Today’s Headlines
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9:19 AM CDT on September 12, 2013
- Over 60 Workers Could Lose Jobs in Money-Saving CTA Reorg (RedEye, Sun-Times)
- Man Who Left Friend at Fatal Crash Negatively Compared to 9/11 Heroes (Tribune)
- Fallen Cyclist Bobby Cann to Be Memorialized With Street Sign at Crash Site (RedEye)
- Naperville Man Arrested for Driving 124 MPH (Tribune)
- Yet Another Metra Board Member Leaving in Wake of Scandal (Tribune)
- City Council Passes Ordinance Allowing Police to Impound Litterbugs’ Cars (Tribune)
- Waguespack and Moreno Propose E-Bike Regulations (RedEye)
- Some People Don’t Want to Switch to Ventra (DNA)
- Research Shows More Women Are Drinking and Driving (Tribune)
- Evanston Stages Its First Ciclovia (Active Trans)
- Visiting Chicago? Three Words: Ride the ‘L’ (Columbus Dispatch)
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