Today’s Headlines
- Foxx Drops by to Announce $120 Million in Federal Funds for Your New Blue (DNA)
- Jeff Park Plan Highlights City's Failure to Think Big With Station Rehabs (Steven Can Plan)
- CDOT Plans to Dramatically Shorten Pedestrian Crossing Distance at Touhy/Rogers (DNA)
- Jewel Considers Shrinking Parking Lots to Create More Retail Space (Crain's)
- Cop Who Fatally Struck Woman in '02 Charged With New DUI, Hit-and-Run (Tribune)
- Police Arrested 2 Drivers During DUI Sting in Bridgeport Last Weekend (DNA)
- Thief Steals School Bus, Crashes It Into the Front of a "Card Frenzy" Store (CBS)
- 2 Metra BNSF Trains Canceled This Morning Due to Switching Problems (Tribune)
- While Chicago Warns Shoveling Scofflaws, Evanston & Naperville Ticket Them (Tribune)
- If "Dibs" Is Fair for Parking, Why Not Apply It to Restaurants & Theaters? (Crain's)
- A Sneak Peek at the Bike Winter Art Show, Which Open This Friday (DNA)
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