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FBI seeking suspect who killed man over rent money

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The FBI is seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted for the 2001 shooting death of a man in a dispute over rent in their Lawndale neighborhood apartment on the Southwe More... (13 views)

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Columbia College professor charged with transporting child porn

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A Columbia College professor with a Ph.D in molecular biology was ordered held in a federal lockup Thursday after he was charged with transporting child pornography.

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Nelson posted 23 hours ago
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Uptown's use of Positive Loitering is one answer to taking back the streets

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A group of Uptown residents have invoked the concept of Positive Loitering, successfully used in the Thorndale area on the far north side. More... (172 views)

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Tamale Chica posted 4 weeks ago
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Pregnant Chicago soldier among Ft. Hood victims

Pregnant Chicago soldier among Ft. Hood victims

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Franchezka Velez, 21 had returned from a deployment in Iraq. She was to return to Chicago with the news she was pregnant. More... (228 views)

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Darryl Swint posted 2 weeks ago
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Demand DNA testing for Johnnie Lee Savory

Demand DNA testing for Johnnie Lee Savory

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Center on Wrongful Conviction client Johnnie Savory spent 30 years in Illinois' prisons for a crime he did not commit. More... (29 views)

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John Maki posted 1 week ago
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NIMBY: if not your backyard, then whose?

NIMBY: if not your backyard, then whose?

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City-dwellers for many neighborhoods complain that public housing residents moving into their community cause an increase in crime. More... (92 views)

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Megan Cottrell posted 5 weeks ago
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Chicago bank bandits on the rise

Windy Citizen Original – In 2006, bandits of all walks of life robbed 284 Chicago banks — more bank heists than in the entire state of Florida. Is someone casing your bank? More...
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Chicago sees increase in violence Tuesday, was it the weather?

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Two men were dead and at least 11 people were wounded in Chicago Tuesday following a series of unrelated shootings and a stabbing throughout the city’s neighborhoods.

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lanarama posted 35 weeks ago
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India to Send Intelligence Officers to Chicago to Question Terror Suspect

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India's government confirms it is cooperating with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning a foiled terror plot allegedly involving two Chicago residents. More... (193 views)

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LeroyBored posted 3 weeks ago
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Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee

Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee

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No knives and no guns were used in Thursday's fight. Just fists, feet and boards. Derrion Albert, 16, was struck in the head by one of those boards.

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