We just added Q13's Parella Lewis to our Twittabase--we wanted to make sure we're bringing you a fair and balanced weather report--and already she's rewarded us by predicting a partly sunny weekend. Contrast this with Cliff Mass, working out of the notorious socialist stronghold of the UW, and his fixation on depressing graphs about the cold. As a caveat, four of Lewis's recent tweets mention drinking coffee to wake up and another one is a Thoreau quote, so it sounds like she's as desperate for sun as anyone else. more ›

Q13, our local softcore right-wing television station, has made a bold move in the reporting of our faltering local economy by actually filing for bankruptcy themselves. Well, the parent of KCPQ-TV, the Chicago-based Tribune Co., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, which means we might soon be seeing creditors face off in no-holds-barred cage matches on upcoming Jerry Springer shows. Our money is on Judge Karen, by the way. more ›