So It Goes

Thank god we won that war over there a while back... What's that? Oh. Never mind.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A parked car rigged with explosives blew up outside a Baghdad restaurant Wednesday evening, an Iraqi government official said, killing at least 37 people and wounding 74 in the worst attack in nearly a month.

The blast took place about 7:30 p.m. in Shula, a blue-collar, predominantly Shiite Muslim neighborhood, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. At least two other shops were damaged in the neighborhood, where streets typically are crowded in the early evening.

Women and children were among the dead and wounded, the official said. Iraqi police were checking the area for any other bombs late Wednesday.