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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 12

9:21 AM CDT on May 12, 2017

    • Number of Car Occupants Killed This Year Has Jumped 79 Percent This Year (DNA)
    • Trucker Fatally Struck Male Pedestrian on Irving Park Near O'Hare (Tribune)
    • Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Man, 28, in West Elsdon (CBS)
    • Hertz Appears on Chicago Newsroom Discussing Ideas to Improve South Side Transit
    • DNA: Maldonado, Who Wants Fees for Development by 606, Made $300K Selling Land by Trail
    • Developer of Delayed Portage Park Mall With 275 Spots: Project Is Moving Forward (DNA)
    • 208 Hybrid Articulated Buses Will Be Overhauled Under $54M Plan (DNA)
    • 185-Room Hotel Planned Near Obama Presidential Library Site (Crain's)
    • CDOT Is Currently Restriping Elston Bike Lanes From Diversey to Addison (The Chainlink)
    • What Are the Worst Streets for Biking in Chicago? (The Chainlink)
    • Chicago Reader Reviews the New Jane Jacobs Doc, Premiering Tonight at Siskel Center
    • Chicago Loop Alliance's "Activate" Alley Parties Return 6/15 in Sullivan Alley

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