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Former CTA technology chief rejoining agency
A former CTA technology chief who after leaving helped his company execute a $454 million Ventra card system contract will start working again at the CTA this week, officials have confirmed. John Flynn, who had been manager of Chicago operations for...
Tags: Metra, Ventra Transit Card, First Data Corporation
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Robin Kelly wins 2nd Congressional District seat
Following Tuesday's special election victory, Democrat Robin Kelly will start a new job in Congress as the least senior member of a House dominated by Republicans. That political reality is not lost on Kelly, who said her first task is to restore...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, Mel Reynolds, Barack Obama
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The zine scene
Earlier this month, several thousand people roamed over two floors of a Columbia College building for the 4th annual Chicago Zine Fest. Moving through the youthful crowd was Sarah Wenzel, bibliographer for Literatures of Europe and the Americas at the...
Tags: University of Chicago, Arts and Culture, Authors, Occupy Wall Street, The New York Times
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Talking on the phone while driving — a cautionary tale
Sauganash resident John Blaha candidly admits his guilt and carelessness. In mid-January he was pulled over in the North Michigan Avenue shopping district by a Chicago police officer and written up for driving while talking on a mobile without using...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Economy, Business and Finance, Sauganash, Michigan Avenue, Finance
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5 sickened at O'Hare by diesel fumes
Five people were taken to a hospital this morning after they were overcome by diesel fumes at O'Hare International Airport, officials said. All five were transported in good condition to Resurrection Medical Center, according to Fire Department spokesman...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport
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New signage hopes to make transit connections easier
Tribune reporterNew blue signs and expanded “wayfinding maps’’ are popping up around Chicago and in two transit-rich suburbs, pointing commuters and would-be riders to CTA and Metra rail stations and CTA and Pace bus stops. Some of the new information...Tags: Amtrak, Metra, Union Pacific Corporation, Public Transportation, Science and Technology
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Suspicious object closes Mag Mile: 'It's just a prank'
Tribune reportersPolice closed off North Michigan Avenue for more than an hour this morning while a Bomb and Arson officer in a blast suit dismantled a suspicious object attached to a flagpole along North Michigan Avenue. The object -- a 6-inch-long piece of steel rebar...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Emergency Incidents, Wrigley Building, Explosions, Science and Technology
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Wells Bridge work, jammed subway slow CTA commute
The morning CTA commute was slowed today largely by trains detoured into the subway because of the closing of the 91-year-old Wells Street Bridge. As the rush hour peaked around 8:45 a.m., trains on the Red Line between Belmont and Roosevelt -- including...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Merchandise Mart, Travel, Subway Transportation, Commuting
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C2E2: Comic book stars walk among us
C2E2 -- the annual, gargantuan Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place -- opened Friday, and as usual for the first day of a major comic book convention, things started slow, geeks were still arriving, B-list celebrities just settling in,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wicker Park, McCormick Place, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
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