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Mom of 10-year-old shot in Austin: 'I hope the world gets better'
Jaylen Price lay in a hospital bed Thursday, a bullet lodged in his body and doctors not sure yet whether they will operate on the 10-year-old to remove it. But that's not what has been on the fourth-grader's mind. "He's not talking about it. He's 10,"...Tags: Firearms, Gun Control, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Chicago Charter Schools
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Man killed in collision with police SUV identified
Tribune reportersA Cicero man who died after the car he was inside crashed into a police vehicle in the West Side's Austin neighborhood Friday night has been identified. Anthony Camarillo, 18, was dead on the scene at Harrison Street and Laramie Avenue, according to the...Tags: Cicero, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Accidental Death, Hospitals and Clinics
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Crime in Chicago's vacant property soars 48% since 2005
Tribune staff reporterMore than 2,600 crimes were reported in Chicago's abandoned buildings and vacant lots last year, a 48 percent increase from 2005 that equates to an average of seven reported crimes on any given day in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday....Tags: Rental Service, Rentals, Housing Industry, Richard F. Mell, Justice System
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CIMMfest takes step in bigger direction
A festival that encompasses performances by Van Dyke Parks, Corey Harris and Lydia Loveless, movies about the Jesus Lizard, Big Star, John Fahey and the Rolling Stones, a Melvin Peebles tribute, a Wax Trax roundtable and a presentation by punk-provocateur...
Tags: Entertainment, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Movies, Music Industry, Music
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6 injured in traffic crash on West Side
A total of six people, including two children, were hospitalized after a two-care crash in the Austin neighborhood this afternoon that left one car crashed into a building's front stoop, officials said. At least six Chicago Fire Department ambulances...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Crime rises in abandoned buildings, vacant lots
Community groups expected to voice their support Wednesday for a proposed ordinance designed to protect or compensate displaced tenants in foreclosed rental buildings have a new set of figures to sway opponents. More than 2,600 crimes were reported in...
Tags: Rental Service, Rentals, Richard F. Mell, Justice System, Lawyers
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Coming to terms with the reality of our city
In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...
Tags: Chicago Reader, Book, Englewood, West Englewood, The New York Times
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AT&T begins offering smartphone-controlled home security system
AT&T, looking to take home security into the future, has begun offering "Digital Life," a new service that allows AT&T customers to control various parts of their homes with their smartphones or tablets. The AT&T "smarthome" service allows users to...
Tags: Media Industry, Computer Hardware, Riverside (Southampton, New York)
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Rockford man, sister, 2 others charged in Austin homicide
A Rockford man, his sister and two people from Chicago are accused of robbing a man and leaving him bleeding to death from stab wounds in an alley in the Austin neighborhood earlier this year. Prosecutors say Marquis Anderson, 22, had just met the four...
Tags: Prosecution, Theft, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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There's a lot to learn from the names of schools
Time for a Chicago history quiz. 1. Who was Ignance (also known as Ignacy) Paderewski? a. A Polish pianist b. The second prime minister of the Republic of Poland c. The namesake of a school on the list of 54 Chicago public schools set to be closed...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Schools, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Immigration
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Start-up Sunday: Qloo, a 'cultural discovery' search engine
If you are like me and spend hours trawling the Web to find the next best restaurant, travel destination or book, you might want to take a look at Qloo, a new "cultural discovery platform" that aims to make searches more personal and easier. The New...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Danny Masterson, Mutual Funds, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Brotman: Thousand Man March will call for fathers active in children's lives
The Friday morning Bible study meeting opened with testimony, and in his, Lloyd McNeal reported that he had done something remarkable: He had called the police with information about street activity. Back when he was engaged in street activity himself,...
Tags: Prisons, John Hay, Roseland
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