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Struck by the power of a story well told
Times Staff WriterTwo South Africans, desperate to escape the impoverished futility of their lives, break into the home of an aging academic who walks in on them as they're ransacking the place for money. A pair of wealthy scions with off-the-charts IQs and a perverse...Tags: Athol Fugard, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Republic of Ireland, Death
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Paul Harvey dies at 90; radio personality known for his distinctive delivery
Paul Harvey, who was long considered the most-listened-to radio broadcaster in the world and whose distinctive delivery and daily mix of news, commentary and human interest stories informed and entertained a national radio audience for nearly 60 years,...Tags: Health, Joseph P. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Entertainment, Paul Harvey
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The Leopold and Loeb case
Tribune staff reporterBobby Franks, 14, was heading home for supper in the South Side neighborhood of Kenwood. But only a block and a half away from his dinner table, little Bobby simply disappeared. The boy had vanished into a car rented under a phony name by two...Tags: Puerto Rico, Prisons, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Death
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Garden smarts for free
Wish you could get a little more gardening know-how under your belt, but feel reluctant to part with your hard-earned cash to do so? Save your budget for spring planting. We went looking around the Chicago area and found that there's a lot of garden...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Navy Pier, Dining and Drinking, Gardening
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Oakland: No small plans on South Side for Granite
Chicago Tribune reporterJoseph Williams, chairman of The Granite Cos. Inc., would be doing a lot if he completes his plan to build 3,000 units of housing plus 300,000 square feet of retail space and offices and 200,000 square feet of arts, educational and recreational facilities...Tags: Health, Rentals, Chicago Housing Authority, Minority Groups, African Americans
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"For the Thrill of It," by Simon Baatz
Leopold and Loeb. Indelibly linked, the names are an alliterative invocation of a brutal crime at once random and calculated: on May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two University of Chicago graduate students and scions of wealthy, prominent...Tags: Crimes, Social Issues, New York City, Family, Juvenile Delinquency
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"Democracy's Prisoner," by Ernest Freeberg
Chicago Tribune NewspapersIt all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and a dubious law to restrict liberties at home. Add to that scenario vast inequalities in wealth, high Immigration rates, scant regard for...Tags: Crimes, Prisons, Labor Legislation, Family, Woodrow Wilson
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Guilty verdict in sniper rampage
Sun reporterJohn Allen Muhammad was convicted yesterday of murder in the 2002 sniper rampage that killed six people in Montgomery County, ending a trial in which his claim of being framed was eclipsed by his protege's riveting portrayal of Muhammad as the creator...Tags: Prisons, Crimes, Virginia, Trials, Transportation Accidents
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Part 2: A career teetering on a bottle
Special to the TribuneIn the early 1980s, Dick Cunningham and his fellow lawyers at the State Appellate Defender's Office had a tradition called Thursday Night Drinking. They would leave their offices in the New World Building -- a place with cheap rents, mice and the...Tags: Regional Authority, Children, Bars and Clubs, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Part 11: In memoriam
Special to the TribuneDick Cunningham loved music. He memorized lyrics and knew who played what instrument on which album. He loved show tunes, Sinatra, Elvis Costello. His favorite was Bob Dylan. On record or in concert, he'd say, it always seemed like Dylan was singing...Tags: Crimes, Prisons, Sports, Trials, Family
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Tenn. county reverses call to ban homosexuals
Los Angeles TimesDAYTON, Tenn. - In the same tense, humid courtroom where Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan battled over the teaching of evolution 79 years ago, eight county commissioners quickly rescinded yesterday an anti-gay motion that had drawn national...Tags: Crimes, Litigation, Trials, Minority Groups, Tennessee
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Part 5: The Hall of Dulah
Special to the TribuneIn the spring of 1991, Dick Cunningham went before one set of examiners while his son Jesse went before another. Jesse, a high school senior, entered an academic competition in which he fielded questions about math, science and the arts. Dick, a...Tags: Science, Crimes, Death, Local Government, Trials
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