To celebrate the new TV season, TV Guide is sponsoring free coffee at a bevy of area independent coffee shops. We aren't quite sure what connection TV Guide is trying to make here (You need caffeine to stay awake while reading this magazine? If you watched all of last night's shows you might need a little extra boost this morning?), but free coffee is free coffee, so we aren't going to think too hard about... more ›

Today is World AIDS Day and Chicago is commemorating with candle light vigils and fundraisers. Over 40 million people worldwide now are infected with HIV/AIDS. If you think that AIDS only affects the poor in Africa or gay men in San Francisco, well, you’d be wrong. Many of your neighbors, friends, and possible sex partners are infected and you probably don’t know it. Being tested on a routine basis is vitally important to stopping the... more ›

A 24-year-old Chicago man has been arrested and charged with rape and aggrevated assault in two seperate incidents on the North Side last month. Paul Cruikshank was charged on Sunday for his alleged involvement with the attacks on December 18th and 20th. Seems Cruikshank was arrested for an "incident" in Forest Park and it was then that he admitted to the rape, the attemped rape, and another crime in Forest Park. Analysis of DNA is... more ›