And guess who’s going?????!!!!? .. Yours truly! ♥ And I couldn’t be more excited to go see Rihanna’s Last Girl on Earth Tour tomorrow at the United Center!!! Ahhhhh!!! My baby pulled though with some great seats too! I can’t wait! So pumped ..if you are going ..I will see you there!

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A massive traffic jam in north China that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won’t be finished until the middle of next month, an official said.

Bumper-to-bumper gridlock spanning for 60 miles (100 kilometers) with cars moving little more than a half-mile (one kilometer) a day at one point has improved since this weekend, said Zhang Minghai, director of Zhangjiakou city’s Traffic Management Bureau general office.

But he said he wasn’t sure when the situation along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway would return to normal.

The traffic jam started Aug. 14 on a stretch of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway. That section has frequently been congested, especially after large coalfields were discovered in Inner Mongolia, Zhang said. Traffic volume has increased 40 percent every year.

Drivers stranded in the gridlock in the Inner Mongolia region and Hebei province, headed toward Beijing, passed the time sleeping, walking around, or playing cards and chess. Local villagers were doing brisk business selling instant noodles, boxed lunches and snacks, weaving between the parked trucks on bicycles.

The highway construction in Beijing that is restricting inbound traffic flow and causing the jam “will not be finished until Sept. 17,” he said.

Authorities were trying to speed up traffic by allowing more trucks to enter Beijing, especially at night, Zhang said. They also asked trucking companies to suspend operations and advised drivers to take alternate routes.

China’s roadways are increasingly overburdened as the number of private vehicles booms along with commercial truck traffic hauling materials like coal and food to cities. Traffic slowdowns because of construction and accidents are common, though a 10-day traffic jam is unusual even in China.

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Chicago – Firefighter Christopher Wheatly died from his injuries after falling at least three or four stories while battling a blaze Monday morning at a Loop restaurant.

Firefighter and paramedic Wheatly, 31, fell about 35 feet early Monday while carrying tools and equipment up a ladder attached to a building at 615 W. Randolph St., fire officials said. He died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

At 8:30 a.m., about 35 firefighters watched as fire officials affixed a purple memorial bunting above the entrance to Engine Company 5, 324 S. Des Plaines Ave., where Wheatly was stationed.

Wheatly is survived by his father, mother, sister and fiancé, Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff said.

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