Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM CDT on August 15, 2013

CTA Faces $10.1 Million Deficit; Claypool Vows No Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Tribune)
CTA to Fix Slow Zones on Blue Line Between Logan Square and Damen (DNA)
Another Metra Board Member Asked to Step Down Due to Residency Issues (Tribune)
Claypool: Unlike Metra, CTA is Accountable to Voters (Sun-Times)
Driver Who Fatally Struck Tibetan Community Leader Gets 4 Years Prison (Tribune)
Children Injured in School Bus Crash on 6600 block of South St. Lawrence (Tribune)
Palatine Woman Gets 12 Years Prison After 7th DUI (Tribune)
American Urban Planners Should Stop Treating Bikes Like Cars (Transitized)
Luigi from Mario Bros. Takes a Ride on the Brown Line (Engadget)

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