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Editorial: Sarah Murnaghan gets new lungs. What happens next?
Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan of Pennsylvania has a new set of transplanted lungs today. She didn't get them in the usual way, by moving to the top of the waiting list and being fortunate enough that a donation of suitable lungs came through. Sarah got...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ethics, Judges, Abusive Behavior, Values
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2 killed, 10 injured in shootings across city
Tribune reporterTwo men were killed and at least 10 people were injured in shootings across the city that started Tuesday evening and continued into this morning, according to police. In the more recent homicide, about 2:20 a.m. three assailants approached a 42-year-...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department, Shootings, Oak Lawn, Hospitals and Clinics
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Advice for nervous traveler to Asia: 'Always take the adventure'
When I told a friend that I would be touring Asia this summer, she interjected, "Mark and I are going to Hong Kong this year, to see family. He also wants to go to Japan, but I told him I don't want radiation babies in the future, so maybe we'll go to...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Mumps, Vaccines, Interior Policy, Disease Prevention
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Major accident snarls Kennedy, 14 injured
A van accident sent 14 people, two of them seriously injured, to area hospitals following a crash on the Kennedy Expressway near about 500 north this evening. The Emergency Medical Services Plan 2 called about 8:30 p.m. sent 12 ambulances to a scene...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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19-year-old hit by car on Lake Shore Drive
A 19-year-old trying to cross Lake Shore Drive stumbled from the median into traffic north of Division Street overnight, according to authorities. He was hit by a northbound BMW about 12:05 a.m. Sunday after making it across the southbound lanes from...
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Driver held on $100,000 bail in bicyclist's death
Tribune reporterA Park Ridge man was ordered held on $100,000 bail today for reckless homicide and aggravated drunken driving charges in the death of Robert "Bobby" Cann as he rode his bicycle this week in Old Town. Cann, 26, who worked at Groupon Inc. on the Near...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Near North Side, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Bicyclist killed in Old Town was ambassador for biking
Tribune reporterA transplant from New Hampshire, Robert “Bobby” Cann was an ambassador for Chicago biking, taking the time to answer new riders' questions — even taking them on test rides to familiarize them with city streets. Cann, who worked at...Tags: Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Groupon, Inc., Recreational Equipment Inc., Near North Side, Hospitals and Clinics
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2 hurt after car and fire engine accident in the Loop
Tribune reporterTwo women were hurt after the car they were in was struck by a Chicago Fire Department engine on its way to a call in the Loop, officials said. The incident about 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Congress Parkway and Columbus Drive in the Loop,...Tags: Chicago Loop, Chicago Fire Department, Car Engine Repair
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Police: Motorist in Bronzeville hit-and-run was impaired
Tribune reporterCharges have been filed against a hit-and-run driver who police say was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian early Saturday in the Bronzeville neighborhood, police said. David Taylor, 45, of the 4700 block of South Wabash Avenue, was...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Driver charged, Critical Mass ride memorializes bicyclist
A Park Ridge man has been charged with reckless homcide and aggravated drunken driving in the death of Robert "Bobby" Cann as he rode his bicycle Wednesday in Old Town, as the biking community is set to memorialize Cann in the monthly Critical Mass bike...
Tags: Groupon, Inc., Recreational Equipment Inc., Near North Side, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest
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My brother Andrew
Andrew Greeley, who was so deeply involved in the things of time, broke free of its shackles last week to enter fully the eternity whose boundaries he had broken, as easily as a champion miler does the tape, on almost every day of his long and...
Tags: Andrew Greeley, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Religion and Belief
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Driver questioned after man critically injured in South Side hit-and-run
The driver of a vehicle that hit and critically injured a man walking to his car in the Bronzeville neighborhood is being questioned in the possibly alcohol-related crash, police said. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Northwestern Memorial...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Bronzeville
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