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Critics say CTA policy unfair to homeless
Transit agency enforcing rule to stop continuous riders on trains
At some time or another, most regular el riders have seen a homeless person sleeping on a train car at night. As winter settles in and temperatures drop, CTA cars frequently ...
How ‘green’ is your tree?
Real Christmas trees more eco-friendly than plastic fakes, other eco options becoming available
With more and more Chicagoans taking the environmental impacts of their actions into account, many will try to decide which type of Christmas tree is truly the "greenest" option this holiday season.
The ...
All-out snowball warfare
Snowball fight in Daley Plaza could break records, attracting more than 5,000 Chicagoans
Matt Nissenbaum doesn't want a typical, mundane birthday celebration on Jan. 14.
If everything goes as planned, about 5,100 participants will help him celebrate in the middle of downtown Chicago as ...
Donations low in struggling economy
Food banks suffer as more families need assistance
In Other News
Casinos’ lost revenue blamed on smoking ban
Illinois casino revenue is down 20.3 percent this year, according to the Chicago Tribune. Gambling is down across the country, but Illinois has reported the ...
Off the Blotter
1. Can you spare a tire?
After watching a suspicious vehicle drive in and out of several parking lots, an officer in a covert vehicle ...
Scoop in the Loop
Residents pay the price to park
I’ve never been happier to not own a car, but for those who do, I feel your pain. First gas prices went up, and then fell—but just when you thought the ...
City celebrates Hanukkah happenings
Spertus Institute, other area venues help to honor Jewish holiday
The lights that line Michigan Avenue have been strung and lit. Shops have tuned their sound systems to holiday music. The horses downtown pull carriages with jingle bells tied to their collars.
It ...
A budding bike-tropolis
Chicago’s Bike 2015 plan keeps biking in city safe, efficient with big plans for next year
With plans to transform Chicago into an all-encompassing bikeway network, the city of Chicago is ambitious-to say the least.
The city's Bike 2015 plan seeks to increase bicycle use by making ...
Chicago focuses on AIDS epidemic
World AIDS Day commemorates disease with week-long events
On Dec. 1, all around the globe, people will commemorate World AIDS Day for the 20th consecutive year, focusing on both the progress and the challenges faced in fighting the epidemic more ...
AUTHENTICITY
The North Side ’hood with all the heart
On a stroll through Lakeview on a summer Sunday morning, one will find countless couples waiting in line at their favorite breakfast spots and runners packing the Lakefront Trail.
The North Side community, ...
Off the Blotter
Steal fresh
Subway, 1300 S. Wabash Ave., was broken into on Nov. 22, setting off the location's burglar alarm, according to police reports. A responding officer found the front glass door shattered ...
Metra teams with Google Transit
New website offers commuters easier access to schedules, train station locations
Metra has joined CTA on the Google Maps bandwagon, utilizing more efficient commute navigation tools throughout the Chicagoland area.
Metra has partnered with Google Transit, a public transit trip-planning feature of ...
Pickpockets target holiday shoppers
Thieves seize the season, consumers beware
Every year, Jennifer Reed, a resident of Aurora, Ill., and her friends start their holiday shopping the week before Thanksgiving with a trip to the stretch of stores on State Street. ...
Scoop in the Loop
Alderman’s fight inspiring
In a town where City Council is seen largely as Mayor Richard M. Daley’s rubber stamp, a lone alderman stood up for the people during the 2009 budget meeting last week. ...
Bedbugs bite Chicago
Infestations of nocturnal blood-sucking insects on the rise
Most people remember being told as children to "sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite." But since the late 1990s, these nocturnal, blood-sucking pests have been making a worldwide comeback and ...