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A couple of friends from Chicago missed their flight home from Houston, so they spent the day protesting the "Fake Bean" there.

Whenever I get an email from our good friend Jennifer Bowman, Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC), I know that the blood and/or platelet supply is in danger of not meeting the demand. That's where your help comes in.

It's hard to put into words what we're witnessing happen to Houston, Texas. It's even harder to fathom that things are still getting worse down there, with experts opining that we haven't seen the worst of the storm yet. We've had extensive flooding here in the Rockford area (along with a big part of northern Illinois) this summer, but nothing comes close to comparing with Hurricane Harvey's wrath

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Chicago … the Fourth City ??? Projections cited in a recent story by the Reuters news service say Houston will surpass Chicago in population within ten years: 2.7 million for Houston to 2.5 million for Chicago...