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Greater Grand Crossing, Lower West Side see 2 homicides
RedEyeGreater Grand Crossing and the Lower West Side each recorded two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Greater Grand Crossing, a 30-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday in the 7000 block of South Perry...Tags: Greater Grand Crossing, Brighton Park, Gresham, Auburn Gresham, Morgan Park
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28: Zuckerberg's lucky number
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated his 28th birthday Monday, just four days before the social networking site he co-founded in his Harvard dorm room eight years ago became the first U.S. company to go public with a valuation of more than $100...Tags: Harrison Ford, Steve Jobs, Ivan Reitman, Ann Romney, George Lucas
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Polish identity remains strong in Dunning
Got pierogies? The Chicago neighborhood of Dunning does — along with pictures of popes, flags bearing white eagles and seemingly all things Polish. Thanks to waves of Polish immigration into the area before and after the turn of the 20th century,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Timothy M. Cullerton, Arts and Culture, Immigration
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Director Richard Linklater takes journalistic approach to 'Bernie'
Richard Linklater at 51 looks almost exactly like the Richard Linklater we met at 30, the young Austin filmmaker who, with his 1991 breakthrough, "Slacker," defined a sensibility (indie, navel-gazing, interlocking narratives) and a lifestyle. Indeed,...
Tags: Hulu, College Sports, Journalism, Richard Linklater, Documentary (genre)
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Christ the King volunteer house dedicated in honor of Lizzy Seeberg
In the nearly two years since Lizzy Seeberg died by suicide, her legacy has been largely defined by the sexual attack that she alleged nine days before her death and the wide-ranging reforms eventually prompted by that report. While her parents have...
Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Chicago Tribune
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Loyalty startup Belly raises $10M in venture capital
Tribune reporterChicago-based digital loyalty startup Belly has raised $10 million from high-profile venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, helping the company expand into additional markets and develop new products. Belly launched in August 2011 and has 200,000...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Apple iPad, Computer Hardware, Eric Lefkofsky, Economy, Business and Finance
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Walgreens moves $254M advertising account out of Chicago
Tribune reporterDeerfield-based Walgreens has named GSD&M as its new brand and creative agency of record. The decision, announced Wednesday, moves the drugstore chain's $254 million advertising account out of Chicago in an attempt to recast itself more broadly as a...Tags: Advertising, Starcom Incorporated
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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: West Garfield Park, Pullman, West Pullman, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Kenwood
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Meat theft, broken pantry window, and more
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsThe following items were taken from the Oak Park Police blotter May 8: Domestic battery A 27-year-old man of the 400 block of W. Harrison …... -
Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law guilty of 3 murders
As Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson stood in the silent courtroom Friday, shifting nervously from foot to foot, stardom and celebrity seemed worlds away.
For all the attention, awards and accolades, Hudson in that moment was a grieving...Tags: Trials, Criminal Laws, Jennifer Hudson, Chicago Police Department, Prosecution
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Web Buzz: Chef's Feed app shows chefs' go-to restaurants, dishes
All you need in your pocket or purse to find a hot restaurant. Name: Chef's Feed Available for: iPhone, iPod touch and iPad; Android coming soon. What it does: Profiles award-winning chefs and their favorite dishes at specific restaurants in certain...Tags: Apple iPad, Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck, Dining and Drinking, James Beard
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Man charged after 'multitude' of stolen items found on West Side
A 50-year-old man was charged after police executed a search warrant looking for guns at a West Side home Saturday and discovered a treasure trove of stolen electronics, bicycles and high-end DJ equipment, officials said. The stolen items were on display...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Chicago Police Department, Organized Crime, Disc Jockeys, Theft
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