Today’s Headlines
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9:29 AM CDT on May 8, 2014
- After ABC Expose, Rahm Promises His Drivers Will Slow Down (Tribune, DNA)
- Mayor: Meter Reboot Is Saving City Tens of Millions in “True-Up” Fees (DNA)
- City Credits Security Cams With Fewer Thefts on CTA (Tribune)
- Driver Charged in Vehicular Homicide of Antonio Mendez (Tribune, DNA)
- Car Fire in Garage Sends Smoke Into LSD Apartments (Tribune)
- Police Announce DUI Sting in Englewood This Weekend (DNA)
- Citizens Propose Improvements to LSD Purpose & Need Statement (BWLP)
- Project Seeks to Fix Dangerous Conditions Around Logan Monument (DNA)
- Pulaski Streetscape Between Wilson and Elston to Include Wider Sidewalks (DNA)
- CDOT Workers Caught Parking Illegally (CBS)
- RedEye Launches “Ride of Passage” CTA Comics Series
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