Marni Pyke
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Can lawmakers police themselves in reforming transit?Apr 07, 2014 5:30 am - It's one thing to welcome transit reforms in the abstract. It's quite another when the people recommending the changes say that you are part of the problem. That's the ...
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Train too fast for brakes to stop crash at O'Hare: reportApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - A CTA train was speeding at 26 mph just seconds before it hit a bumper at the end of the track at the Blue Line O'Hare Station and bounced onto an escalator March 24, th...
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3-year-old girl killed in Woodridge murder-suicideApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - A 3-year-old Woodridge girl briefly survived a stabbing attack by her father Friday, only to succumb to her wounds as doctors tried to save her. Zuzanna Bzdek was found ...
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Fermi hosts annual seminar on severe weather, climate changeApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ideally, there would have been lightning and gale-force winds blowing over the particle accelerator at Fermilab Saturday, but sunny skies didn't deter hundreds of meteor...
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CTA fires train operator in Blue Line crash, revises schedulingApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - The woman who fell asleep at the controls of a CTA Blue Line train that catapulted into an escalator March 24 was fired Friday, the agency confirmed. It was the second t...
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O'Hare unveils shops, eateries in International TerminalApr 04, 2014 1:00 am - Travelers anticipating an eight-hour international flight now can nosh on something more sophisticated than a sandwich in plastic wrap while waiting at O'Hare Internatio...
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FBI report details Pagano's affairs, 'lies'Apr 03, 2014 1:01 am - Phil Pagano's lies caught him in a professional, financial and moral spiral that contributed to his downfall, one former girlfriend told the FBI. "As the lies got bigger...
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Metra chair weighs in on task force proposalApr 01, 2014 10:01 pm - Although Metra tightened ethics provisions after a scandal last summer over hiring pressure by lawmakers, tough new reforms proposed by a state task force seem appropria...
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Questions remain about Blue Line safety issuesMar 31, 2014 5:15 am - Transit expert Steve Schlickman rode the CTA's Blue Line March 25, one day after a train car rocketed up an escalator at O'Hare Station — and he'll take it again. But “I...
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Task force: Get rid of RTA, merge Metra, CTA and PaceMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - One Chicago and one suburban transit agency were united against uniting as proposed in a sweeping proposal to consolidate public transit across the region. The proposal ...