currently headed towards redline improvement should also be directed to creating businesses around cta stations. we need to raise awareness that we do not have these things and we should have these things, new businesses around transit hubs will create new jobs in new taxes within the city therefore stations, these things create an economy i tell people a lot of times you cannot buy a newspaper on the ell stop, i mean that is ridiculous. >> just yesterday a 26 year-old woman was robbed and sexually assaulted at knife point well writing southbound on the red line between roosevelt road and 79th street, despite the rash of robberies police say writing the eta is still safe. it's had its safety concerns as well liked in january when two men entered this train station displayed a handgun and ordered everyone on the floor and demanded all of their money and valuables, they are still at large. those here in chicago think they should be just as efficient and hope we can build up a strong relationship with the cta to make these corridors safe. family and friends have advanced from st. charles

again i do not like it employees to not like it did not want to see the public hurt >> speaking of cta surveillance video captured 87th street station on long red line turning to the video over to police previewing the bbdo to see if it gives them details about the attacker possibly a good look at him do not know at this point also anyone with information about this give them a call >> coach oaklawn suspended after using "n" word posting a comment about whitney houston. john kelly posted on his facebook page sick of reading about it be done blank and whitney houston. mother of a former player saw the comment posted on facebook page on the leak page according to the sun times says john kelly did not realize he used "n" word attic not racist but standing behind his comments critical of whitney houston should not be a role model for children. illinois state super springs into action rescuing the money from smokingmother from smoking car state trooper zachary peters rescued mother of smoke rising from the car driver unresponsive zachary peters after the window and pulled to safety take the

finally, cta does not do notices for environmental review to the planning list. i find that to be really unforgivable, that you have not worked out with cta, which is the board of supervisors -- [bell rings] commissioner antonini: thank you. >> thank you. commissionerç antonini: is thee additional general public comment. general public comment is closed. >>ç thank you. you're now on your regular calendar. that begins with item number 14. case number 2010. 0613c, 2055 union street. >> goodç afternoon. elizabeth from the department staff. the project before you is a request for a conditional use authorization to allow the defect removal of the existing single screen movie theater at 2055 union street, known as the metro theater, and to allow the change of use to personal service, doing business as equinox gym, that will exceed the size. it has been vacant since 2006 when united artist ceased operations at this site. although the project does not include any expansions, it includes extensive interior alterations to allow for the installation of the floors and som

happening to our civil liberties because whether you are trained to protest the school's closing or is cta cut back or what have you this will affect you. more sparks are flying in the democratic primaries and the second congressional district, candidates leveled against her incumbent jesse jackson jr. she claimed jackson give $100 million to the airport project that she said he should of used for other projects. albertson also told reporters that jackson made errors in getting up free plane ticket from a campaign fund-raiser for a woman he had a relationship with, jackson's campaign is not returned a call for comment late tonight. saturday sometimes what is quoted as convicted former governor rob blagojevich's in describing her as " the most on ethical person in government. and " collins is demanding an apology. >> he has the nerve to compare me to a person who was convicted for selling office? those comments are malicious and i demand an apology to me, my family and my friends. collins is threatening to file a libel suit if he does not apologize by tuesday morning in a statement tonight

chicagos trend system the letter l 4 typical way we spell it among the responses was one from the official ctaitter count it said that the letter l is correct use it dates back more than 120 years in chicago the alternative spelling was the generic abbreviation for elevated l applies to the entire system and now i guess we could say it's settled in the medical watch cardiac stem cells can reverse heart attack damage researchers at cedars-sinai heart institute report they used cardiac stem cells to regenerate heart muscle and patience to suffered are attacks and a small preliminary studies 17 patients received infusions of their own stem cells while eight others received standard care scars left behind by heart attacks dropped in size by half among the patients who had stem cell infusions the lead researcher believes the stem cells repair the damaged heart muscle by stimulating the arts capacity to regrow itself in a larger study is planned for later this year >>aspirin may help keep cancer from spreading throughout the body australian researchers report that it's because aspirin helps to shut

charles kimbrough and otheranother man were unloading a beer truck on west 115th street yesterday when a cta bus pulled alongside them at a stop sign a witness says that a car ran a stop sign and head charles kimbrough that vehicle then smashed into the bus pinning him and between three others were hurt in that crash the driver of the car tried to escape but he was tackled by a former police officer >>chicago police officers will not be the all-in-one is wearing a new riot gear before the nato and g-8 summits their horses will as well the sun-times reports that the mayor's office is soliciting bids for riot gear for 30 horses a spokesperson said there updating their current year because the horses have been attacked in the past mass protests are expected when the nato and g-8 summits are held at mccormick place in may the police department has already ordered new face shields that will fit over the gas masks >>illinois secretary of state jesse white is refusing to apologize for remarks that he made about a state senator despite that senator's threat to sue him for slander he once supported c

