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Posted: Saturday, 30 January 2010 9:05AM Woman sues Metra after toilet explodes on train CHICAGO (STMW) -- A woman is suing Metra claiming the contents of a toilet "exploded" and splattered her as she rode a Joliet-bound train. Julianna Mandernach filed the suit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court against the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. and Metra, claiming the Jan. 29, 2009, incident left her with injuries of a “personal and pecuniary nature.” Mandernach boarded a Metra train on the Chicago-to-Joliet/Rock Island line as a passenger. She used a toilet on the train, and upon flushing, the contents...

The iconic black and yellow letters beckon from a sign near Interstate 40 and Randleman Road. Inside the low-slung restaurant that claims the sign, there's plenty of batter ready. But it isn't destined for a fryer. This is Waffle House, and here, batter belongs on an iron -- a waffle iron. Founded in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Ga., the restaurant chain has been serving "Good Food Fast" around-the-clock for five decades. It will celebrate its 50th anniversary Labor Day. Freeway Foods of Greensboro opened the city's first Waffle House franchise in 1973 on Randleman Road. The restaurant operated 24 hours...