King Neptune (May 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a pig used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million in war bonds for the construction of USS Illinois (BB-65) between 1942 and 1946.

"While the suits for hire may have successfully defended their use in court, and *experts* may have testified to their being benign, a Chicago study has found that Tasers actually do (surprise) cause harm."

The team of doctors and scientists at the trauma centre in Chicago Cook County hospital stunned 11 pigs with Taser guns in 2006, hitting their chests with 40-second jolts of electricity, pausing for 10 to 15 seconds, then hitting them for 40 more seconds. When the jolts ended, every animal was left with heart rhythm problems, the researchers said.

A busy section of highway was closed for seven hours Sunday after a truck tipped over and spilled pig ears, pig feet and grease.

A BUSY section of a Chicago highway was closed after a truck tipped over and spilled its load of pig ears, trotters and grease. The greasy pig parts made the road slippery and forced the seven-hour closure of northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway in Chicago...

Something stunk today in Chicago and it wasnt the White Sox (although they do as well)