Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 9
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9:07 AM CST on March 8, 2019
- With Committee Approval, Lincoln Yards Is One Step Closer to Reality (Block Club)
- IDOT on Jane Byrne Interchange Delays: “This Is New Ground for Us” (Tribune)
- Police Officer Christopher Morrison, 32, Died After Single-Car Crash on Eisenhower (ABC)
- Red Line Addison Stop Will Close This Weekend for Repair Work (Tribune)
- Why Commute by Running During the Chicago Winter? (Tribune)
- Because He Got High: OXS’s Musk May Lose Security Clearance Over Pot Smoking (CNN)
- What’s the Best Way to Bike From Northbrook to the Lakefront Trail? (The Chainlink)
- Pictorial: Here Are Some of the Worst Potholes in Chicago (Block Club)
- Wear Sox or Cubs Gear for the 4/5 South Side Critical Mass, 5:45 PM From Nichols Park
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