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Image by jochemy on Pixabay The Dark Knight is turning 80! Warner Bros. and DC have announced a year-long birthday party for Batman, with the party getting started at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The celebr...

Image by Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay Daylight Saving time is springing us forward this weekend. You will be getting up an hour early on Sunday. Lawmakers are questioning whether or not this should continu...

Alma Otter! How great is that?? U of I students are voting on adding the river otter, Alma, as their official mascot. Alma Otter would join other Big Ten mascots like Purdue Pete, Willie the Wildcat, ...

A company in Australia is selling a new scented candle that supposedly smells exactly like McDonald’s cheeseburgers. It’s called “The Maccas Run” candle, because Australians ca...

There was an invite-only screening on Wednesday night (March 6th) for the latest John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary, John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky, which is set to air on A&E on March 11th,...

Sad news to report out of the Chicago television scene. Marshall Brodien, who played Wizzo the Wizard on The Bozo Show, has passed away. Here’s a classic clip of him with the whole Bozo show!

I wanna win so bad! There were no winners in yesterday’s drawing for Power Ball. The good news is, the jackpot has risen to $414 million, which would make for a $247.9 million dollar payout. The...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnWfX3sho5i/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkIf you’re a fan of churros, you’re going to love this! A fan-favorite menu item, the churro swirl, is coming back to Cin...

Well, duh! Where else are you going to see a river turn green? WalletHub ranked 200 cities across America for their St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and Chicago came out on top. Factors considered...

Dollar Tree plans to close up to 390 Family Dollar stores this year and rebrand about 200 others under the Dollar Tree name. Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar in 2015 with the expectation that it would...