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As we mentioned in Extra, Extra yesterday, the Chicagoland area increased its population by approximately 400,000 in the past 6 years, a 4.5 percent increase. This increase is the 10th largest in the nation and puts the census area population at 9.5 million. more ›

When it was announced that George Ryan was found guilty on all counts on Monday, we were definitely surprised. We thought the jury would find him guilty on some of the lesser charges and basically let him off with a slap on the wrist, resulting in a big FU to taxpayers who footed the bill for the trial, as well as to federal investigators who spent eight years pursuing Ryan and codefendant Larry Warner. more ›

Last night a fire tore through the Wynant House in Gary, Indiana, an uninhabited Frank Lloyd Wright landmark whose long-uncertain fate was quickly and cruelly realized. The good news is that no one was injured or killed and since the fire worked quickly, we presume the house felt no pain either. The bad news for architecture buffs is that two major area landmarks have been wiped off the map in less than a week. more ›

An article published yesterday in the Christian Science Monitor shows that the CTA is not the only public transit organization in the nation that has had to deal with a budget crunch. In the past couple of years, public transit systems in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. have all raised fares and Philadelphia is threatening to do the same. Pittsburgh cut service and raised fares. This month San Francisco is also holding hearings to consider service cuts and increased fares. The president of the American Public Transportation Association blames increasing costs of fuel, liability insurance, healthcare, and pensions for the nation's public transit problems. more ›

Ey ey ey.. Chicago's got so much airport news going on we don't even know where to begin. And it all comes down to delays. Chicago is the US's prime connecting hub and major center for international travel so when there are delays at O'Hare they ripple through the entire aviation system and cause backups at other airports. more ›