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FAA says flight delays not as bad as feared
Flight delays this week tied to air traffic controller furloughs in the U.S. have not been as bad as originally forecast, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told lawmakers the agency didn't...Tags: Employees, Federal Aviation Administration, Labor Legislation, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Norwood Park man charged with trying to bring gun on plane at O'Hare
RedEyeForget to remove a water bottle or a tube of sunscreen from your bag before you fly, and you’re likely to hold up the line at airport security. When Robert Richter, 60, of Norwood Park passed his bag through an X-ray machine at O’Hare on...Tags: Prosecution, Norwood Park, Donne E Trotter, Firearms
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Brace for delays at O'Hare
Delays may average 50 minutes per flight at O'Hare International Airport this week because of fewer air traffic controllers in the tower until the federal budget sequestration is resolved, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It would be the...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), U.S. Congress, Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation
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Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide
In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....
Tags: Social Services, Chicago Public Schools, Government Aid, Poverty, Wilmette
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Union compensation to rise $4.81 over 5 years in new Hilton pact
Tribune reporterSix hundred unionized workers at the Drake, Palmer House, Chicago Hilton and Towers and the Hilton O'Hare will see their compensation increase by a total of $4.81 over the course of five years beginning September. The increase is part of a deal signed...Tags: Employees, Work Relations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract
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Scams blocking Chinese investors' path to U.S. green cards
Jianwei Li and two other wealthy Chinese businessmen thought they had a sure thing when they wired $1 million each to a California firm that had promised to build a fine Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area city of San Bruno. The project had an alluring...
Tags: Finance, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, European Debt Crisis, Politics
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FBI: Aurora man wanted to join al-Qaida in Syria
Chicago TribuneAn 18-year-old Aurora man with ties to a foiled attempt last year to bomb a downtown Chicago bar was arrested as he was about to travel to the Middle East to join the al-Qaida terrorist network, federal officials said Saturday. Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, a...Tags: Terrorism, Sports, Services and Shopping, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Arrests
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U.S. air traffic furloughs cause delays but no major havoc
Reuters* Big delays failed to happen on first work day of staff cuts * Business travel advocates still voice concerns By Karen Jacobs April 22 (Reuters) - Air travelers experienced delays at some U.S. airports on Monday as staff cuts at control towers took...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines Co., Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation
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RPT-U.S. air traffic furloughs cause delays but no major havoc
Reuters(Repeats for wider susbscribers) * Big delays failed to happen on first work day of staff cuts * Business travel advocates still voice concerns By Karen Jacobs April 22 (Reuters) - Air travelers experienced delays at some U.S. airports on Monday as...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Trips and Vacations, Business Trips, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Airlines fly above air traffic doomsday predictions
Criticism intensified Monday that the Obama administration is deliberately inconveniencing and potentially endangering the flying public by going ahead with threatened staffing reductions at airport air traffic towers and radar facilities, instead of...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Jay Carney, Ray LaHood, Jerry Moran, Rick Larsen
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Diverted Southwest flight lands safely at O'Hare
A Southwest Airlines flight from Charlotte, N.C., landed at O'Hare instead of Midway this evening as a precaution after an indication of a possible mechanical problem. Southwest Flight No. 2187 landed without incident, said a Department of Aviation...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Charlotte, Midway, Air Transportation Industry
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U.S. teenager accused of seeking to join al Qaeda-linked Syrian group
April 20 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Chicago-area man accused of planning to join an al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria has been arrested by the FBI, the agency said on Saturday. Abdella Ahmad Tounisi of Aurora, Illinois, was taken into custody late...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Istanbul (Turkey), Justice System, Turkey, Police Investigations
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