Today’s Headlines
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9:09 AM CDT on March 29, 2013
- LaHood Promises Chicago Will Get $100 Million Loan for Riverwalk (Tribune, Sun-Times, Chicago)
- Emanuel: No Need to Halt Right Light Camera Program Due to Scandal (Tribune)
- Metra BNSF Service Delayed by Police Investigation of Woman’s Falling Death (Tribune)
- IDOT to Hold Open House on Circle Exchange Project (Active Trans)
- State Trooper Killed on I-294 is the Second Trooper / Semi Fatality in 5 Months (Tribune)
- 1 Dead and 4 Injured in Rogers Park Crash (Tribune)
- Man Gets 6 Years for Fatal DUI on I-55 (Sun-Times)
- City Crews Filled 100K Potholes This Month (Sun-Times)
- Bill Would Prohibit Driving With a Dog on Your Lap (DNA)
- Chicago Entrepreneurs Raising Money for BikeSpike Anti-Theft Device (Tribune)
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