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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 19

    • University of Illinois Plans Public-Private Research Center at Rezkoville Site (Sun-Times)
    • Photos Released of Man Accused of Injuring 81-Year-Old in Brown Line Robbery (Tribune)
    • School Bus Driver Hits Tree in Avondale, Hurting a Few of the Students (DNA)
    • Neighbors Leave Shrine to Lewis Fost, a Man Who Lived in the Mayfair Viaduct for 3 Years (DNA)
    • Here's What the Jeff Park Transit Center Looked Like When It Opened in 1970 (DNA)
    • WGN Looks at the "Bikes for Lesotho" Project, Which Has Shipped Thousands of Cycles
    • Working Bikes Collected 123 Cycles During Will County Donation Drive (WGN)
    • Ald. Michele Smith Hopes to Solve Rat Infestation at Belden/Clark With Concrete (DNA)
    • After Cubs Loss, L.A. Metro Trolls the CTA, Also Mocked for "One 'L' of a Team" Posters (Tribune)

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