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A stranded college student or a scammer?
Looking back, I have to admit it was well-played. He was a young guy, mildly scruffy but not remarkably so. He approached almost apologetically on the "L" platform, holding out a train schedule and handwritten directions about transportation to Indiana....
Tags: B.B. King, Colleges and Universities
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CTA hearing sets sights on switch to Ventra card
A public hearing will be held Monday night about an upcoming fare-payment system that offers new options for CTA and Pace customers, but also contains costly penalties — most notably a $3 cash CTA rail fare — that transit riders can avoid,...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Personal Income, Advice Columns and Columnists, Services and Shopping, Chicago Tribune
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Theaster Gates makes no small plans for new U. of C. arts incubator
Google the corner of East Garfield Boulevard and South Prairie Avenue. Map it, zoom in: If you're using Google Maps, you'll see an old picture of the corner, a long marble building just west of Washington Park, a former Walgreens, boarded-up, decaying,...
Tags: University of Chicago, here! (tv network), Arts and Culture, Education, Arts
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Hawks just keep stuffing the bandwagon
One day this week, in the middle of feeding Chicago's insatiable appetite for hockey tickets, busy Blackhawks executive vice president Jay Blunk took a phone call from his mom. Sharon Blunk spent 35 years as a second-grade schoolteacher but never was...
Tags: Paul Stastny, Sports, Ryan O'Reilly, Colorado Avalanche, Andrew Shaw
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Commuter savings on the rise
Savings have been kicked up another notch for participants in the commuter benefits program, which can put hundreds of dollars back in your pocket each year in connection with the costs to ride the CTA, Metra, Pace and the South Shore Line to work, or...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Chicago Tribune, Taxation, Fiscal Cliff
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CTA website offers why 'things go wrong'
The CTA is going all out on defense in the hope it makes up for inconsistent offense. Newly posted on its website and promoted via social media, the transit agency offers reasons for some service delays. Frankly, the overall tone borders on being...
Tags: Media Industry, Trips and Vacations, Chicago Tribune, Travel
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Outside judge could clear dirty air surrounding Vanecko case
Chicago is such a political town that it's only natural that public cynicism is growing over whether a Cook County judge should preside over the highly political manslaughter case against R.J. Vanecko. Vanecko, 38, is the grandson of one Democratic...
Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, Democratic Party, Judges, Prosecution
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CTA's off-peak riders yearn for decrowding of their own
When it comes to CTA train sizes, which range from two to eight cars, riders forced to squeeze their way aboard even during non-rush hours are wondering about the long and short of it all. The transit agency started reshuffling its resources last...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Trips and Vacations, Chicago Tribune, Travel
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Getting Around: New book is pulling for Chicago's cable-car era
Public transportation became an absolute necessity for Chicago around 1860, when the city's population had ballooned to more than 112,000 from about 30,000 only 10 years earlier. About 7,000 horses were pulling transit vehicles in the city by the 1880s....
Tags: Chicago Loop, Book, Viral Diseases and Infections, Chicago Tribune, Railway Transportation
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How to end your New Year's Eve with a bang
Every year I dread New Year's Eve--the crazy cover charges, the pressure, the indecision, etc. I want this year to be different, and I don't want to end it alone. Isn't this the biggest party night of the year? Aren't people happy the world didn't end...
Tags: YouTube, Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Cyndi Lauper, Bars and Clubs
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Study: Squeeze on spending could lead to mass-transit meltdown
If you are a CTA or Metra rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by DePaul University. It...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Tribune, URS Corporation, Fiscal Cliff
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'Faith Healer': An intimate, matured return
The last time the trio of Si Osborne, Lia D. Mortensen and Brad Armacost performed Brian Friel's "Faith Healer" in Chicago, they all were 18 years younger and working in a short-lived venue, the Turnaround Theatre, named, with a note of optimism, for...
Tags: Mormonism, The Book of Mormon (musical), Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Chicago Transit Authority Photos
New on-board CTA Bus Tracker screens are coming to the...
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(May 24, 2013)
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