Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 21
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9:10 AM CDT on October 21, 2015
- Rahm Wants to Hike (Rarely Enforced) Fines for Businesses That Don’t Shovel Sidewalks (Tribune)
- Woman Hospitalized After Crashing SUV Into Pace Bus, Then Storefront in Winnetka (Sun-Times)
- Police: Motorcyclist Who Killed a Pedestrian Ran Red at Buckingham Fountain Crosswalk (Tribune)
- Man Allegedly Exposed Himself to Metra Passengers at Bartlett Station (Tribune)
- After Yellow Line Reopens, There’ll Be Free Parking at Dempster for the Rest of Year (Tribune)
- TOD Project Near Division Blue Line Stop Gets Building Permit (Curbed)
- Parking-Lite Development Planned for Former Elevator Factory in University Village (DNA)
- DNA: Theater on the Lake Divvy Station Is the Busiest in Lincoln Park
- Sticker Shock: Hopefully the Owner of This Car Does More Drinking Than Driving (DNA)
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