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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 27

    • When the Eisenhower Expressway Moved in, Who Was Forced Out? (WBEZ)
    • Road Rage Sparks First Fatal Shooting on an Illinois Tollway, Officials Say (Tribune)
    • Woman On Motorcycle Killed In Hanover Park Hit-And-Run Crash (CBS)
    • Police Searching for Man Who Sexually Assaulted a Teen on the Milwaukee Ave. Bus (NBC)
    • ATA, TribuneDNA Looks at the Recent 50% Spike in Reported Bicycle Dooring Crashes
    • Metra: UP NW Line to Be Slowed by 30 Minutes for Rail Work (Sun-Times)
    • Dust in the Wind: Merchants Say Debris From Broadway Utility Work Is Pulverizing Sales (DNA)
    • Evanston Will Purchase a New Divvy Station for the Dempster Purple Line Stop (DN)
    • Divvy Is Awesome, But the Bikes Are Frickin' Tanks (Medium Rare)
    • Community Meetings on Red/Purple Modernization 5/4 and 5/11 (CTA)

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