Today’s Headlines
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9:12 AM CDT on July 8, 2015
- More Analysis of the “Divvy for Everyone” Equity Program (Chicago Mag, Crain’s)
- Construction on the Addison Underbridge Trail Project Slated to Begin Next Spring (RedEye)
- Delivery Driver Who Fatally Struck Senior in Crosswalk While Turning Gets Probation (Sun-Times)
- The Great Train Robbery: Man Sticks Up Downtown Bank, Flees Via Blue Line (ABC)
- Man Head-Butts Metra Conductor After Fare Dispute, Breaking His Nose (Tribune)
- Brewery Owner: Bringing Back Happy Hour Would Be Bad for Traffic Safety (Tribune)
- Additional Metra Service for Taste of Chicago This Weekend, No Booze, Bikes OK (Sun-Times)
- Students Learn Bike Repair, Paint Viaduct Murals as Part of City Jobs Program (Sun-Times)
- The “Wabash Lights” Guys, Halfway to Funding the Project, Discuss Their Goals (Curbed)
- Love Blooms on the Bloomingdale: A Missed (Trail) Connection (DNA)
- Pho Yeah! Despite Shared-Street Work, Argyle Night Market Is Still Taking Place (DNA)
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