police sketch of a man suspected of assaulting a 13 year-old girl on a west englewood.neighborhood cta riders are urged to use extra caution and never bored an empty train car >>and investigators said a north suburban school district did not hide the truth about the principles sext-ing scandal. john steinert resigned as principal of deer path middle school back in november. his resignation came after the chicago tribune reported that he pleaded guilty to years earlier to using a school telephone to since actual damages to a 22 year-old intern lake forest district 67 hired a former federal prosecutor to investigate whether not school procedures and investigating him were followed the investigator found that the district lacked the policies needed to address that situation. >>some of the most prominent teachers at the university of illinois want their president fired. 130 university of illinois faculty members have signed a letter calling for the removal of michael hogan he was hired less than two years ago to help the university get past and in mission scandal. but he has fought with fa

the city's graphics department wanna create the new sticker, people use the cta blue and red lines latet night should allow some extra time this week as construction work is expected to several different locations. the blue line trains in both directions will operate on the same tracks between damen and the clark and the lake station overnight and on the red line the trains will also operate on the same tracks for early friday. during this work people must board and exit all trains on the 95th street southbound side of the platform at the roosevelt harrison jackson monroe and lake stations. mayor rahm emanuel is continuing to release information about where the city's money is going and to home the city is now posting all employee reimbursements on line within 3000 reimbursements made to employees last 13 months and have found that data-dot city of chicago .org the reimbursements include personal expenses on credit cards and travel costs at first the city wanted all departments to handle them the same way since taking office mayor emanuel has released more than 300 datasets including sa

pulled along side at a stop sign at the driver of the third vehicle ran the stop sign smashed into the cta crushing a delivery man three others injured former police officer said tried to flee the scene >> chicago police car pulled up started to go westbound i chased him down >> the driver who was tackled wanted by chicago police for a prior dui. green line today keeping an eye out for suspicious groups series of strong arm robberies chicago police reporting roberts took place on the train a suspect or to the victims to get out the bulls. guardian angels handed out safety tips to riders and alerted them about a tax. hockey goals on a frozen hot spot of tragedy by kendry county patrick rorig with his son fell to the ice and died. right behind their home. fire department divers searched 30 minutes before finding the patrick rorig boy was not hurt described as fun- loving hard-working family man who died being a father. the bay or contaminated water one south suburban community tonight neighbors battling whether to clean up the wells or look for expensive alternatives. gov. quinn plan to slas

@ 9 >> chicago police readrelease surveillance photos of a man charged with assault and robbery on cta police said sexually assaulted a woman they can train car offender was armed with a knife and fled the scene at the 87th street station if you recognize police want to hear from you sooner than later. other civil arsonist in plainfield terror by people work for folks living there police say 12 year-old boy confessed to starting a train of fires one that nearly killed a mother and her child in custody observation justice center for juvenile car and garage fires estimated $200,000 damage barely escaped with lives after fire spread and homes detectives caught the boy tried to break into a car and the general area that once the juvenile was taken into custody provided confession arson burglaries and damage to property >> police say the boy wanted to see how big the fires would get did express remorse over the near death coming up to develop its investigation into the fatal shooting spree of high school. chelan 911 tapes from the shooting has been released president obama although bailout

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we're working with chicago mayor rahm emanuel to rebuild the cta's red line.we're working with rockford mayor larry morrissey to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we're working with elected officials in the south suburbs and will county to build a new airport. [applause] and we're building high-speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [applause] all these projects and many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to stay thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [applause] your hard work is why illinois is moving forward. speaking of hard work, i would like to salute secretary of state jesse white. for the first time in history, we kept fatalities on illinois highways below 1,000 for three consecutive years. [applause] thank you, secretary white. [applause] there's a passage in scripture. i want to thank secretary white for his commitment to highway safety and

we're working with chicago mayor rahm emanuel to rebuild the cta's red line. we're working with rockford mayor larry morrissey to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we're working with elected officials in the south suburbs and will county to build a new airport. [applause] and we're building high-speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [applause] all these projects and many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to say thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [applause] the hard work is why illinois is moving forward. speaking of hard work, i woul like to salute our secretary of state jesse white. for the first time in history, we kept fatalities on illinois highways below 1,000 for three consecutive years. thank you, secretary white. [applause] there's a passage in scripture, if you save one life, you save a whole world. and i want to thank secretary white

we're working with chicago mayor rahm emanuel to rebuild the cta's red line. we're working with rockford mayor larry morrissey to build new passenger rail from chicago to rockford. we're working with elected officials in the south suburbs and will county to build a new airport. [applause] and we're building high-speed rail from chicago to st. louis and a new bridge across the mississippi river. [applause] all these projects and many more have created thousands of jobs. i want to stay thank you to the men and women of illinois who are doing this hard work. here in illinois, unlike other states in the midwest, we believe in the right of working people to organize. [applause] your hard work is why illinois is moving forward. speaking of hard work, i would like to salute secretary of state jesse white. for the first time in history, we kept fatalities on illinois highways below 1,000 for three consecutive years. [applause] thank you, secretary white. [applause] there's a passage in scripture. i want to thank secretary white for his commitment to highway safety and