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Mark your calendars: For one hour on March 29th, Chicago will be in the dark. The City of Chicago and COM ED are asking businesses and residents to turn off their lights and unplug all electrical devices between 8 and 9pm on Saturday, March 29th to participate in Earth Hour, a global initiative organized by the World Wildlife Fund in which cities and communities turn out their lights to symbolize their commitment to finding climate change solutions.

Kids in Peoria built a gigantic Lego menorah, using the big Duplo version of the blocks. We know we're assholes for having our first reaction be "Duplos don't count!" Which is why we need more good things on the list... John Kass is way, way ahead in this "celebrity" ornament auction. His beer can chicken thing is already at $435, but everyone else's piece of crap ornaments--seriously, a little effort, people--are only around $100...

About 40 local Red Cross volunteers are in California helping evacuees.

Chicago is the 23rd greenest city in the world. Did you take your dog to church yesterday? Visit the Museum of Stuff Left on the Sidewalk. Here's a You Tube Video of legendary soul singer Syl Johnson live in Chicago from 1975. Unfortunately, the song isn't the classic "Is it Because I'm Black?" But it's still choice. Prosecutors in the Family Secrets Trial played on the paranoia of Frank Calabrese, Sr. Really? "Never Stop...

It almost plays like a plot from a trifling summer movie: The Illinois Medical District wants to build a new biotech building on the Near West Side. The kicker is, they want to build it in the same spot as a current Little League baseball field. In a letter dated Sept. 25, Medical District counsel states that the Chicago Park District must remove all improvements from Livingston Park, at Lexington and Leavitt, so that construction...

Aurora's Planned Parenthood can open immediately. How bad do things have to get before Daley will denounce what's going on with the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section? Even the Associated Press is saying, "Not since club-swinging cops in baby-blue helmets chased demonstrators through clouds of pepper gas at the 1968 Democratic National Convention have Chicago police been so awash in trouble." Dayum. And yet Da Mare has given no indication that he'll disband...

Hell may freeze over yet. After all of daddy John’s efforts to demolish old Cook County General Hospital, Todd Stroger’s leading the charge to renovate the beast. The Toddler plans to make it an agenda at next week’s County Board meeting. Preservation and renovation carry a price tag of roughly $140 million. For now, the plan is to turn the 93-year-old structure into medical office space, libraries, a day-care center and, if there’s any space...

Much to the enjoyment of many of our readers, Macy’s can’t seem to catch a break. It’s no secret that sales are down, a gracious amount stemming from local boycotts. Just this Monday their food court came down with a severe case of drosophila melanogaster (we did that from memory – damn you, freshman bio!), garnering a shutdown from the Health Department. Macy’s earned the right to reopen this morning, but with last night’s news,...

Diapers are expensive. Have your little one earn his keep by becoming the face of O Organics baby food and winning $1000 in Dominick’s gift cards.

"Lion of the Disenfranchised, Disenfranchised" via Michael DaKidd.

Attention, citizens of Aurora: Does your house still look a lot like Christmas? Has your insistence on demonstrating your Jewish heritage resulted in a six-foot inflatable menorah still sitting on your front lawn? Are you one of those people who not only shelled out for a huge snow globe, but haven't taken it down even though it's almost March? Well, heads up! Today's your last day to shovel all that holiday shit into your garage,...

Will Lovie switch teams or will he stay with the Bears? The Cubs signed Cliff Floyd. Scott Podsednik hurt his groin, but the Sox signed Darin Erstad. Dusty Baker finalized a 2-year contract with ESPN. Are the Bulls looking to trade for Pau Gasol? The lions outside the Art Institute are about to show their Bears pride. A fire in a Lakeview apartment yesterday may have been started by a charging laptop. MetroFi may...

Rickshaw(?) in Oak Park via Michael DaKidd.

The Feds have subpoenaed workers comp files from the city. More than 1,100 transportation nerds gathered downtown to discuss transit solutions. The CTA is adding low-emissions buses. Handicapped transit riders are upset about a 50% increase in Pace paratransit fares and a $3.25 increase in taxicab vouchers. "Discarded" via Michael DaKidd...

There's a 4-day immigration march here this weekend. A pipe bomb exploded in a Metra station today. No one was hurt. One day he's a superstar, the next day, eh, not so much... Obama lost his 'favorite son' status in Kenya after making statements critical of Kenya's corruption and ethnic divisions. Dorothy Brown is running for mayor. A study was released on Wednesday that found dangerous mercury levels at 10 top Chicago-area sushi restaurant....