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Nicholas Parisi grabs a cheeseburger from the train at the Choo-Choo while his father Jeff watches in this 1996 photo. The restaurant has been a suburban landmark for 57 years.
(Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times files)
End of the line for famous Choo-Choo restaurant? The owner of Des Plaines' famous Choo-Choo restaurant is afraid that her building may get knocked down to make way for a new police headquarters. "The city wants to take this away from this town," said Jean Paxton, who owns the 57-year-old suburban landmark and has started an online petition to save it. "People come from everywhere for the Choo-Choo." But Des Plaines Mayor Tony Arredia wants Paxton to relax -- there are no current plans to knock anything down because there's no money to build.


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Survey: We need help with new gizmos
Despite the dizzying array of new tech gadgets on the market, many break down frequently and are still maddeningly difficult to use, a new survey suggests. Nearly half of technology users need help from friends or professionals to set up a new electronic device or explain how to use it, according to a study released Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.


Cost of downtown parking 'skyrocketing'
In Chicago, $30 can buy you about eight hot dogs, with fries. Or a large stuffed pizza and a bottle of wine. Or three first-run movie tickets. Or you can park -- for one day -- in a downtown garage. Thirty dollars is the median price for daily parking in downtown Chicago -- up 20 percent, from $25, since 2005, according to the authoritative Colliers International parking-rate survey.

Want a break? Get there early -- very early Finding parking in the Loop PDF: Map of parking locations

Gay Greek members attend 1st conference here
For DePaul junior Bobby Schrock, a 22-year-old political science major, joining a fraternity at the country's largest Catholic university has been a "very rewarding experience." But Schrock is not your typical Greek. He is gay and one of a growing population on university campuses: gay members of a fraternity or sorority.





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