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    • Blue Line Trains Delayed by Anti-Theft Device Thrown on the Tracks at Logan (Tribune)
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    • Bike to Work Rally This Wednesday 7/18, 5-7 PM in Daley Plaza (Active Trans)
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Reader donations and ad renewals have been coming in steadily, we’ve gotten a few large gifts from some of our most loyal readers, and a couple other major contributions are likely to materialize in the near future. But with less than a month to go, we’re in the home stretch, and we need to raise more donations from readers like you, which typically make up about a third of the $50K we raise each year. Can you help us win the challenge grant by chipping in? You can make a tax-exempt donation on our Public Good page.

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