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  1. ChicagoNumbers Cook County Board votes to repeal half of recent sales tax hike. Tax will drop to 9.75% next summer. http://bit.ly/8OSxoo
  2. 234 unhappy drivers this a.m. City's winter overnight parking ban started last night. http://bit.ly/68Ct0n
  3. 19 Illinois banks have failed in 2009 vs. 3 in the rest of the decade. http://bit.ly/5rSCr9
  4. Oprah's Harpo Studios = 450 Chicago jobs @crainschicago's list of minority businesses. What happens if she moves? http://bit.ly/6SxP3y
  5. 20% more Cook county residents are on foodstamps than in 2007, including 28% of all children via @nyt http://bit.ly/4Ugckc
  6. 10 things to do on this long holiday weekend. http://bit.ly/4n4daz
  7. 0 things to do on this long holiday weekend. http://bit.ly/4n4daz
  8. 18.4% of Illinois mortgages are underwater. And no, that's not Des Plaines river flooding. (via @wsj) http://bit.ly/7BbUVH
  9. Playboy to outsource most magazine functions in an effort to cut costs. http://bit.ly/8wRfSi
  10. @jgreco An improvement over awful can still be bad, but the story (and the comments) have some other good numbers: http://bit.ly/886Gmo
  11. Home sales up 33.3% over last Oct. in Chicago area. Are things looking up? http://bit.ly/886Gmo
  12. Last-min Turkey Day travel deals aplenty. ORD expected to be nation's #1 busiest airport; Midway doesn't break top 50. http://bit.ly/5IPPCC
  13. McPier costs high? Don't just blame unions. Salaried workers make up 30% of the payroll but 18% of headcount http://bit.ly/89ZCqf
  14. A receiver is name for Block 37 project. $128 million foreclosure lawsuit still pending. http://bit.ly/63ResH
  15. Bored? Here are 10 things to do this weekend (via @crainschicago) http://bit.ly/53Wbug
  16. Is anyone happy? IL jobless rate is 11% but a whopping 87% of folks with jobs want new ones. h/t @EnterpriseCity http://bit.ly/2uzgh6
  17. IL unemployment rate hits 11% in Oct. (Was only 6.8% in Oct. 2008) http://bit.ly/1USbOw
  18. RT @VeronicaLudwig: We're number 5...Top 10 US Cities Where Twitter is Mentioned in Craigslist Jobs. http://bit.ly/1ym3hz
  19. RT @windycitizen: Chicago's homicide toll surpasses 400 http://windycitizen.com/wfv1
  20. $665: New cost for Chicago drivers caught cruising on a suspended or revoked license. via @chicagotribune http://bit.ly/81wMT