The city of Chicago wants to hand out $2.2 million in grants to Midway Games Inc., the arcade and video game maker. Midway's stable includes Mortal Kombat, often the target of anti-violence activists. The city says the money will keep the company from moving its 54-year-old headquarters outside the city. Officials are under fire for making the grants available to such a company. But no one seems to question the existence of such grants.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-9912310158,FF.html
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