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MTA official resigns amid safety failures
Sun StaffThe embattled deputy administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration resigned yesterday amid continuing criticism that she failed to adequately address safety failures that have caused wheels to fall off buses 18 times since August. The announcement...Tags: Maryland, Industrial Accidents, Structural Failures, Transportation
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Red Line construction project gets started
Tribune reporterHours into a Red Line construction project that promises to snarl commutes for months, the southbound train steered away from the Dan Ryan Expressway on Sunday morning and instead traveled down the Green Line tracks. As the operator reminded riders...Tags: House Building
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Chicago commuter headache as 'L' train line shut for five months
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two decades....Tags: L (movie), Forrest Claypool, South Side, Engineering, Technology
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CTA Red Line Dan Ryan closure starts early Sunday
CTA Red Line riders who use the south leg of the north-south “L” line will have to find alternate transportation starting 2 a.m. Sunday. The line will be closed for five months south of the Roosevelt Road station for a $425 million track...
Tags: Metra
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Working art
When Sandro Miller opened his photography studio in a former CTA bus repair garage, some 23 years ago, he befriended the gang running the rough West Town neighborhood by inviting its members inside to shoot their portraits. In exchange, he said, they...
Tags: Sculpture, Photography Supplies and Services, Photography, Photography and Video, Arts
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Man struck, killed by Orange Line train
Part of the CTA's Orange Line on the Southwest Side was shut down this afternoon after a man was run over and killed by a train, authorities said. The CTA received reports of a person who made contact with a northbound train north of the Orange Line's...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department
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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Nazi Party, Art Institute of Chicago, Pulitzer Prize Awards, DePaul University, Ethics
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Fewer teachers lose jobs for next school year
The Modesto BeeFewer California teachers found pink slips in their mailboxes this week, but that was scant solace for Denair Unified teachers. May 15 is the deadline for final notice to teachers of a layoff. March 15 is the date that warning notices must be given....Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning, Job Layoffs, Teachers, Unemployment
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DePaul arena part of Emanuel's $300 million in projects
Beginning the second half of his term this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to shift the civic conversation away from questions of crime and school closings toward a roster of publicly funded tourism projects, including a DePaul basketball arena at...
Tags: University of Texas at San Antonio, Navy Pier, Interior Policy, DePaul University, College Basketball
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9 crazy things about the Red Line
RedEyeReady or not, the Red Line South reconstruction starts Sunday. Until Oct. 19, nine South Side Red Line stations will close as crews rebuild the line south of Roosevelt Road. During this $425 million project, which is expected to rid the southern Red...Tags: Ernie Banks, Justin Verlander, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox
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Meet the ladies of 'The Miss Neo Pageant'
For RedEyeIt took Megan Mercier a few years to realize that the "Grrrl Power" motto she'd grown up hearing in the '80s and '90s might be a myth. "We were told that we could do anything in spite of our gender, that anything was possible, and so we expected it,"...Tags: Beauty Contests, Entertainment Events
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Have the courage to defend the word
After Jason Collins leaped out of the closet in a Sports Illustrated cover story, the NBA player was lauded for the courage of his declaration—becoming the first active male athlete in the four major professional sports to come out as gay. Others...
Tags: Periodicals, Chicago Mayor, Minority Groups, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports Illustrated
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