Whether they are crooning a love ballad to Chipotle’s burritos or asking the essential cosmic questions, such as “How come all the addicts on ‘Intervention’ have better apartments than me?,” the irreverent invaders from Chicago’s Second City are hitting so many comic nails on the head they could be up on the stage assembling a McMansion. Read full article > >

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From Chicago, a comedy collective second to none

For a show called “Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies,” cast members are remarkably tight-lipped. You won’t get any additional spoilers from the cast of the Second City show before the Chicago comedy troupe begins its D.C. run Tuesday at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. “I am such a big fan of the show,” says Maribeth Monroe, a Second City company member. “And if I reveal too much about it, it would take away from the audience’s experience.” Read full article > >

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At least seven people including a young girl are killed as pro-government forces quell a mutiny in Burkina Faso’s second city Bobo Dioulasso.

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Bloody end to Burkina Faso mutiny

Six people are killed in an attack on a crowded night club in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second city, where violence has surged in recent months.

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Six killed in Mexico bar attack

Birmingham go through to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup as Nicola Zigic’s late goal gives them victory over second city rivals Aston Villa.

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Birmingham 2-1 Aston Villa

Power returns to St Petersburg, Russia’s second city, after a massive blackout left it without electricity and water.

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Power cut in Russian city fixed