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Women comprise 12 percent of homicide victims in 2013
RedEyeTwo women were killed in separate homicides Monday, bringing the total number of female homicide victims this year to 19, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the 1100 block of East 81st...Tags: West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Brighton Park, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), East Garfield Park
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Vegan restaurants in Chicago
From this summer’s vegan menu at Grant Achatz’s restaurant Next to the buzz about plant-based diets, veganism is definitely having a moment. “A few years ago, people said, ‘Oh, vegan? What does that mean?” said Don...
Tags: Wicker Park, Norwood Park, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Pepperoni, Chicago Restaurants
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Go veg yourself
From this summer's vegan menu at Grant Achatz's restaurant Next to plenty of buzz about plant-based diets, veganism is definitely having a moment. "A few years ago, people said, 'Oh, vegan? What does that mean?" said Don Clements, who opened all-vegan...Tags: Wicker Park, Norwood Park, Pepperoni, Chicago Restaurants, Ravenswood
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Auburn Gresham logs 2 homicides in 2 days
RedEyeAuburn Gresham saw two homicides in two days last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On May 30, a 15-year-old boy was shot to death in the 1700 block of West 85th Street, police said. One day earlier, a 36-year-old man was fatally...Tags: Shootings, Murder
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Austin sees 3 homicides in 2 days
RedEyeAustin saw three homicides last weekend, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Sunday, a 53-year-old man was shot to death in the 300 block of South Cicero Avenue, police said. One day earlier, a 27-year-old man was fatally shot in...Tags: Avondale, Auburn Gresham, Shootings, Englewood, Murder
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4 Chicago homicides on Sunday
RedEyeChicago on Sunday recorded four homicides--the highest one-day total since January, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. According to police: At 3:30 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot to death in the 2800 block of East 76th Street in...Tags: Auburn Gresham, Shootings, Murder, Gresham, Roseland
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Arts Incubator space revitalizes troubled youth, neighborhood
When Gregory Harden and his family moved into the Washington Park neighborhood in 2005, he was 16 and his mother didn't want him going anywhere near the stores on the southeast corner of 55th Place and Prairie Avenue. A once-pristine-and-stately 10,000-...
Tags: Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Artists
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30 dishes to eat while visiting Chicago
RedEyeYou've already waited in line for popcorn at Garrett. You've endured verbal abuse at The Wieners Circle. And you've devoured the Chicago classic that is the Italian beef sandwich (Al's #1 and Johnnie's being the best, depending on who you ask). So...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Chatham, Nellcote, Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois)
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2 communities log their first homicides of the year
RedEyeLogan Square and the Near West Side each recorded their first homicides of the year, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On the Near West Side, a 19-year-old man was shot to death Sunday in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street,...Tags: Shootings, Murder
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Brown Sugar Bakery anchors Grand Crossing renaissance
Some neighborhoods have it all, and some neighborhoods have very little, but only one Chicago neighborhood, Greater Grand Crossing, has Stephanie Hart and her Brown Sugar Bakery. There, every day you can get cupcakes the size of small children's heads...
Tags: Chatham, Roderick T. Sawyer, Sales, Business, Chicago Mayor
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2 communities log double homicides on same day
RedEyeBridgeport, Englewood and West Garfield Park each saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Bridgeport, two men were shot to death Saturday in the 500 block of West Pershing Road, police said....Tags: Shootings, North Lawndale, Murder, Gresham, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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New City sees 4 homicides in 10 days
RedEyeNew City has recorded four homicides in the last 10 days, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Nov. 22, a 19-year-old man was shot to death in the 4900 block of South Seeley Avenue, police said. One day earlier, a 19-year-old man was...Tags: Chicago Lawn, Shootings, Near West Side, North Lawndale, Murder
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