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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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