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Opinion: Your move, Cubs: Sox owning this offseason

White Sox general manager Rick Hahn isn't the most outspoken guy. But make no mistake, he and his front office are doing everything they can to get Chicago baseball fans' attention.Christmas came early...

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Wanted: separate paths on lakefront

The Active Transportation Alliance is putting pressure on the city to create separate bike and walking paths, launching a petition drive to get the public behind the effort. Right now, the Lakefront...

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Illinois Comptroller dies

In an era of politicians who are wedded to the party line, coiffed and packaged to sell to voters, colorful and outspoken Judy Baar Topinka spent three-and-a-half decades thinking, acting and speaking...

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How to find a holiday hookup

With the warm scent of synthetic cinnamon in the air, it's easy to get distracted from the real holiday tradition of feeling like you're going to die alone without ever having lived up to your family's...

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Uber 'removes' accused driver

The online car service Uber says it has "removed" one of its drivers as police investigate allegations that he sexually assaulted a female customer in Lincoln Square last month.The woman told police...

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'Marry Me' star Casey Wilson's holiday disasters

Casey Wilson has a tip for people visiting their families or hosting a big family event over the upcoming holidays: "Maybe a Xanax, maybe a glass of wine-try to keep your anger at bay."Wilson and Ken...

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Sherlock Holmes enjoying afterlife

Sherlock is enjoying quite the afterlife.Nearly 90 years after Arthur Conan Doyle's final story was published, literature's most famous detective has continued solving crimes through the pages of other...

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Cop to be suspended over song

The Chicago police officer who played "Sweet Home Alabama" from of a police car during a West Side anti-police-violence protest over the weekend will be disciplined, according to a news release sent...

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More green for Little Village

Nearly nine miles southwest of the new Maggie Daley Park downtown, an even bigger park is opening to less fanfare this weekend. Built atop a three-foot stone cap on what used to be the contaminated...

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The six Bulls of Christmas

Derrick Rose is used to playing the role of closer at the end of Chicago Bulls games, and the star guard draws the same assignment in the team's annual holiday greeting video.Rose is one of six Bulls...

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Domestic abuse victims struggle

They come by the dozens every weekday to the teeming Cook County Domestic Violence courthouse, people from all walks of life who for one reason or another want a court order to calm an abusive...

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Make New Year's Eve plans NOW

Where will you be ringing in 2015? If you don't have the answer to that question yet, it's time to start planning. Whether you're looking to bid farewell to 2014 with a filling feast or party well past...

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Shedd's newly named otter

This otter puppy has a name, and you can call her Luna.After more than a week of voting in a Good Morning America poll, voters chose Luna as the name for the 11-week old otter pup, which was orphaned...

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Holiday treats from local bakeries

Let's be honest: The last thing that anyone will want to see at that office potluck, family dinner or ugly sweater party is yet another generic box of wreath-shaped cookies from the grocery store. The...

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Meet Netflix's 'Marco Polo' star

Eight months ago, Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy didn't know how to ride a horse, sword fight, do martial arts or use a bow and arrow.Now, after playing the title role in Netflix's new series "Marco...

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What are your weekend plans?

EATChili & CornbreadHideout1354 W. Wabansia Ave. 773-227-4433The benefit for Soup & Bread includes chili from Smoque BBQ, Celestial Kitchens, and Harmony Grill and a raffle. For an additional...

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Holiday survival guide

Whether the sound of "Jingle Bells" evokes memories of six-hour car rides to Akron, Ohio, relatives wanting to know why you're not married yet, a relay race of party obligations, or the fear of...

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How do I tell girls I'm bisexual?

Dear Anna,I'm a bi 28 year old male living in the city, and I don't have too much trouble finding girls, whether that's via my own social circle, Tinder, bars or whatever. (And I don't have trouble...

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Maggie Daley Park ice ribbon opens

Much of the new $60 million Maggie Daley Park opened on Saturday, greeted with kids flocking to the children's play garden and hour-long lines to rent skates to be among the first to zip around the ice...

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#TBOX2014 live blog: 12 bars of Xmas

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