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Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM CST on January 2, 2015

    • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Aimer Robledo in Early Hours of New Years Day (Tribune, DNA)
    • 2 Officers Injured in Logan Square Collision, 2nd "Failure to Yield" Crash This Week (Tribune)
    • Officer Hurt After Stolen Van Driver Rams His Car in Englewood (DNA)
    • In the Wake of Recent Rape Allegation, Uber Releases 'Chicago Safety Checklist' (DNA)
    • 40% Toll Hike for Truckers Went Into Effect Yesterday (Tribune)
    • New Year, New Illinois Driving Laws (Expired Meter)
    • Judge Throws Out Lawsuit That Halted Children's Memorial Redevelopment (Crain's)
    • The Biggest Divvy Stories of 2014 (RedEye)
    • DNA Reporter Shares Stories of How Divvy Got People Biking Again, Including Her Own
    • John Discusses Recent Road Diets & BRT Plans on WGN Radio
    • A Guerrilla New Year's Eve Violin Concert on the Brown Line (DNA)

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