Today’s Headlines
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9:03 AM CST on November 13, 2014
- CTA Has Confiscated 1,800 Fare Cards as Part of Fraud Crackdown (Sun-Times, RedEye)
- Orseno Defends $100K-Plus Salaries of Many Metra Workers to RTA Chair (Sun-Times)
- 49th Ward Aldermanic Hopeful Proposes Road Diet, PBLs for Sheridan (Facebook, Everyblock)
- Roll With Me App Provides Wheelchair-Friendly CTA Directions (RedEye)
- Proposed Logan Square Towers Aren’t as Dense as They Seem (City Notes)
- Computer Crash Shuts Down All 138 State DMVs for a Day (CBS)
- Bad Blood Between Parking Enforcement Aides & Police Officers (Expired Meter)
- Stolen Bike Recovered After Security Footage of Theft Is Posted on YouTube (Tribune)
- Video: Speeded-Up Footage of a Red Line Ride From the Driver’s Viewpoint (CBS)
- A Dog of a Column From Notorious Bike-Baiter John Kass (Tribune)
- City Notes Launches the Chicago Urbanist Calendar
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