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passport office to present your application
materials. Call the
Australian P assport
Information S ervice
at
&
131-232,
or visit the go vernment w ebsite at www .
passports.gov.au.
For R esidents of C anada
P assport
applications are available at travel agencies
throughout Canada or fr om the central
Passport Office,
Dept. of Foreign Affairs
and I nternational Trade, O ttawa, ON
K1A 0G3 (
&
800/567-6868;
www.ppt.
gc.ca).
Note:
Canadian children who travel
must have their own passport. However, if
you hold a valid Canadian passport issued
before December 11, 2001, that bears the
name of y our child, the passpor t remains
valid for y ou and y our child until it
expires.
For Residents of Ireland
You can apply
for a 10-y ear passpor t at the
Passport
Office,
Setanta Centre, Molesworth Street,
Dublin 2 (
&
01/671-1633;
www.irlgov.
ie/iveagh). Those under age 18 and o ver
65 must apply for a 3-y ear passport. You
can also apply at 1A S outh M all, Cor k
(
&
21/494-4700
), or at most main post
offices.
For Residents of New Zealand
Y ou can
pick up a passport application at any New
Zealand P assports O ffice or do wnload it
from the w ebsite. Contact the
Passports
Office
at
&
0800/225-050
in New Zea-
land or 04/474-8100, or log on to www .
passports.govt.nz.
For R esidents of the U nited K ing-
dom
To pick up an application for a
standard 10-y ear passpor t (5-yr. passpor t
for childr en 15 and under), visit y our
nearest passpor t office, major post office,
or trav el agency , or contact the
United
Kingdom Passport S ervice
at
&
0870/
521-0410
or sear ch its w ebsite at www .
ukpa.gov.uk.
For R esidents of the U nited S tates
Whether y ou're applying in person or b y
mail, y ou can do wnload passpor t applica-
tions fr om the U.S. S
website at
http://travel.state.gov
. To find
your r egional passpor t office, either check
the U.S. S tate Department website or call
the
National Passport Information Cen-
ter
's toll-fr ee number (
&
877/487-2778
)
for automated information.
PHARMACIES
Walgreens,
757 N.
Michigan A ve., at East Chicago S treet
(
&
312/664-4000
), is open 24 hours.
Both Walgreens and
CVS,
another major
chain, have a number of do wntown loca-
tions.
POLICE
For emergencies, call
&
911.
This is a fr ee call (no coins r equired). For
nonemergencies, call
&
311.
POST OFFICE
The main post office is
at 433 W. H arrison S t. (
&
312/983-
8182
); fr ee par king is av ailable. You can
also find convenient branches in the S ears
Tower, the Federal Center Plaza at 211 S.
Clark St., the James R. Thompson Center
at 100 W. Randolph S t., and a couple of
blocks off the M agnificent Mile at 227 E.
Ontario St.
RADIO
WBEZ
(91.5 FM) is the local
National Public Radio station, which plays
jazz in the ev enings.
WFMT
(98.7 FM)
specializes in fine ar ts and classical music.
WXRT
(93.1 FM) is a pr ogressive r ock
station whose DJs don't stick to corporate-
sanctioned playlists but mix things up
with shots of blues, jazz, and local music.
If it's Top 40 you want to hear, tune in to
101.9 FM, and country music fans should
dial in 99.5 FM. O n the AM side of the
dial, you'll find talk radio on
WGN
(720)
and
WLS
(890)—two longtime stations
that got their names fr om their immodest
owners (r espectively, that would be the
Chicago T ribune,
the “ World's G reatest
Newspaper,” and Sears, the “World's Larg-
est S tore”). N ews junkies should tune to
WBBM
(780) for nonstop ne ws, traffic,
and w eather r eports, and spor ts fans will
find company on the talk station
WSCR
(1160).
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