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Midday News Links; Divvy Expanding To South Shore

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 30, 2014 6:30PM

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  • Divvy Bikes will expand to South Shore and double the number of kiosks available in Hyde Park this summer. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • A man posing as a Mariano's Fresh Market worker stole a Jaguar and crashed it. He was arrested. [Tribune]
  • DuPage County Board chairman Dan Cronin said CTA labor and pension costs are a drag on the region’s public transit costs. So is Metra’s fiscal malfeasance. [Tribune]
  • Former Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad, who was on the run from corruption charges in Ohio, was arrested in Pakistan with a fake passport and visa. [Sun-Times]
  • Gov. Pat Quinn named Bobbie Gregg the new director of DCFS. [IGNN]