Today's Chicago Headlines...
Ex-hospital chief back as consultant
Last month, Dr. Robert Simon retired from his top job of running the troubled Cook County hospital system. But just as quickly, he became a taxpayer-funded consultant to the new "independent" county hospital board.
Bikes save a wad of cash
Sky-high gas prices aren't giving Bill Figel the blues. He's managed to save money by navigating around them. Two years ago he gave the family van to charity and, instead of buying another second car, he invested in bicycles.
Judge orders private guards for juvy center
The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is "dangerously understaffed" and must hire private security guards to help make it safe again. That ruling came Thursday from a federal judge, who rejected complaints from the Teamsters union representing detention center guards that bringing in private guards would be unfair to employees.
