Also happening today, authorities in the north suburbs say the threat of being thrown in jail is driving a new and somewhat successful scam in the Lake County area; it was a rude awakening for a couple as they slept in their South Loop apartment; the former Chicagoan who introduced generations of Americans to nature's wild kingdom will enter into an exclusive club next year; Chicago residents celebrated the piping plover bird by cleaning up Montrose Beach over the weekend; and much more.