Marni Pyke
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Protesters signal angst over red-light camerasSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - About 50 people rallied in support of banning red-light cameras Tuesday outside the Lombard offices of one the region's busiest suppliers of the devices. The controversi...
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Vigilance continues on public transit as bomb threat probedSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Local transit agencies and event organizers say security precautions are ongoing in the wake of a thwarted plot to bomb New York City trains, although no specific threat...
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You can all packa lunch and enjoy National Alpaca Farm DaysSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Think of them as llama light. Shorter, smaller and with less baggage than their llama cousins, alpacas are native to the Andes Mountains but were first commercially impo...
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Reality bites for suburb to suburb commuters seeking to save the worldSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Ditch that car and change the world. That's my suggested slogan for the inaugural Chicagoland Car-Free Day Tuesday. Sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance and a...
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State's attorney's procedures for moving prisoners under fireSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez on Friday promised a full review of how Robert Maday overpowered two armed investigators and escaped on a carjacking and robbe...
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Another Illinois Tollway official hits the roadSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Tollway leadership exodus continues as the agency's technology chief becomes the seventh top administrator to leave within a year. Ted Young, chief of infor...
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LaHood bullish on Olympics, mum on Illinois high-speed rail feudSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood promised the full backing of the federal government to fix what ails area transit if Chicago gets the 2016 Olympics, but he wasn't as...
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RTA thinking positive about negative outlookSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Regional Transportation Authority leaders have seen the future and it's not that hot in terms of revenue. So as a pre-emptive strike against the high anxiety of this sum...
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Pace, tollway move forward on carpool/express bus laneSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Pace and the Illinois Tollway applied for federal funding Tuesday to put express buses on I-294 connecting workers in the South suburbs with jobs in Oak Brook and O'Hare...
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Where have all the little cars gone?Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - It was hot in the Enterprise car rental office last Saturday and I'm not just talking about the lackluster air-conditioning. There was a bad vibe from the moment I walke...