Today’s Headlines

9:04 AM CDT on April 14, 2014

Active Trans: Navy Pier Flyover Detour Route Is Dangerous and Confusing
Work Starts Today on Harrison Stop, Orange Line (Tribune)
Employees Fired for Loafing Claim CTA Put Cameras in Changing Area (CBS)
Man Killed, Infant Injured in Crash During Police Chase (Tribune)
Man Attacks His Mother After She Tries to Stop Him From Driving Drunk (Tribune)
CPM Testing Pay-by-Phone App for Parking Meters (Sun-Times)
Transitized Proposes Converting LSD to a Boulevard
Participants in SuperSprint Triathlon Can Use Divvy Bikes (Tribune, NBC)
Try Your Hand at the CTA Station Scramble Quiz (RedEye)
Man Gets Out of Financial Hole by Selling Pothole-Themed Schwag (DNA)

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