Today’s Headlines
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9:07 AM CDT on September 9, 2013
- Ventra Cards Go On Sale at Stations and Retail Outlets Today (Tribune, Sun-Times, CBS)
- Wrong-Way Driver on Eisenhower Who Killed 2 Women charged With DUI (Sun-Times)
- Pickup Driver Strikes 2 Cars, Killing 1 and Injuring 3, Flees Scene in Humboldt Park (DNA)
- Motorcyclist Fatally Injured After Striking another Biker in South Deering (DNA)
- Preckwinkle Speaks Out Against Illiana Expressway (Transitized)
- Emanuel Taps Ex-Alderman Oberman, a Bike Commuter, for Metra Board (Tribune, Sun-Times)
- Man Who Applied to Be DuPage Board Member Was Ignored By County Chairman (Tribune)
- CTA Working to Solve Ventra Glitch at Auxiliary Station Entries (RedEye)
- 111th Street Bus Service Stops Short of New Pullman Wallmart (DNA)
- MPC holds roundtable on bus rapid transit Wednesday (MPC)
- Steinberg Finally Take His Maiden Voyage on Divvy (Sun-Times)
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