Carlos Boozer said 'I feel close'' Go Bulls......!

I feel close.With both Carlos Boozer and Taj Gibson practicing Tuesday,the Bulls were at full strength for the first time since Oct. 1.

Whether they will be Wednesday night against the Magic remains to be seen.

"I may or may not play (Wednesday)," Boozer said. "I feel close. If not Wednesday, then I'm hoping this weekend for sure."

Illinois' 79-67 victory over North Carolina

Illinois' 79-67 victory over North Carolina on Tuesday at Assembly Hall.

Kanye West attended New York for children's Event

West was not scheduled to attend the New Yorkers for Children's 8th annual "Wrap to Rap" event at the Ainsworth in NYC this afternoon ... but around 6:00 PM, he strolled right in and asked if he could help out. 


We're told some people at the event asked West why he decided to roll in -- and Kanye explained he simply felt compelled to lend a hand because he believed it was a good cause.


West cheerfully wrapped some of the 2,000 gifts that were donated by Wal-Mart ... and then quietly slipped out the back. 

Chicago winter parking ban, 200 cars towed overnight.

The city of Chicago towed more than 200 vehicles as the winter overnight parking ban went into effect early Tuesday morning -- and Mayor Richard Daley said residents had plenty of warning.


City crews towed 234 vehicles between 3 and 7 a.m. today, up from the first-night total from 2008 of 167, according to Matt Smith, a spokesman for the Streets and Sanitation Department. Cars were towed to the city auto impound lots at 701 N. Sacramento Ave. and East 103rd St. and Doty Avenue.

Stroger administration spent nearly $79,000 on zoo picnic for flood victims. what do you think?

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's administration treated families whose homes were damaged by floods to a nearly $79,000 party atBrookfield Zoo, paying for the day of fun with federal grant money meant to restore those homes, newly released county documents show.

The Sept. 12 zoo event included parking, admission, special attractions and "hungry as a bear" picnic baskets for up to 2,250 people, according to an invoice. The zoo tab also covered more than $8,000 in entertainment, including a prize raffle, a disc jockey, a face painter, seven caricature artists, a juggler and a stilt walker.

Stroger spokesman Marcel Bright declined to comment Tuesday, saying the $10.3 million federal disaster relief grant that the zoo money came from is being probed by Inspector General Patrick Blanchard. That watchdog office's broader look at alleged abuses of federal grants and no-bid contracts led to felony criminal charges against Carla Oglesby, a former high-level Stroger aide.

55 years ago today Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.

African American civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who 55 years ago today refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.


December 1, 1955, Parks was arrested, sparking a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus line that lasted 381 days, according to her official website. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was named the spokesperson for the Bus Boycott, and the protest spread across the country, calling for equal rights for all citizens.

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