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On Thursday's Morning Shift, we talk to the Illinois Retail Merchants Association on minimum wage increase, dig into data on night life crime, get to know some 'preppers' and a celebration of Black History Month on Music Thursday.

Police have a new “Entertainment Detail” to patrol the Lakeview's vibrant nightlife scene. But how bad is crime in an area that has shootings and homicides in the single digits?

On Wednesday's Morning Shift, we talk with an freshman lawmaker from Illinois, WBEZ state politics reporter, WBEZ criminal and legal affairs reporter, CTA President takes your questions and Peter Hook of Joy Division.

On Tuesday's Morning Shift, we talk with Aurora Police Chief about a year with no homicides, Acting Labor Secretary on the anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act, Edgebrook Community Association President, WBEZ business reporter on Boeing, government systems and the food front.

On Monday's Morning Shift, we talk to a professor on the public health problem that is...guns, Super Bowl XLVII, Daybook with Charlie Meyerson, the Downton Abbey hype, juvenile record expungement, housing update with the Deal Estate Columnist. WGN Reporter Randi Belisimo fills in for Tony Sarabia.

"Downton Abbey" has proven enormously popular for PBS. Why are so many people tuning in?

On Friday's Morning Shift, we talk to an expert behind the savings, an attorney behind a wrongful convictions case, a sports reporter on her experience with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, Week in Review and Mice Parade plays a few tunes in studio.