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Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 8

8:10 AM CDT on July 8, 2016

    • Black Lives Matters Activists Took Over Dan Ryan to Protest Police Shootings (NBC)
    • Streeterville Tower With 444 Units, 181 Spaces, Ready to Break Ground (Curbed)
    • Architect Asks Lucas to Reconsider, Suggesting Former U.S. Steel Site (Curbed)
    • DUI Crackdown in Albany Park This Weekend (DNA)
    • Foster Will Be Closed Between Foster & Pulaski Next Week for Sewer Work (DNA)
    • Minneapolis Star Tribune Lists Biking as One of Chicago's Premier Tourist Attractions
    • Chicago's 2016 Olympics Plan Included Dedicated Lanes on LSD for Olympic Traffic (DNA)
    • Barrel Down Lincoln Avenue on the #11 Bus for a Transit-Oriented Pub Crawl (DNA)

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