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Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule
A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Delays, Travel
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Air traffic controllers' furloughs end
The furloughed air traffic controllers are back at work, and now the nation's airlines can blame only bad weather for delays in getting you to your destination. The furloughs that began about a week ago — delaying hundreds of planes across the...
Tags: Air Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, Unemployment
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Signs of grown-ups in charge
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Aviation Administration, Dave Camp
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Celebrating Obama's Reversals
The Hartford CourantRep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess appointment to make...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Aviation Administration, Elections
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Boeing stays aloft despite troubles with 787
— Last week, on the same day the FAA officially ungrounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, American Airlines employees were whooping it up in an aircraft hangar at nearby Boeing Field. It had nothing to do with the Dreamliner. Executives and select...
Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Aviation Administration
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Summer Fling to feature country theme
The City of Des Plaines recently announced details about the popular Summer Fling festival for 2013. The third annual Des Plaines Summer Fling will be held on Friday, July 19, through Sunday, July 21, along Ellinwood Street between Lee Street and River...
Tags: Entertainment, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Arts and Culture, The Buckinghams (music group), Music
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Foul weather, not furlough, primary cause of O'Hare delays
While the airline industry said Friday that the air traffic controller furloughs caused flight delays to triple this week, the impact on Chicago travelers was less severe overall, officials said. O'Hare International Airport experienced delays that in...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Delays, Unemployment
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Boeing profit surges 20% despite 787 woes
Boeing Co., despite its flagship airliner being clipped by federal regulators, is still one of Wall Street's highfliers. The Chicago company reported that first-quarter profit surged 20% from the year-ago period, handily beating analysts' projections....Tags: Boeing Co., Air Transportation Industry, Edward Jones, Federal Aviation Administration, Japan
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State senator pleads guilty to misdemeanor in O'Hare gun case
State Sen. Donne Trotter pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor reckless conduct for trying to board a flight with a handgun in his carry-on luggage in December. In a plea deal with Cook County prosecutors, Judge Charles Burns sentenced Trotter, 63, to...
Tags: Police Arrests, Punishment, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Furloughs, weather slow operations at O'Hare
Mandatory unpaid furlough days taken Tuesday mostly by air traffic controllers at airports on the East Coast and at radar facilities in California, Nevada and Texas caused cascading flight delays across the nation, including at Chicago's two airports,...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Laura J. Brown, Air Transportation Delays, Unemployment
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Midwestern floodwaters show little sign of receding
Floodwaters that swept through the Midwest last week failed to recede Tuesday after another inch of rain fell in Illinois and surrounding states, and forecasters warned that more was on the way. Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms battered the...
Tags: Floods, Bodies of Water, Weather Warnings, Rivers, Des Plaines
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Spring storm makes for week of weird weather
Officials warned today that a powerful spring storm will drag in a motley combination of cold, warmth, fog, and heavy rain with possible flooding, making for a weird weather week in Chicagoland. The week started with morning rainstroms yesterday...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Chicago Weather
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