By Paige Gray

About 20 residents from Chicago’s North Side protested at the office of U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago) last week, urging the congressman to denounce any threat of war with Iran. The event was organized by members of MoveOn.org, a non-profit political advocacy organization.

The group delivered a petition with nearly 600 signatures of Chicagoans opposed to U.S. engagement in Iran and asked Emanuel and other members of Congress to support H.R. 3119 and H.R. 64, resolutions that would discourage hostile action toward another Middle Eastern country.

"Iran discontinued its weapons programs in 2003," said Richard Stowell, a MoveOn.org member who helped organize the local event. “Intelligence reports are telling the administration they don't have weapons. It kind of takes the wind out of Bush's sails for a military strike."

By Aisha Qidwae

Some Brynford Park residents say they're worried about two children whose legal guardian has been charged with possession of pornography.

Russell Pizzo, 32, of the block of 5700 North Keystone Ave., was arrested May 15 after detectives tracked his Internet activities during a year-long investigation.

More than a week after the arrest by Chicago Police, most neighbors in this Northwest neighborhood still did not know someone had been arrested in an area home to many children and near Brynford Park and Wonder Montessori School, which is at Pulaski and Hollywood.