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2 hurt in Southeast Side crash
Two people were hurt Thursday night when the sport-utility vehicle they rode in crashed into a cement wall on Chicago's Southeast Side. The crash happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Burley Avenue, police said early Friday. The...Tags: Oak Lawn
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What to do if a flight is canceled
Of The Associated PressQ: In light of how the airlines are cutting back their schedules this fall, what can I do -- and what recourse do I have -- if my flight is canceled? A: As airlines look to cut capacity, a lot are rescheduling passengers on other flights -- but some...Tags: Expedia Incorporated, Tropical Weather, Cell Phones, Consumer Electronics Industry, Consumers
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Barack Obama supports LAX airline service workers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today endorsed the efforts of airline service workers at Los Angeles International Airport who recently went on strike for a day to improve wages, training and working conditions. "The demands they're...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Employees, Elections, Labor Day, Public Transportation
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Glendale Heights man among 2 college students critically hurt in Wisconsin plane crash
Two college students, including a Glendale Heights man, remained hospitalized in critical condition Thursday evening, a day after the plane they were piloting crashed at a resort in southwestern Wisconsin. The students were identified as Cory Alsip, of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Air and Space Accidents, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics, Alsip
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Measures for pilots on 777 icing risks
Pilots of Boeing 777 jetliners will be told to rev up their engines before landing to clear ice from fuel lines after frozen fuel was found to have caused the crash-landing of a British Airways PLC jet in January. Pilots of 777s also should change...Tags: Boeing Co., Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, British Airways Plc
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September 05: Feedback from newspaper readers
• Steve, Yorktown: Journalistically speaking, why did your headline writer in Thursday's local news section write the following: "60-year-old killed in fiery car crash." While age might have been relevant if he had caused the crash and had been elderly &#...Tags: Martin Sheen, Road Accidents, Les Paul, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Small SUV crash tests - New Top Safety Picks
Consumer ReportsThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named six small SUVs Top Safety Picks: the Volkswagen Tiguan, Mitsubishi Outlander, Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner, and Nissan Rogue. To qualify for this accolade, the six got the... -
Safe! - Acadia, Enclave, Outlook, Traverse top safety picks
Consumer ReportsThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Saturn Outlook its Top Safety Pick designation for exemplary performance in frontal offset, side, and rear crash tests. To be eligible for this... -
Zion crash kills infant girl
Special to the Chicago TribuneA 1-year-old Zion girl was killed Thursday morning when a car went through a stop sign and smashed into the car she was riding in with her mother and a sibling, officials said. Idaliz Lopez's car seat was not properly secured and was thrown into the back...Tags: Waukegan, Vehicles
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Woman charged in death of Frankfort utility worker
A prosecutor has charged a woman with reckless homicide and driving while intoxicated for a crash that killed a Frankfort utility worker in May. Forty-one-year-old Shelvie J. McDole entered a plea of not guilty and asked to have a court-appointed...Tags: Frankfort
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Legal battle over 1996 Ill. jet crash ends
The legal battle that's been raging since the 1996 crash of a corporate jet outside Chicago has ended. Those involved in litigation resulting from the jet's crash as it tried to take off from what was then known as Palwaukee Municipal Airport near...Tags: Aon Corporation, Transportation Industry, Wheeling
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Mich. woman sues for being kept off flight in '06
Associated Press WriterA Pakistan native barred from boarding a US Airways flight at Huntington's Tri-State Airport two years ago is suing the airline, claiming her constitutional and civil rights were violated. Rima Qayyum, who now lives in Jackson, Mich., was detained at...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation
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