It was a sunday in July 2017. A bike ride through a Chicago neighborhood. A pick-up truck speeds by and slams into several other vehicles. The aftermath recorded on a smart-phone. The person capturing the moment on video and audio was Susana Mendoza -- the current comptroller for state of Illinois. She was elected state comptroller back in December of 2016. She's full of energy and has a passion for public service...but we're not talking politics in this portion of her interview. No it's about an encounter she had with a well known Chicago tough guy. At the time she had NO idea who she was dealing with. The encounter was with a guy name John Boyle. His nickname among Chicago journalists is "John Quarters Boyle." Now Susana Mendoza and title for this story "Say Cheeze."

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Susana Mendoza: Story of her encounter with a Chicago tough guy

In the early 90's this Chicago born musician was selling luggage on street corners, Driving a cab, and was even a cook. Fast forward to 2015 --He's a multi-Millionair all because of his vision for "Craft Beer." I had a chance to talk with Tony Magee. A lot people may not know him. Unless you're a student of Craft Beer. Then you probably know this is a guy who likes to make beer his way. Now Tony's early years were "Flawlessly misspent," MaGee says. He Graduated high school near the bottom of his class, went to college to study product design, then studied music, then dropped out. Then he traveled the midwest playing music and just doing odd jobs to make a living. Along the way he discovered he liked beer craft Beer. It's been a long journey. He talks about in his book called "So Want to Start a Brewery? In 2015 he his sold his brewery to Heineken. He made a bunch of money, but he's still in charge..and making his beer his way. Tony was in Elkville, Illinois on Nov. 27, 2017. He visited the Route 51 Brewing Company. He was telling stories and giving advice about making beer.

Tony MaGee - One of the Kings of Craft Beer

Geologists Rebecca Bendick (pictured) and Roger Bilham predict that 2018 will have more powerful earthquakes. The researchers say the earth's rotation is slowing down and could cause major quakes. Below are links to their research https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/webprogram/Paper300667.html http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL074562/full

2018 Year of Big Earthquakes

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