Colleges urge students to get flu shots
As Chicago area hospitals continue to turn patients away during a flu outbreak that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have been calling one of the worst national outbreaks in the last 10...
View ArticleCTA issuing more bus, train trackers
The CTA board on Friday approved the installation of 50 digital signs displaying bus and train tracking information outside rail stations across the system.The panels are expected to be installed this...
View ArticleWeekend blueprint
EATParty FoodSocca 3301 N. Clark St. 773-248-1155Ordering hot wings isn't the only way to spice up the menu for football-watching. At the Super Bowl Cooking Class for Foodies, chef Roger Herring...
View ArticleSecret CTA deals
There's still time to get a deal on CTA passes.The CTA said Monday that retailers could continue to sell passes at the old prices as long as they had them. Prices were hiked Monday for daily, weekly...
View ArticleBrown, Blue and you: CTA updates
Brown Line riders, you've been treated.The CTA is set to finish replacing rotting wood this month on the platforms at 13 Brown Line stations with wood that has been weather-treated. The agency is...
View ArticleTuesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATFISH FOODFish Bar2956 N. Sheffield Ave. 773-687-8177Mention the Shedd Aquarium when you order soup this month and the Lakeview restaurant will donate 20 percent of the proceeds to the museum. You...
View ArticleBad company for Armstrong
The sports world might be on the verge of some closure regarding Lance Armstrong. The Associated Press and USA Today both reported Monday that the disgraced cyclist admitted to doping throughout his...
View ArticleReady to pay up?
The general admission fees for the Art Institute and Museum of Science and Industry could go up in part because the city is now charging for water and sewer service. Those expenses used to be...
View ArticleFrom Death Row to press tour
Details of the West Memphis 3 investigation can only be described as ridiculous."They had one guy say that I looked at him and made him levitate. And this is in police records," says Damien Echols, who...
View ArticleNicki Minaj vs. Mariah Carey
"American Idol" is back -- again! The series that launched a thousand Sanjayas kicks off its 11th season at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and in order to keep us interested, they've brought in the battle of Mariah...
View ArticleThe flu is a terrible birthday gift
Flu-cation, anyone?I just celebrated my birthday face-down on my bed in a pool of sweat. Delusional. Out of my mind. I was a sick person, more sick than usual, you guys. (That's so sick.)I was curled...
View ArticleWednesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATMeaty MealsTavern on Rush 1031 N. Rush St. 312-664-9600If the cold weather has you craving heartier fare, order up some comfort food from the Gold Coast restaurant's new winter menu featuring...
View ArticleHangover HQ
It was supposed to be a chill night for Ahmed Braimah. Maybe a few rounds of a Jenga drinking game and catching up with friends from out of town. Then someone suggested hitting the clubs.By 4 a.m., the...
View ArticleWhy stop at a Canadian coach, Bears?
Halas Hall isn't exactly known for coloring outside the lines.In "importing" new head coach Marc Trestman from the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes, Bears GM Phil Emery isn't just thinking...
View ArticleIn Trestman we trust?
And the honeymoon period begins. With Marc Trestman taking over as Bears coach, fans have every reason to believe Super Bowl victories are just a matter of time. Or to think it will all come crashing...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg wants to rap with Kanye
In the political thriller "Broken City," Mark Wahlberg plays an underdog-not exactly something new for the Oscar-nominated actor ("The Departed") when you recall "Boogie Nights,""Invincible,""The...
View ArticleChicago can bring the gay
When I graduated high school, I pretty much sprinted across the Mason-Dixon Line. I had planned for years to get the hell out of Dodge-or rather, Tennessee-in order to live in a place that was more...
View ArticleHoly football hoax!
Manti Te'o's ascendancy to national star and Heisman Trophy candidate was jet-propelled by the personal backdrop of a girlfriend tragically lost to leukemia in September. Except that girlfriend never...
View ArticleThursday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATPizza PrepFrasca Pizzeria & Wine Bar 3358 N. Paulina St. 773-248-5222Tired of paying for delivery? Learn how to make your own pepperoni or margherita pizza at this hands-on class led by chef...
View ArticleAlways on strike
Gabriel Dominguez is awfully calm for a man whose office at Southport Lanes in Lakeview is a claustrophobic's worst nightmare: 10 feet long and slightly wider than an average person's wingspan. It...
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