News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
The CTA has had a slew of problems this year, including this week's derailment in the South Loop. Elizabeth Brackett goes one-on-one with Frank Kruesi, president of the CTA, to find out what's being done to make things better.

End-of-Year Financial Tips
You may have other things on your mind during the holidays, but Chicago Sun-Times financial columnist Terry Savage says this is the perfect time to organize your finances. Terry Savage will be here with her year-end tax and money tips. Click here for more on the Illinois college savings program and the Bright Start program.

Freedom Museum
The nation's first museum devoted to freedom is here in Chicago. We'll meet the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum's resident scholar, Shawn Healy.

The Train Lady
It may very well be the most creative depiction of Chicago's railroads. Rich Samuels introduces us to it, and to Elaine Silets, the suburban woman at the controls.

Chicago Stories
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer grew up in Chicago, with a family that appreciated him as no other did. John Callaway has the story of the Chicago roots of one of the North Pole's most famous residents.

Check Please! Supper Club
We'll go to Foster Avenue for swedish food at Tre Kronor. Our chef will show us how to make gravlax, a traditional Scandinavian salmon dish.
Recipe for gravlax
Recipe for glogg