foods management decided to immediately stop selling live lobsters and soft-shell crabs, saying they could not ensure the creatures are treated with respect and compassion. chain, she said. More.... http://www.wholefoods.com ......
http://www.lobstermen.com .....http://www.lobsterinstitute.org
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