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Extra Extra: Cyclist Killed In Crash Given Honorary Street Designation

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 25, 2013 11:00PM

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  • A stretch of Clybourn near Larrabee was renamed in honor of bicyclist Bobby Cann, who was killed by a drunk driver in May. (Tonight is also Critical Mass and the route may include this stretch. You've been warned.) [Fox News Chicago]
  • Someone with a paintball gun is shooting drivers on the Chicago Skyway. [ABC 7]
  • David Royko, son of legendary columnist Mike Royko, has an e-book detailing the impact of having a child with autism. (David Royko's 20-year-old son Ben has severe autism.) [DavidRoyko.com, Reader]
  • Rush University Medical Center receives a $5 million grant from BMO Harris Bank to train future health care workers and study how to bolster care for low-income patients. [Crain's]
  • A 71-year-old Maywood man is facing multiple charges after he was found driving the wrong way on I-294 Thursday night and struck an Illinois State Police squad car. [Daily Herald]
  • Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday announced a $4 million capital investment to update and improve the iWireless Center in Moline. [IGNN]

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