Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 15
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9:02 AM CST on February 15, 2017
- NBC: Police Have Written Zero Tickets for Driving in Loop Link Lanes
- Trump’s Muslim Ban Sparks Fears About CTA Searches That Have Occurred Since 2014 (Chicagoist)
- Editorial: Rahm Needs to Provide “Hard Evidence” That O’Hare Express Is Needed (Tribune)
- More Good News About the Green Line: Emanuel Wants to Overhaul South Leg (Sun-Times)
- SUV Driver Killed Brother & Sister as They Pulled Out of Driveway in Maywood (CBS)
- Red Line Delayed This Morning by Man on Tracks at State/Lake (Chicagoist)
- Security Images Released of Suspects in Green Line Cell Phone Robberies (DNA)
- Protest Against Plan to Evict Tenants From Building Near Kimball Stop, Evict Tenants (DNA)
- New HQ for C.H. Robinson at Webster & the River Will Have Nearly 200 Car Spaces (DNA)
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