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If, like me, you’re trying to decide between AT&T and Verizon for your iPad 3 (I ordered both and plan to cancel one), I haven’t been able to find any thorough, definitive real-world comparisons that cover the the US.

But if, like me, you live in Chicago, Drew Fitzpatrick pointed out this September 2011 study from Laptop Magazine that focuses on three different areas in and outside the city. Long story short: go Verizon, at least in Chicago.

The city of Chicago has tracked doorings—when a parked driver opens their door right in front of a cyclist—in accident reports for three years. Governor Pat Quinn has mandated that the rest of the state do it as well.

Is it me, or does $500 sound low for a dooring fine?

There are discount cards for chef-driven restaurants and discount cards for bars - it was only a matter of time before some enterprising soul came up with a card for coffee shops. We just didn’t expect it to be so awesome. Tour de Cafe combines the best parts of coffee love, support for independent business and your childhood scavenger hunts. Tour de Cafe invites you to explore Chicago’s best coffee shops for the ridiculously low price of $20.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law HB 43, which requires drivers to come to a complete stop for pedestrians in all crosswalks – even those that don’t have a stop sign or traffic light.

via clint:

Passed yesterday:

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits crowding or threatening a bicyclist when a person driving a motor vehicle recklessly drives the motor vehicle unnecessarily close to, toward, or near a bicyclist. Provides that every person convicted of crowding or threatening a bicyclist shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not result in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another. Provides that if a crowding or threatening a bicyclist violation results in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, the person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Provides that a person commits Projecting or throwing missiles at bicyclists, a Class A misdemeanor, when a person projects or throws any missile (defined as any object or substance) at or against a bicyclist. Effective immediately.

Three cheers for cycling safety.