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Kelly easily wins Democratic race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress
Clout StreetFormer state Rep. Robin Kelly easily won the special Democratic primary Tuesday night in the race to replace the disgraced Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress, helped by millions of dollars in pro-gun control ads from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...Tags: Crimes, Internal Revenue Service, Gun Control, Elections, Assault
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Concert review: Passion Pit at UIC Pavilion
Michael Angelakos is pretty business-like as arena-pop singers go, dispensing with the small talk. Instead, he’d rather pour his energies into leading massive, musical group-therapy sessions -- at times, that’s exactly what Passion Pit’s...
Tags: Nicki Minaj, Passion Pit (music group), Behavioral Conditions, Music, Entertainment
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Jackson Jr.'s 'promise' turns pitiful
Even by the jaded standards of Illinois politics, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s spending spree with his campaign cash sounds breathtakingly shameless, partly because it sounds so senseless. Back in the early 1980s, his father, the Rev. Jesse L....
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Behavioral Conditions, Elections, Chicago Elections, Judges
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Daily calendar: Feb. 19, 2013
Check ahead: Inclement weather might cause some of these events to be postponed or canceled. Please call ahead. TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown...Tags: Human Interest, Abusive Behavior, American Red Cross
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La Leche League of Columbia meets fourth Friday
These groups meet regularly. Bereavement Support Group — Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. This group is for adults who are mourning the loss of a loved one. All are welcome. St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. 410-792-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Howard County General Hospital, Howard County, Anglicanism, Religion and Belief
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Letters: Jail isn't for the mentally ill
Re "Prison's revolving door," Editorial, Feb. 5 Crime and arrests in Los Angeles County continue to decline. On the countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee's website, the first annual report on public safety realignment shows recidivism rates...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Mental Illness
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Only in Cook County
This is in response to “Judge found not guilty by reason of insanity” (News, Feb. 5) about Judge Cynthia Brim. Only in Cook County could a person that is diagnosed bipolar be elected judge and decide cases brought before her by police...Tags: Judges, Park Ridge, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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The system's missing pieces
In testimony before President Barack Obama's Gun Violence Task Force on Jan. 9, Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a Columbia University professor and former president of the American Psychiatric Association, said that the Newtown, Conn., tragedy, coming so soon after...Tags: Gun Control, Medical Specialization, Politics, Social Sciences, Barack Obama
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DCFS crowding overburdens children's shelter
After being beaten with a pan and left in the dark for hours bound to a pole, the 11-year-old girl escaped from her abusive home through a basement window and walked barefoot six blocks to the La Grange police station one summer night in 2011. "She...
Tags: Aunt Martha (music group), Misdemeanors, Missing Persons, Crimes, Social Services
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Suicide is on the rise, and officials don't know why
Will Heinemann seemed happy in October of 2008, laughing with friends and family at his son's wedding. Six months later he fatally shot himself. The owner of a Barrington masonry company and a 59-year-old married father of three, Heinemann seemed to...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, Suicidal Behavior, Suicide, Hospitals and Clinics
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Why Mental Health Screening Of Gun Buyers Is No Answer
The Hartford CourantThe horrific mass murder of children and school personnel in Newtown prompted calls for more screening of gun buyers to identify the mentally ill and prevent or restrict purchases of weapons and ammunition. This simplistic, impractical and unfair proposal...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Murder, Behavioral Conditions, Politics, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Judge who shoved deputy found not guilty by reason of insanity
Tribune reporterA Democratic Party-backed judge who won re-election in November while facing battery charges was found not guilty Monday — by reason of insanity. The insanity verdict could aid the judge's effort to return to the bench. Not long after Judge...Tags: Psychiatrists, Local Elections, Behavioral Conditions, Elections, Medical Specialization
Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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Feb 18, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Feb 6, 2013
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Feb 3, 2013
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Jan 8, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
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Feb 4, 2013
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