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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Barack Obama, Jim Reynolds, Business Enterprises, Chicago Loop, Chicago Mayor
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Let's turn down the alarm over loud teens downtown
You're walking in Chicago. It's chaotic and it's loud. People swarm the sidewalks, many of them shouting. They spill into the street, many of them cursing. They jostle you, step on your toes. Traffic is a nightmare. You squeeze through the barricade...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, St. Patrick's Day, Wrigley Field, Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue
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Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014
Clout StreetDick Durbin, Illinois’ senior U.S. senator and the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, is telling top Democrats he will seek a fourth term in 2014, sources familiar with his decision said Friday. Durbin’s re-election bid alleviates any concerns...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Democratic Party, Justice System, Barack Obama, Political Fundraising
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Michelle Obama's reference to automatic weapons edited out by ABC
First lady Michelle Obama said in a "Good Morning America" interview Tuesday that an automatic weapon was used in the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, but that detail — which is not supported by police accounts — was edited out when the...Tags: ABC (tv network), Good Morning America (tv program), Weaponry, Shootings, Hadiya Pendleton
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Assault weapons ban debate starts in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois lawmakers today opened a heated debate on whether an assault weapons ban should be approved, a discussion that featured an early clash between a sheriff's association that opposes the measure and the Chicago police and the Quinn...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Justice System, Murder, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Shootings
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Emanuel says he backs McCarthy in face of aldermanic criticism
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel gave Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy his “100 percent support” Monday despite complaints from some aldermen fed up with the department’s inability to bring down violence in their neighborhoods. The mayor...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Howard Brookins, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools
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Cops: Suspect in slayings said 'I murdered someone'
Tribune reportersChicago police officers were taking Thadeus Ridley to get medical attention after a fight inside his apartment, officials said Saturday, when he uttered three unexpected words: “I murdered someone.” The “someone” Ridley was...Tags: Murder, South Shore, Chatham
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Chicago murder rate drops! (back to normal)
Change of SubjectCBS-2's Jay Levine reports: Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and his boss, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, on Monday touted a 69 percent drop in homicides in Chicago last month and a 42 percent drop from the first quarter of last year. But...... -
CeaseFire and the Chicago police: Taking stock of an uncomfortable relationship
At a time when Chicago's association with violence is under a microscope, CeaseFire’s role under its one-year contract with the city (now at its midway point) underscores how policing is not the only solution in stopping the killings. When...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Auto Trends, North Lawndale, Chicago Mayor
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: The Afternoon Shift (WBEZ-FM 91.5) Host Rick Kogan talks about the week's two hottest stories -- school closings and...... -
Hadiya Pendleton's mom attends Obama's gun-control speech at White House
— Minutes after suspects in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton were arraigned Thursday in Chicago, the 15-year-old's mother attended a speech by President Barack Obama in the White House with 20 other women who have lost loved ones to gun violence....Tags: U.S. Congress, Easter, Murder, Barack Obama, White House
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Chicago police put more feet on street
Tribune reporterRookie Chicago police officers have started to patrol on foot on some of the city's most dangerous blocks in a move that Superintendent Garry McCarthy said reinforces the department's "return to community policing." After six months in the Police...Tags: Philosophy, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Loyola University Chicago
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