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Charity events keep spring social season hot
Chicago socialites had a difficult decision to make Saturday, with three celebrity-hosted galas taking place at the same time around the city. But for the see-and-be-seen crowd, this was likely a good problem to have. Those who attended the 26th...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Jay Cutler, Water Tower Place, Chicago Bulls, Iron Man (movie)
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Church vandalized: Organ destroyed, walls covered with gang slogans
Tribune reporterPolice are asking for the public's help in finding the people who vandalized a church in Chicago's East Side neighborhood. A deacon opening the International Harbor of Grace Church for a morning service on Saturday found pews uprooted, an antique...Tags: Religion and Belief, Vandalism
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Missing woman found dead in Pilsen apartment
Tribune reporterPolice are investigating the death of a woman who was reported missing last month and whose body was found in an apartment this week in the Pilsen neighborhood, according to police. A missing person's alert had been issued last month for Michelle...Tags: Missing Persons, Pilsen
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9-year-old charged in McDonald's armed robbery also arrested in carjacking
Tribune reporterA 9-year-old boy arrested and charged with armed robbery at a McDonald's last month was one of four people arrested Thursday night in connection with a carjacking. Police said charges were denied against the 9-year-old, who was arrested for breaking out...Tags: Police Arrests, Juvenile Delinquency, Theft, Prosecution
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Rich memories of a Colombian family in New York
"Empanada for a Dream" As debates about the escalating murder rate in Chicago continue to rage on, Juan Francisco Villa's solo, "Empanada for a Dream," offers a portrait simultaneously timely and a time capsule of life in a neighborhood ravaged by drugs...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), McDonald's, Cantinflas, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boy, 16, walks into Walgreens after critically wounded
A 16-year-old boy stumbled into a Walgreens for help after he was shot and critically wounded in the East Side neighborhood, authorities said. The boy was shot in the lower back in the 3600 block of East 106th Street about 5 p.m. Monday and walked to...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Shootings, Little Village, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: South Shore, Shootings, Kenwood, Murder, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Man, 20, found fatally shot in East Side neighborhood
A 20-year-old man was found dead this morning with an apparent gunshot wound to his head in the East Side neighborhood, just a block from his home, authorities said. Police responded to the 10900 block of South Mackinaw Avenue just before 8 a.m. after a...
Tags: Shootings, Chicago Police Department
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Cops wound man who was firing shots on Southeast Side
Chicago police wounded a man who was firing shots on the street in the East Side neighborhood, authorities said. Officers spotted the man in the 11000 block of South Avenue M just after 2 a.m., police said in a statement. The gunman fled the scene in...
Tags: Shootings
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Jazz meets classics: A Chicago pianist teams with Orion Ensemble
When Chicago pianist Miguel de la Cerna was growing up on the South Side, the sound of jazzand blues, gospel and funk, R&B and soul was everywhere. It blasted out of clubs and apartments, car radios and storefronts, inspiring a kid growing up near 41st...
Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, Howard Reich, George Gershwin, Music Industry, Jazz (genre)
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Man critically wounded in East Side shooting
A 49-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot three times during an attempted robbery at an auto shop in the East Side neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday inside a muffler shop in...
Tags: Shootings, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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