A looming scramble for commuters to Philly. SEPTA workers have set a midnight strike deadline. How to avoid being stranded.

Courtroom drama in the Bridgegate trial. The defense polishes off closing arguments by name-calling Christie. Now it’s up to the jury.

Credit card contention. That chip that keeps your information secure and elongates the lines at check out. It’s having a birthday. No one’s partying.

Campus protest. Graduate students who work as well as study for their degrees are considering joining a teachers union.

And we’ve spent a frightening amount of money on costumes and candy. But the ancients rooted Halloween not in retail cycles but lost souls.