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• Man on bike fatally struck by Pink Line train Wednesday around 5:47 PM, on 21st Place between 50th and 49th avenues, just west of Cicero station (NBC)
• 2 drivers sideswiped each other, and one struck a nearby building, Wednesday around 5:45 AM in 3100 block of W. Ogden in North Lawndale (FOX)
• Driver plowed into the living room of house Wednesday in Lake in the Hills. Motorist, who may have had medical emergency, suffered minor injuries. (ABC)
• Tribune letters: The CTA can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results
• Daily Herald: Metra could borrow from feds to fix 100-year-old bridges
• Block Club: "Reversible Lanes Return To North Side Of DuSable Lake Shore Drive During Morning Rush"
• Block Club: "Some Chicagoans Are Afraid To Go To The South And West Sides. In ‘Don’t Go’ Book, Authors Examine Why"
• Block Club: "Chicago’s Newest Snowplow Names: 'Bozo the Plown,' 'Lollaplowlooza' And More
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