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CHICAGO, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago's First Lady Cruises and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) open the 2010 season of the official Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruises, Saturday, May 1, 2010 and continue through Sunday, November 21, 2010.

About 40 wooden pilings caught fire in the Chicago River near the Loop Friday, cloaking the area with a heavy gray fog and disrupting rush-hour traffic. The fire broke out about 6:45 a.m, its origin unknown. There were no injuries reported, the Chicago Tribune said.

By Alexa Aguilar, Chicago Tribune May 16--Nine CTA bus routes through the Loop will change starting Tuesday to avoid delays created by the lane closures around Block 37, the mixed-use project under construction in the heart of downtown, CTA officials said.

By Charles Sheehan, Chicago Tribune Jul. 16--The nation's second-largest airline will move its global headquarters to downtown Chicago in an incentive-laden deal worth nearly $7 million now, and potentially millions in savings in the near future.