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Working Lunch

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

 

Green and Pink Line commutes to be impacted by construction work

Major construction work will snarl Green and Pink line commutes downtown for nearly two weeks starting Tuesday, according to the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation.

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American Airlines expands Starlink Wi-Fi to more than 1,000 jets

American Airlines will install Starlink on more than 1,000 of its mainline aircraft, doubling down on the high-speed internet service before installation had even rolled out on its Airbus fleet.

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Oak Brook 5-bedroom home with stairwell atrium: $1.8M

This five-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, three fireplaces, redwood ceilings and a two-and-a-half story stairwell atrium.

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Six Flags Great America roller coaster closed after Georgia death

Six Flags has shut down nine roller coasters in its parks across the United States, including the Raging Bull in Gurnee.

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A Michael Jordan jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has sold for $14 million, auction house says

A game-worn, autographed Michael Jordan road jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has been privately sold for $14 million, an auction house announced, calling it the highest price ever paid for a piece of basketball memorabilia.

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2 American economists win Nobel prize for overturning assumptions about how to deal with economic shocks

American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel memorial prize in economics on Monday.

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A new cat cafe is opening in Naperville later this fall

Cafe Purrfection is planning to open in Naperville in mid-November, bringing cats and coffee to a strip mall near the intersection of McDowell Road and North Route 59.

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Federal Railroad Administration investigating rail dispatch incidents in Chicago area

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating three incidents over the summer involving problems with dispatching systems used to direct trains in the Chicago area.

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