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9:21 AM CDT on October 24, 2013

    • Otherwise Bike-Friendly Alderman Pat Dowell Calls for Licensing Cyclists (Sun-Times, CBS)
    • Licensing Bikes Is a Bad Idea (Active Trans, NBC, Transitized)
    • Driver Kills Seven-Year-Old Boy on His Way to School In Chicago Heights (Tribune)
    • Motorist Who Fatally Struck Senior in Glenview Was Not Cited (Tribune)
    • At Sentencing Hearing For Drunk Driver, Officer Recalls the Fatal Crash (Tribune)
    • Pennsylvania Trucker Cited in Bartlett Metra Crash (CBS)
    • CTA Slow Zones Are Down to 10.8 Percent of the System (RedEye)
    • Pace Announces Mail-in Program to Transfer Unused Balances to Ventra (Tribune)
    • Green Dot Stickers Added to Ventra Card Readers Show You Where to Tap (RedEye)
    • Mundelein Police Chief Concerned About Halloween Pedestrian Safety (Tribune)

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