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Walk-off victories
At age 18 and with the blessing of her family, Sajina Tamang left her home in Nepal to work as a housekeeper in Lebanon. Finding work abroad was her ticket to self-sufficiency, one of the few career paths open to a rural girl in one of the world's most...
Tags: India, Hospitals and Clinics, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Health and Medical Professionals, Orthopedic Surgery
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"It was clear I was being watched."
A Humboldt Park block club has a lesson to teach about how seriously to approach their role in violent neighborhoods: Days after 13-year-old Tyquan Tyler was fatally shot in the 6200 block of South Rhodes, a prayer group marched around the Woodlawn...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Chicago Tribune, Lifestyle and Leisure
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11 homicides in 5 days in Chicago
RedEyeAfter four days last week without homicides, Chicago saw 11 homicides in five days, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. Nine men, between the ages of 21 and 38, were shot to death from Sept. 12 through Monday, RedEye determined. The...Tags: Murder, Grand Boulevard
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Top weekend shows: Riot Fest, Hideout Block Party, Handsome Family, Lightning Bolt
Riot Fest: For the first time the annual punk festival expands outdoors for two days in Humboldt Park (opening night will be indoors at the Congress Theatre), and the lineup has some of its heaviest hitters yet, including Iggy and the Stooges, Elvis...Tags: Elvis Costello, Alkaline Trio (music group), Barbara Lee, Music, The Stooges (music group)
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Teacher on strike struck by car
A striking Chicago Public Schools teacher was hit by a car while picketing in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 62-year-old teacher was struck at about 8 a.m. Wednesday near Chicago and Western avenues. Police say the veteran teacher was picketing...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Public Schools
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Five men wounded in drive-by shooting in Washington Park
Tribune reporterFive men in their 20s were wounded when someone in a passing car fired off at least a dozen rounds in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. One of the wounded may have fired back at the car, according to police, who said...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Injuries and Wounds, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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How to awaken a sleeping jazz festival
Two months ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival made a bold move, presenting performances for the first time on the South Side of Chicago, in Ellis Park. Throngs turned out. Next month, the World Music Festival will take a bold step, for the first time...
Tags: Arts, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park
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Men charged with selling sewer covers, grates for scrap
Tribune reporterThe operator of a Chicago scrap metal company is charged with buying sewer covers and sidewalk grates pried from city streets by thieves. After his arrest Saturday morning at Industrial Metal Enterprise in West Humboldt Park, Eric Kowalczyk, 55, told...Tags: Prosecution, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Property
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The Onion's Chicago homicide parody: Tasteless or acceptable?
RedEyeThe Onion satirized Chicago's summer homicide rate, calling it a "hot new murder craze." The story has been gathering lots of buzz, and we at RedEye had some differing views on it. Was it funny or tasteless? That's our great debate today. No one thinks...Tags: Onions, Murder
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Cops: Suspect in Gold Coast hotel slaying left phone behind
Tribune reportersA suspect in custody for the shooting death of a woman at a Gold Coast hotel had left his cell phone in the room, police say. Authorities arrested the 28-year-old man late Tuesday night at his home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood for the slaying of...Tags: Whitehall, Cell Phones, Shootings, Chicago Hotels, Murder
Sep 21, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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Sep 19, 2012
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Sep 18, 2012
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Sep 14, 2012
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Sep 12, 2012
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Sep 4, 2012
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Aug 31, 2012
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Aug 24, 2012
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Aug 26, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012
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Aug 16, 2012
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