Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM CST on December 22, 2014
- Tribune: Nearly Half of Red Light Cams “Did Nothing to Make Drivers Safer”
- Fioretti and Garcia Say They Would Suspend Red Light Program if Elected (Tribune)
- 2 Dead, 1 Injured After SUV Driver Strikes Lamp Post in South Loop (DNA)
- 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on 4100 Block of South LSD (RedEye)
- Oak Park Police Arrest Charge Man With Sexual Assault, Robbery on Blue Line (Oak Park)
- Chicago’s Dark Viaducts Are Often the Site of Violent Crimes (Tribune)
- O’Hare Branch’s Damen Stop Reopens; Grateful Merchants Offer Freebies (RedEye, DNA)
- Does It Make Sense to Rehab Some Vintage Stations but Demolish Others? (Tribune)
- Activists Stage a “Black Lives Matter” Protest on the Red Line (RedEye)
- Credit Union for CTA Employees Is Moving to Beverly (DNA)
- The CTA Holiday Train Gave Out Free Kids’ Books on Saturday (RedEye)
- John Investigates the Giant Street Grid Mural on the 300 South Wacker Building (Reader)
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