Marni Pyke
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CN ups offer to $60 million for safety improvements on EJ&E lineOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - In a final pitch to federal regulators, the Canadian National Railway argued that it has upped the ante by $20 million to fix problems caused by adding more freight trai...
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Burnham's vision for Chicago area 'remarkably relevant' 100 years laterOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - It's 1909 and the region has a problem. Traffic is murder. Freight trains are backed up. There's not enough open space. Air and water pollution are troubling. Sound fami...
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Midway goes private, gets new lease on lifeSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago will be flying solo when it comes to airports next year. Officials confirmed Tuesday Chicago has struck a deal to privatize Midway Airport for $2.52 ...
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Cats are out of the bag as Jaguars hit Route 66Sep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The British are coming - and going today. Sixty Brits will start the engines of 60 vintage Jaguars Sunday in downtown Chicago. They'll head west on historic Route 66, wh...
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Runway opens while opponents remember threat to cemeterySep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - New construction at O'Hare International Airport got its first real test Thursday as airplane after airplane landed on the recently completed extension of Runway 10/28. ...
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Tollway chief's move begs question on ethics lawSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first term, he declared the state's corrupt revolving door "closed." The Chicago Democrat pushed for and signed a law in 2003 that banned state...
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Bill would give communities more say in rail purchasesSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Legislation aimed at making federal regulators pay closer attention to community concerns when ruling on railroad mergers such as the controversial plan by Canadian Nati...
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Holy cow! Chicago's time may have comeSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Those who live in the Midwest are survivors. We have to be. Just look at the calamities that we take on the chin, day in and day out. Flooding. Nasty winters. Political...
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Prairie Parkway en route to realitySep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Construction of a 5-mile segment of the controversial Prairie Parkway could start as soon as late 2009 following federal approvals for the project connecting I-80 and th...
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No one hurt when plane blows tire, overruns runway at O'HareSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Passengers and crew on board an American Airlines jetliner had a bumpy landing Monday at O'Hare International Airport when their plane blew a tire during an emergency st...