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Extra Extra: New Placards Aim To Crack Down On Free Handicapped Parking

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 15, 2013 11:15PM

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  • Newly designed parking placards will hopefully spare the city the millions in amended bills from Chicago Parking Meters LLC for lost revenues from free disabled parking. [Sun-Times]
  • Fourteen Illinois counties will not wait for the Illinois State Police to have concealed carry permits ready for filing. [ABC 7]
  • Sad Derrick Rose says he'll be happy in time for the Bulls' regular season opener. [CBS Eye on Basketball]
  • Bears defensive lineman Henry Melton will play the 2013 season on the franchise tag tender offer of $8 million. [ESPN]
  • A house explosion in Joliet is linked to missing woman Anne Gay and was declared arson. [ABC 7]
  • Time Out New York lists Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the iconic movie from Illinois. Time Out Chicago says we can do better. [TONY, TOC]

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