Marni Pyke
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Shoppers clear out suburban stores from the get-goNov 23, 2012 10:29 am - So you expected to saunter into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday and pick up that $8 crockpot? Think again. Despite 28 years experience working at Penney’s in Yorktown Cente...
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O'Hare travelers weather fog delaysNov 21, 2012 3:00 pm - Fog put a damper on travel plans for thousands of passengers at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday, but it wasn't an issue for the Hunt family en route to Buffalo fr...
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Former Norwegian consul, an Arlington Hts. resident, lived historyNov 17, 2012 7:51 pm - Customers of Per Bye Ohrstrom didn’t need a contract. “He was always a man of his word — his handshake was better than a contract,” son Lars Ohrstrom said. Family member...
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W. Chicago fire victims moved by donationsNov 15, 2012 2:32 pm - Like his neighbors in West Chicago’s Timber Lake Apartments complex, Jose Rodriguez escaped a fast-moving fire Nov. 4 with his life and little else. Shellshocked residen...
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Metra set to raise cost of 10-ride passNov 15, 2012 11:17 am - “Again?” was the unenthusiastic reaction of Metra 10-ride pass users upon learning fares could spike by 11 percent on Feb. 1, 2013. Metra’s board of directors approved r...
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Chatty I-PASS transponders could cost $8-$9Nov 15, 2012 10:00 am - It won't change your oil or rotate your tires, but a future I-PASS transponder could alert you if you miss a toll payment. A recent survey of drivers showed about 85 per...
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New Metra cars don’t eclipse ‘transit desert’ concernsNov 14, 2012 12:09 pm - Metra officials thanked Illinois lawmakers for coming up with $585 million to pay for 160 new rail cars on the Electric Line Wednesday but said the system’s needs don’t ...
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How $2 billion in campaign cash could have been spent on Illinois roadsNov 11, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, I drove out in the rain along Butterfield Road to get to my election assignment — Congressman Peter Roskam's victory party in Wheaton. The going was a lit...
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New O’Hare runway means more noise in some townsNov 10, 2012 7:00 am - The commissioning of a new runway at O’Hare International Airport next October will fundamentally change how air traffic moves in the region, creating a safer environmen...
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Does Peter Roskam's future include speaker's job?Nov 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday was a grim night for Illinois' Republican congressional delegation as three local GOP seats fell to the Democrats. But in Wheaton, it was a different story. “We...