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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Oct 29, 2011 9:30PM

  • Seven members of a Chicago family, including three small children, were killed when their minivan struck a deer, then was crushed by a semitrailer in Indiana. The driver remains in critical condition. [Daily Herald]
  • Construction to create more median breaks on Lake Shore Drive starts on Monday in an effort to avoid last year's blizzastrous stranding of buses. [CBS]
  • A suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul left 13 dead. [CNN]
  • There is a new sculpture at the Lincoln Park Conservatory. [TimeOut]
  • Saint Sabina Church Community is holding an event next week to remember Chicago's children killed by violence. [ABC]