Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 3

8:50 AM CST on February 3, 2016

Metra Puts Out an RFP for the Design & Production of 367 New Rail Cars (Tribune)
LAZ Executive Charged With Steering Parking Contract to a Company for Kickbacks (Sun-Times)
Motorist Fatally Strikes 69-Year-Old Woman at Diversey and Broadway (Tribune)
Would-Be Robbers Follow Woman Onto Green Line Train, Punch Her in the Face (DNA)
Driver Who Struck Cyclists on the North Shore Blames Crash on "Ghost Car" (Keating)
After Input From Community, Developer Shortens Proposed S. Loop Tower, Reduces Parking (DNA)
Northbound LaSalle Closed Between Randolph & Lake for Water Line Repairs (DNA)
The Colorful Story of How Chicago's Broadway Roadway Got Its Name (DNA)

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