Chicago (IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ/), is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest in the Midwest. With a population of nearly 3 million people, Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. It is the anchor of the Chicago metropolitan area, commonly called Chicagoland, which has a population of over 9.7 million people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Rich in history and renowned for its innovative and influential architecture, Chicago is classified as an alpha world city.The City of Chicago is located almost entirely in Cook County, with a small portion of O'Hare International Airport overlapping into DuPage County. The metropolitan area extends over several counties. Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837. It rapidly became a major transportation hub, as well as the business, financial, and cultural capital of the Midwest. Since the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, the city has been regarded as one of the ten most influential in the world.

CONCERNED members of Rother planning committee have voted to beef-up the council's response to East Sussex County Council over proposed changes at Southern Water's Pebsham wastewater treatment plant.

Wouldn’t the lack of scales give it away if they replaced croc meat with, say, beef? Apparently not (or else people in Hong Kong eat with their eyes shut). Hong Kong’s Consumer Council tested 24 samples of crocodile meat from dried seafood shops across the territory and found that 16 were fake. And everybody loves a story about crocodiles.

We at the Wicked Stupid Beef Council, as a public service, have produced the following list of ways to tell if your meatloaf has gone bad.

Columbia, MO (AgNewsWire) March is National Nutrition Month and the Missouri Beef Industry Council (MBIC) is encouraging consumers to kick the fads and get back to the basics. MBIC Director of Consumer Information Alane Lidolph says the theme for National Nutrition Month this year is �%u20AC%u0153100 Percent

These and other scintillating tidbits at the Minnesota Beef Council's trivia page.