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Kass: Chicago's forgotten innocents need our attention too
Baron Banks wasn't in Washington to witness President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. "No," he told me. "Nobody gave me a call." So he wasn't in the first lady's box as the president somberly acknowledged the families that lost...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, White House, Health and Safety at School, Arne Duncan, Interior Policy
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The detectives who remember the children
The other day at lunch, two Chicago police detectives, Bill Sullivan and Michele Moore-Grose, were talking with me about the murder cases they've been working and the young people shot dead. They brought up a movie to explain what they see in Chicago....
Tags: Witnesses, Hadiya Pendleton, Prosecution, NATO Summit, Peanuts
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Mayoral candidate Del Valle touts environmental agenda
Clout StPosted by Kristen Mack and Jeff Coen at 6:35 p.m. Mayoral candidate and City Clerk Miguel del Valle said today that if elected, he will appoint a chief environmental officer, expand residential recycling to the entire city, protect Chicago’s waterways..... -
New law requires CPS student hot line to report potential violence
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 3:20 p.m. Students at Chicago Public Schools will be getting a telephone hot line to report information about the possible outbreak of violence, and officials hope it will help prevent shootings and beatings that can...... -
Faces of Fenger
In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Islam, Students, Technology, Colleges and Universities
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In wake of CPS closings, 2 principals become friends
The first time they met, neither of the Far South Side school principals was sure what to expect. Taquia Hylton's school, West Pullman Elementary, is slated to be shut as part of the district's plan to close 54 schools in June. Its approximately 300...
Tags: Parenting, Health and Safety at School, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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2 moms divided by murder trial
The two mothers passed in the hallway every morning. They never spoke, and they avoided eye contact, but each was keenly aware of the other. Both dutifully took their places in the two front rows of Courtroom 202, behind a wall of tinted windows...
Tags: University of Chicago, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Dance, Punishment, Bud Billiken Parade
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CNN's 'Chicagoland' to focus on the city, Mayor Emanuel
RedEyeMayor Rahm Emanuel's getting his own reality show. OK, that's not exactly true, but apparently Rahmbo's trips to Hollywood have been paying off in bigger ways than with gifts and campaign contributions. He's about to get a publicity boost, too: CNN has...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Safety of Citizens, Television, CNN (tv network), Government
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18-year-old killed steps away from home -- and safety
Tribune reporterAn 18-year-old man who friends said was walking a few blocks home after leaving a party because an argument broke out did not make it to his front door on the Far South Side Saturday morning. He was shot about to death about 2 a.m. less than half-a-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Roseland, Chicago Police Department
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College 'devastated' after fatal shooting of former CPS basketball star
Tribune reportersA 22-year-old Chicago man who recently committed to play basketball at a Division I school died after he was shot trying to break up a fight over a necklace Thursday afternoon, according to family and authorities. Michael Haynes was shot in the 11600...Tags: High School Sports, Sports, Health and Safety at School, Miami Heat, National Basketball Association
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$250K bail set for shooting victim's brother
Tribune reporterChicago police said Saturday that they do not have a suspect in custody for the fatal shooting of South Side basketball prodigy Michael Haynes. But the 22-year-old Fenger High School alum’s younger brother was held in lieu of a $250,000 bond for...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Murder
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Eliot Ness collection up for auction
Want to own a piece of Eliot Ness? A collection of credentials and memorabilia belonging to the "Untouchable" is being auctioned off this fall. It includes Ness' Department of Justice credentials dated May 14, 1932 and his Treasury Department of...
Tags: University of Chicago, Heart Attack, Auction Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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