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Scott's death ruled suicide, but cops continue to investigate
WGN NewsCHICAGO - The death of Chicago school board president Michael Scott has been ruled a suicide by the Cook County medical examiner's office, but police said this afternoon they are continuing to look into the death and that detectives are still "early on in...Tags: Regional Authority, Pat Quinn, Michael Scott, Illinois, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police Chase In Lawndale Ends After Teen Shot, Killed
(WGN-AM)- A Chicago police officer shot and killed a 16-year-old boy Thursday night when the teen pointed a handgun at an officer during a foot chase in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said. The teen was identified as Rakeem Nance, of the 1900...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Crimes, Chicago, Health, Death
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Out-of-town protesters depart
By Tuesday afternoon, all that remained from the anti-NATO demonstrators who flowed into the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ over the weekend were piles of discarded blankets and clothes and the faint, lingering funk of dozens of unwashed...
Tags: Politics, Activism, NATO, Pilsen
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New City, Woodlawn each see 2 homicides in 1 day
RedEyeNew City and Woodlawn each saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Saturday in Woodlawn, a man was shot to death in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue and a 28-year-old woman was fatally shot in the...Tags: West Town, South Lawndale, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Murder, Gresham
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Peoples Gas hits funding bump in $2.5 billion plan to replace pipes
Peoples Gas is digging up Chicago streets and replacing rusty, leak-prone pipes with plastic pipes that can deliver natural gas faster, safer and more efficiently. "There's pipe that went in the ground when Lincoln was president," said Willard Evans Jr.,...
Tags: Energy Resources, Ameren Corporation, Judges, Great Chicago Fire (1871), Natural Resources
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Death of 58-year-old Lawndale woman 'suspicious'
WGN NewsChicago police are calling the death of a 58-year-old woman in Lawndale "suspicious." Lennie Brownlee was found in her home on the 4200 block of West Cermak Road Saturday, dead from multiple cuts and stab wounds. An autopsy was performed, and the Cook... -
12-year-old girl among 10 shooting victims
Tribune reporterTen people were shot between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning on the city's South and West Sides, including a man who died this morning after being shot on the Lower West Side and a 12-year-old girl who survived a gunshot wound on the West Side...Tags: Roseland, Chicago Police Department, Shootings, Garfield Park
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Andersonville, Beecher, Humboldt Park, South Shore, Englewood
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3 fatal stabbings in 4 days in Chicago
RedEyeTwo women and a man were stabbed to death in separate incidents in the last week in Chicago, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Tuesday, a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the 4600 block of South Lake Park Avenue in Kenwood,...Tags: Edgewater, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), West Garfield Park, Murder, Kenwood
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Woman in wheelchair rescued from West Side fire
Tribune reporterA 79-year-old woman declined to be taken to a hospital after being pulled from a burning building in the Humboldt Park neighborhood this evening, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters were called to the 1000 block of North Lawndale...Tags: Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Chicago Fire Department, Health, Cook County Government
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Chicago reaches 150 homicides for 2012
RedEyeTwo men were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Chicago in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Sunday, a 71-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the 12900 block of South Manistee Avenue in Hegewisch, officials...Tags: Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Hegewisch, Murder
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NATO countdown
As the world's eyes turn to Chicago, we recall international figures who once lived here: •Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister and onetime library worker in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood •Sir Edmund Hillary, Mount Everest conqueror...Tags: Golda Meir, Kenwood, Enrico Fermi, Muhammad Ali, North Lawndale
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