Marni Pyke
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Air traffic controller talks about 'pushing tin'Mar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - For an air traffic controller, Jeff Richards is surprisingly relaxed. If I spent my days gazing at a screen, directing airplane after airplane to its destination knowing...
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IDOT road work kicks into gear ThursdayMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - How could a year when there's so little money for road work produce so much anticipated angst for drivers? Three answers. The Eisenhower Expressway resurfacing, the rebu...
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Mortgages, jobs on the minds of constituents at Palatine eventMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - With Illinois ranking eighth out of 50 states for most foreclosures, it's little surprise the housing booth was the biggest draw at a federal government open house in Pa...
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Lure of Pony car leads to carjacking chargesMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Two would-be sports car owners from Hanover Park face high bond amounts after being charged with robbing and terrorizing a man tricked into going on a test drive. Police...
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Tollway gets Elgin O'Hare sales pitchMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - DuPage County leaders cited economic benefits and local consensus while urging the Illinois tollway to adopt the Elgin O'Hare Expressway and O'Hare western bypass projec...
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Top Quinn aide named tollway's new directorMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A top aide to Gov. Pat Quinn is the Illinois tollway's latest leader, officials announced Thursday. Kristi Lafleur, Quinn's deputy chief of staff for economic developmen...
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Demolition begins for O'Hare airport expansionMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - It took years for Chicago to reach the point where it could raze a small Bensenville plaza Wednesday but only minutes for two backhoes to rip chunks out of the building ...
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Electronic toll system contract up soonMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - It's the brains behind every 40 or 50 cents thousands of drivers pay daily at toll plazas. And this summer, the contract with the company that runs the Illinois tollway'...
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Demolitions starting in vacant neighborhood by O'HareMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago today will officially start the demolition of a section of what was once Bensenville to make room for O'Hare International Airport. The city intends to begin raz...
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Readers dish on the good, bad and ugly of surveillance camerasMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - What would I do without my In Transit readers? I ask for feedback and there you are. This time, the issue was red-light cameras, the devices that deliver $100 tickets to...