Today’s Headlines

9:16 AM CDT on June 18, 2013

The Bloomingdale Has Been Renamed "The 666." Sorry, That's "The 606" (Tribune)
One Month Into the Red Line Rehab, How's It Going? (RedEye)
Labor and Community Groups Want Rail Car Bidders to Provide Jobs Plans (RedEye)
IDOT Wants Input on State Bike Plan. One Suggestion: Stop Blocking Protected Lanes
Remembering Hit-and-Run Victim Carissa Hinz (DNA)
Semi Crash Delays Traffic on Bishop Ford (Tribune)
Rapper Chief Keef Pleads Guilty to Driving 110 on the Edens (Sun-Times)
Women Bike Chicago Holds Talk on Biking Again After a Crash (Chicargobike)
Biking in Indy Rocks (LGRAB)
Critique: Bike Parking at Mariano's on Halsted (Ding Ding)
Video: One Last Ride on the Red Line Before the Shutdown (Tattler)

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