Today’s Headlines
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9:18 AM CDT on April 29, 2013
- Wells Bridge Rehab Causes Minor CTA Delays (Tribune)
- CTA Launches Trip Planner for Red Line Rehab (CTA, Tattler)
- Purple Line Slow Zone Work to Start in Evanston Next Month (RedEye)
- Red Light Camera Contract Extended With Redflex, Embroiled in Scandal (Expired Meter)
- Elderly Couple Killed in Crash on I-355 Near Woodridge (Sun-Times)
- Woman Runs Over Ex-Boyfriend’s New Girlfriend in Park Forrest (Tribune)
- Northwest Side Man Badly Hurt in Lawndale Hit-and-Run (Tribune)
- Four Wards Voting in Participatory Budgeting Elections (Active Trans)
- Divvy Bike-Share Launching in Chicago this Spring (EV World)
- Checking Out Ped and Bike Conditions at Wrightwood/Halsted (BWLP)
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