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A 30-year-old guy from suburban Chicago, Randy Schmitz, was on vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last summer. He went to the Pepper Palace, which sells crazy hot sauces. The hottest sauce it sells is Flashbang, a combination of four peppers -- Carolina Reaper, scorpion, ghost pepper and habanero. Schmitz had to sign a waiver just to try a tiny bit of the sauce on a toothpick as part of a challeng

Last Friday morning, there was some pretty extensive flooding in south suburban Chicago. The morning news show on WGN was discussing the flooding, while checking out some footage from its news helicopter which was flying around surveying the extent of the water and damage.

Sunday night will see the debut of WGN America's first original scripted drama in the the witchy period piece 'Salem,' and while yesterday brought the first full trailer, and tomorrow we'll take you straight to the set, there's exciting news today. 'Avatar' and 'Terra Nova' star Stephen Lang has officially joined the cast in a recurring role, but is he friend or foe?

As the NCAA brackets get underway, only one name comes to mind this time of year- Dickie V Babbbbbbyyy! World re-nowned college basketball analyst, Dick Vitale, normally provides nothing but in depth knowledge and insite during the tournament.  However, in a recent interview with WGN Morning News, Dickey had a moment of pure awkwardness.