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Rich Seng is a master of making music into more than melody. The 35-year-old Chicago producer is the brains behind the epic Rhyme Spitters MC battle series and a number of philanthropically minded compilation albums. With Seng, there’s always a higher purpose.

A new crosswalk sting kicks off tonight, aimed at ticketing drivers who risk pedestrian lives. The Chicago Police department has done similar stings in the past, but this one is different: it's during night-time hours. Officials told the Tribune the four main areas they're focusing on this go-around are River North, Austin, Wrigleyville and 79th Street from about Ashland to the Dan Ryan Expressway. Failure to yield to crossing pedestrians will get you a ticket that can range from $50 to $500, so beware and follow the law.

Are your Chuck Taylors starting to look like the color of sewer water? Then head on over to the OhNo!Doom Gallery this afternoon, where you can buy a pair of canvas TOMS Shoes and get them tricked out by an artist who will customize them to your satisfaction. And your purchase won't just make you look cool -- it will also changed a child's life. Since its founding in 2006, TOMS has donated a pair of shoes to poor children around the world; so far, that's 140,000 pairs. Through the TOMS Vagabond Tour, the company is pairing up with local artists to push product as well as help grow its movement, which aims to help children avoid foot injuries, acquire diseases and infections, and gain access to education (often children can't attend school without shoes). Being philanthropic the TOMS way isn't cheap -- the shoes will cost you $44-$70 -- but getting two paintings and some free heartwarming out of the deal possibly lessens the sacrifice.

In the city’s first crosswalk enforcement initiative of the year, 18 motorists who didn’t slow down for pedestrians at the corner of Nagle and Peterson Avenues were ticketed for moving violations. This is how it works: an off-duty plainclothes police officer begins walking through the crosswalk and if a driver doesn’t slow down and yield at an intersection without a stop sign or traffic signal, the driver gets pulled over a block away.