CTA riders are in for a rail mess

North Side work may double travel times Commuters who thought the Dan Ryan Expressway reconstruction failed to live up to all the hype about traffic gridlock should try riding the most heavily traveled CTA rail corridor starting in the spring.

John E. Denhart
MOUNT VERNON John E. Denhart, 55, of Mount Vernon passed away Friday morning, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.

In the Nation
Judge denies access to Libby trial tapes WASHINGTON - A federal judge said yesterday that he would not make available daily audio recordings of the forthcoming trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff.

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Rob Robichaud flew in from Toronto to spend Monday night on the sidewalk. He arrived at Fourth and Howard at 12:30 a.m. and set up camp in front of Moscone Center. [Podcast: Greenpeace activists urge a greener Apple, denied booth at Macworld. ]...

CIA Leak Witnesses
A list of potential witnesses in the obstruction and perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. Prosecution and defense lawyers are not required to provide lists of their witnesses. These names were drawn from court documents and gleaned from hearings on what evidence the two sides expect to present during the trial, which is scheduled to ...

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Crime Reports

3900 block of Armstrong Court. A woman said her boyfriend shook her violently and shoved her to the floor about 2 p.m. Friday. The man was arrested. 700 block of Ohio Avenue. more...

Sticking by Scooter A fundraising appeal by Mary Matalin on behalf of embattled I . Lewis " Scooter " Libby Jr. , former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney , steered us in the direction of the Libby Legal Defense Trust and its advisory committee, which reads like a Republican Who's Who. more...

The Huntsville OPP is looking for the persons responsible for causing $1,000 in damage at a Huntsville sports complex. Sometime during the evening of January 3, a motor vehicle was driven on the soccer fields and a baseball diamond at the McCulley Robertson Ball Park, damaging the turf and diamond. more...

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Two days after "Big Play Babs" saved the season for the Seattle Seahawks, coach Mike Holmgren was still in disbelief. "It's funny. I know we won. (But) I'm looking at that play and I'm going 'Get him!"' Holmgren said Wednesday, recalling watching the film of the play Monday. more...

There was a time -- long, long ago (I think it was just after the Earth cooled) -- when all of us sports fans enjoyed one full day of college bowl games. more...

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The Scooter Store's president steps down

The imminent departure of The Scooter Stores president Mike Pfister was announced by the companys founder Tuesday morning. Doug Harrison, chief executive officer, released a statement announcing that Pfister will move to Houston to become Halliburtons chief information officer. more...

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B LANKET, Texas Too frail to walk much any more, the old man cruises around his small farm on a scooter, weaving his way through the chickens that cluck and crow in a shrill storm of barnyard noise. more...

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