Today’s Headlines
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9:21 AM CDT on October 15, 2013
- CTA Reaches 15 Million Ventra Card “Taps” (CBJ)
- Red Line Rehab Has Gone Smoothly, Ventra Launch, Not So Much (RedEye)
- An Update on the Status of CTA Cards Linked to Federal Transit Benefits (Tattler)
- Chicago Amtrak Ridership Is on the Rise (Sun-Times)
- 3 Killed, 5 Injured in Head-On Crash in Aurora (Tribune)
- Several Injured After Driver of Stolen SUV Strikes Another Vehicle (Tribune)
- Elgin Police Looking for Driver of Burgundy Pickup Who Seriously Injured Pedestrian (CBS)
- Signal and Crosswalk, Elected in Participatory Budgeting, Will Be Federally Funded (DNA)
- Court Upholds $1.9 Million Verdict for Cyclist Injured on Cortland by Roadwork (Kevenides)
- Emanuel Leads a Tour of the Bloomingdale, Logan Square on Divvy Bikes (Sun-Times)
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