Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM CST on January 6, 2014
- Arctic Blast Causing CTA, Metra Delays, South Shore Cancellation (Tribune, CBS)
- Train Crash in Niles Hurts 14 Metra Passengers (Tribune)
- New State Law Makes It Harder for Drivers Who Kill to Get Probation (Tribune)
- Drunk Man Crashes Stolen Car, Injuring Pedestrian & Damaging 8 Other Vehicles (DNA)
- Do the Right Thing and Shovel Your Sidewalk (Active Trans)
- Smartphone Payment Could Be the Wave of Future for Local Fare Payment (Tribune)
- Next City Profiles Gabe Klein as a “Guerrilla Bureaucrat”
- Divvy Shuts Down for Second Time Due to Extreme Weather (CBS)
- Steinberg Takes the DivvyBrags App for a Spin (Sun-Times)
- Axelrod Disses Divvy, Gets Spanked by Twitterverse (Including Steven) (Rebel Metropolis)
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