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Weirdest or Best TV Promo Ever? CW Hosts a Blood Drive for The Vampire Diaries

CW is either a) scraping the bottom of the promotional-idea barrel or b) making a really genius move with this one. In honor of its new teen vampire show premiering this fall, the network will be holding a blood drive with the theme "Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood."...  read more

Chicago's Albany Park flooded by record rainfall

[Above: Bohemian National Cemetery]Today, my neighbors in Albany Park began a long cleanup after a weekend that dumped a record 7-plus inches of rain on Chicago in 24 hours. The hardest hit of the city neighborhoods, Albany Park’s location next to the Chicago River proved disastrous for many residents as the swollen river overflowed on to Foster Avenue. By early Saturday evening, the entire area was blocked off to through traffic, and by 6:30 p.m. the Office of Emergency Management and Communications was performing reverse calls to area residents informing them of a shelter at a nearby police department....  read more