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Top Chicago indie albums: BBU, Willis Earl Beal, Hood Internet
As each year winds down, Turn It Up focuses on the best of Chicago's independent music scene. Here are my 10 favorite local indie releases for 2012: 1. BBU, “Bell Hooks” (Mad Decent/Mishka): This hip-hop crew announced on Twitter that it was...
Tags: The New Pornographers (music group), Music, BBU (music group), The Hood Internet (music group), Entertainment
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Weight loss? There's an app for that
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mobile devices that let people track how much they eat and exercise may help them shed pounds over and above the benefits of a typical weight-loss program, a new study suggests. Researchers found overweight and obese adults...Tags: Overweight, Drugs and Medicines, Science and Technology, Internists, Internal Medicine
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Collisions leave two pedestrians dead, one critically injured
Tribune reporterA vehicle struck two pedestrians in the Ravenswood neighborhood Friday night, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, police said. In a separate collision in the Archer Heights neighborhood, a 61-year-man died after being struck by a...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Ravenswood, Transportation Accidents, Archer Heights, Oak Lawn
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Autopsy today for elderly man beaten with baseball bat in April
A long-delayed autopsy is scheduled for Thursday for an elderly man who was attacked with a baseball bat earlier this year and died at a nursing home late last month, authorities said. Chicago police said that a man wielding a wooden baseball bat...
Tags: Rogers Park, Nursing, Long Term Care, Medical Specialization
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Abigail Washburn scales her own personal wall of China
Like the troubadours of old, banjo-playing singer Abigail Washburn gets around. She went to college in Colorado and Vermont; played, worked and traveled up and down the East Coast in her early twenties; spent significant time in China; and is now a...
Tags: Sparrow (music group), Music Industry, Washington, DC, Abigail Washburn, Music
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Robert P. Scherer Jr.
Robert P. Scherer Jr. was born Jan. 17, 1933, and died Oct. 4, 2012, at home in Atlanta, Ga., after a very brief battle with lung cancer. Bob was a life-long summertime resident of Northern Michigan. His childhood summers were spent on Walloon Lake and...Tags: Human Interest
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John A. 'Skip' Theisen, 74
John A. "Skip" Theisen, 74, of Mackinaw City, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Mackinac Straits Health System in St. Ignace. Skip was born Sept. 26, 1938, the second son of Matthew and Esther (Swanson) Theisen, and was a resident of Mackinaw...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Gerald Ford
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Preckwinkle criticized for bullet tax idea
Clout StreetDemocratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faced criticism today after floating the idea of taxing guns and bullets to help balance the budget. Commissioner Timothy Schneider said he’s worried such a tax would do little other than hurt...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Gregg Goslin, Politics, Gun Control
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Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of Multi-state Car Theft Scheme
FOX 17 Web ProducerA speeding stop led to the discovery of a multi-million dollar car theft ring, based out of Illinois, according to the Berrien Springs Police. The incident happened back in late July, when an officer pulled the suspect over for speeding. Police say the...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Theft
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Feds: Major heroin ring busted in Chicago area
Tribune reporterA Mexican drug ring in 2011 picked the wrong person to help run their heroin sales in the Chicago area, federal officials said today -- a confidential source who already had been working with the government since 2010. On Thursday the U.S. Attorney's...Tags: Bartlett, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Mexico
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Evanston man cited in fatal traffic crash
An Evanston man was cited for causing a traffic accident that killed a 63-year-old pedestrian over the weekend, authorities announced today. A 77-year-old male Evanston resident was issued traffic citations for failure to reduce speed to avoid an...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Man killed in hit-and-run accident in Ravenswood
A 30-year-old man was killed early this morning in a hit-and-run accident in the Ravenswood neighborhood, police said. The incident happened about 1:30 a.m. at an alley in the 2400 block of West Foster Avenue, according to police. Decolbie Esco, of...
Tags: Accidental Death
Dec 13, 2012
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Nov 17, 2012
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Oct 12, 2012
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Oct 10, 2012
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Oct 9, 2012
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Sep 20, 2012
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Aug 25, 2012
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