Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM CST on February 21, 2013
- City Unveils Proposal for Central Loop Transit Corridor (Tribune, DNA)
- Security Footage Shows Truck That Hit-and-Run Dustin Valenta (FOX, DNA, ABC)
- Red Line Service Delayed After Man Jumps in Front of Train, Loses Leg (Tribune, DNA)
- Transit Agencies Ask State Legislature to Ban Concealed Weapons on Buses, Trains (Tribune, Tattler)
- CTA Holding Job Fairs for 700 Part-Time Customer Assistant Positions (RedEye)
- Blue Island Teen Killed in Car Crash (Southtown)
- Investigators Looking at Speed, Weather Factors in Fatal Antioch Crash (Herald)
- Metra CEO Apologizes for BNSF Delays (Tribune)
- Woman Claims CTA Bus Struck Her Car But Agency Won’t Pay Up (Tribune)
- Tollway Panel Approves Contract of Highway 53/120 Extension in Lake County (Tribune)
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