Today’s Headlines
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9:28 AM CDT on July 25, 2013
- Cuts in State Subsidy of Reduced Fares Will Cost the CTA Millions (Tribune)
- Cubs Propose Ped Bridge From Red Line to to Wrigley Field (DNA)
- Emanuel Accuses RTA Board of Being Negligent During Metral Scandal (Sun-Times)
- Osterman Introduces Ordinance to Pedestrianize Kenmore Near Loyola (DNA)
- More Divvy Stations Coming to Wicker Park / Bucktown and Lincoln Park
- Man Dies in Pileup on I-55 Near Channohon (Tribune)
- SUV Driver Submerged in Pond After Arlington Heights Crash (Tribune)
- Route 41 in Lake Forest Closed After Vehicle Hits Bridge, Dislodging Beam (Tribune)
- Police Officer Driving on Lakefront Trail Gets Swamped by “Rogue Wave” (RedEye)
- Linus Trying to Ride Divvy’s Coattails to Promote Its Bixi-Like City Bikes (PRWeb)
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