Chicago, home of the Sears Tower, deep-dish pizza, and celebrity canoodle-spot Mia Francesca, is the soon-to-be mother of another innovation: green alleys. With more miles of alleyways than any other city in the world, the Windy City’s hobo havens are undergoing a green makeover that will let water drain through into the ground and absorb more heat. What’s more, they’re made of recycled materials. Not quite your average rage-amenable alleyway is it?

[see above, Lindsay Lohan does high kicks in an alleyway]

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Hey Beanies,

Just got back from Spring Vaca…aka sitting on my ass in front of the tv.

So, Bear Stearns collapsed and JPMorgan Chase picked up the pieces. Sorry summer interns, looks as though you’ll be mowing lawns this summer. Perhaps you can look for a green job instead?

While McCain was renewing his Geritol prescription, the Dems were imploding. The last seven news cycles were filled with more Obama endorsements and more calls for Hillary to drop out of the race. There was also the problem of Hillary surviving Bosnian sniper fire. Did Sinbad just Swift Boat the Clintons? We’ll see in three weeks.

On Saturday, Australia went dark for the second annual Earth Hour. Its citizens, as well as famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House, turned off their lights for 60 planet cooling minutes. Even McDonalds of Australia turned off their famous Golden Arches. Did we mention over 20 other cities around the globe played, too? If you missed it, you can still turn off all of your stuff for an hour, or even the whole night.

Did they or didn’t they? Star reported Angelina and Brad’s secret wedding in New Orleans this weekend, but the pair weren’t actually in the state at all. We kind of hope this is not true because everyone knows that marriage in Hollywood = Divorce. One relationship that’s lasted through the ages though is No Doubt. Gwen and the boys are back in the studio working on new material!

Play ball!