Today’s Headlines

9:56 AM CDT on August 12, 2014

I-55 Bus-on-Shoulder Pilot Touted as a Success, May Expand to Other Roads (Southtown)
CTA to Award $42 Million Contract for Brown Line Slow Zone Work Tomorrow (RedEye)
Man Dies After Crash on Southwest Suburban Bike Trail (Tribune)
7 Injured in Van-Car Crash on I-57 Near Matteson (RedEye)
Baby Ejected, Critically Hurt When Van Strikes Pole in West Garfield Park (RedEye)
Metra Shows Why Walker Was Foolish to Kill High-Speed Rail in Wisconsin (Cap Times)
Ventra Machines Malfunction After Taking in Too Much Cash (RedEye)
Public Meeting This Friday on Proposal for Edgewater-Rogers Park Boardwalk (DNA)
Logan Stop's Yellow Figures on Blue Background Mural Is Being Replaced (DNA)

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