A small collection:
- The CTA's Yellow Line has resumed service seven weeks after a train hit a stopped snowplow near the Howard station.
- Europe needs more trains, so they're building them.
- Scholars examining some personal effects from a 17th-century shipwreck have some new answers and some new questions.
- A coalition of landlords and real estate companies doesn't want a referendum on the Cook County ballot that could levy a one-time tax on the sale of million-dollar properties.
Finally, in her column on December 31st, Jennifer Rubin suggested people get some perspective on history to understand that the past was much worse than today.