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Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, May 14, 2013
•A story Friday in the main news section stated incorrectly that in 1969 the CTA Dan Ryan Line became the first transit rail route in the U.S. built on a highway median. The "first" did occur in Chicago, but 11 years earlier when the CTA... -
Man struck, killed by Orange Line train
Part of the CTA's Orange Line on the Southwest Side was shut down this afternoon after a man was run over and killed by a train, authorities said. The CTA received reports of a person who made contact with a northbound train north of the Orange Line's...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department
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CTA Red Line Dan Ryan closure starts early Sunday
CTA Red Line riders who use the south leg of the north-south “L” line will have to find alternate transportation starting 2 a.m. Sunday. The line will be closed for five months south of the Roosevelt Road station for a $425 million track...
Tags: Metra
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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Ravinia Festival, Fine Artists, Sports, Goodman Theatre, Values
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9 crazy things about the Red Line
RedEyeReady or not, the Red Line South reconstruction starts Sunday. Until Oct. 19, nine South Side Red Line stations will close as crews rebuild the line south of Roosevelt Road. During this $425 million project, which is expected to rid the southern Red...Tags: New York Mets, Ron Santo, National League East, Chicago White Sox, Ryan Lochte
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Emanuel's Chicagoness an issue to many
Rahm Emanuel is a North Shore-bred millionaire who trained as a ballet dancer and vacations in Vietnam. It's part of the back story to his hard-charging, ran-the-White-House public persona. It's also an image, perhaps, that has led a majority of...
Tags: Elections, Sports, Gery Chico, Chicago Public Schools, Wrigley Field
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CTA cleans up advertising policy
Sex and violence sells, but no longer on the CTA. The CTA board voted Wednesday to tighten the agency's advertising policy, allowing only commercial, promotional and governmental ads, as well as public service announcements from nonprofit groups on...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Abortion Issue, Abortion, Forrest Claypool, Television Industry
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CTA adjusts ad policy, also says decrowding efforts working
Tribune reporterSex and violence sells, but no longer on the CTA. The CTA board voted Wednesday to tighten the agency’s advertising policy, allowing only commercial, promotional and governmental ads, as well as public service announcements from non-profit groups...Tags: Abortion, Forrest Claypool, Television Industry
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Court backs Evanston's rejection of Jewish school
Evanston officials on Monday applauded a judge's determination that they did not engage in religious discrimination when they rejected an Orthodox Jewish school's plans to move into town. The ruling means that officials with Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov...
Tags: Government, Religion and Belief, Politics, Public Officials, Cook County Government
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If Metra's CEO leaves, agency could take a new course
Three years after Metra was rocked by the suicide of its longtime executive director, the commuter rail agency could again be chugging toward an uncharted destination. Alex Clifford, the CEO who was recruited from Los Angeles in 2011 to succeed the...
Tags: Transportation, Travel, Railway Transportation, Apple iPhone, CTA Ventra Card
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Analyzing the effects of shutting Red Line for 5 months on South Side
The Chicago Transit Authority's next big project and its impact on riders were the focus of conversation Friday afternoon at Carter's Barbershop in the city's North Lawndale neighborhood. Bert Downing, the owner of the shop at 3622 W. Cermak Road in...
Tags: Media Industry, Transportation, Travel, Public Transportation, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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