Today’s Headlines

9:02 AM CDT on October 1, 2013

Nobody Was at Controls of Blue Line Car That Crashed, Injuring 33 (Tribune, CBS, NBC)
Witness to Blue Line Crash: "Big Boom and Then Everybody Flew" (Tribune)
Preckwinkle Taps Former CTA V.P. for Metra Board (Sun-Times)
Teen Driver Who Killed Man on Victim's Birthday Tested Positive for Pot (Tribune)
Arlington Heights Man Arrested on 7th DUI (Tribune)
State Troopers Ticket 135 Distracted Drivers on the Kennedy (Tribune, DNA)
Customers Have Negative Ventra Balances Despite Having Money on Card (Ventra)
Repaving of Central LSD Began Last Night (DNA)
After Requests From Residents, Push-to-Walk at Ashland/Leland Removed (Transitized)

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