Jodie Foster has a loyal fan base and some of them can be a tad bit over zealous. An Massachusetts resident and alleged stalker of the actress mailed a letter threatening to blow up Van Nuys Airport . Authorities say Michael Smegal, 42, of Holliston, sent hundreds of letters to various people in and around Los Angeles informing him of his plans to blow up the airport back in September. Federal agents did a......

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market......

Boston Craigslist had a reality-tv casting call that caught our eye. Danny Bonaduce, last seen locally getting nekkid for the Harvard Lampoon, is casting for a new VH1 show that will feature aspiring child stars and their parents. We don’t want a pissed-off Danny Bonaduce on our doorstep (would you?), but the new show idea puzzled us because Bonaduce himself was a child star. He has said many times that the experience wasn't exactly the......