BREAKING: Several suspicious items being investigated in Chicago!

Suspicious object closes Mag Mile: ‘It’s just a prank’

Police closed off North Michigan Avenue for more than an hour this morning while a Bomb and Arson officer in a blast suit dismantled a suspicious object attached to a flagpole along North Michigan Avenue.

The object — a 6-inch-long piece of steel rebar and a large metal spring wrapped in black cloth — was taped to a pole off the plaza between [...]

Dan Norcini: Strong weekly close in Gold

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Gold was able to close the week out on a very strong note, although some traders did decide to cash in some profits ahead of the weekend, after getting a nice run of some $65 off of last week’s close as of Thursday’s peak price. Even in spite of the light round of profit taking, gold still managed to put in a very solid WEEKLY close surrendering only about $15 [...]

James Turk – Silver Formation Projects Spike to $60 – $75 Level

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After the explosive upside activity in the gold and silver markets last week, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Spain to get his take on where the metals are headed from here.  When asked about the action in gold and silver, Turk responded, “I like today’s action very much, Eric.  Given that gold rose over $100 last week, some correction was [...]

CHECK THIS OUT … -31F in OK

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — An icy blast tugged temperatures well below zero in a large swath of the South on Thursday, setting records for cold by late morning.

Forecasters had predicted lows of minus 11 degrees in northwest Arkansas and minus 10 degrees in parts of Oklahoma. But temperatures instead dipped to minus 18 in Fayetteville and to minus 28 in Bartlesville, Okla.

Nowata, Okla., recorded 31 degrees below [...]