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Voice of the People, May. 10
Union business This is in response to "My challenge to Karen Lewis" (Perspective, April 26), by Tanya Saunders-Wolffe, a counselor at Jesse Owens Community Academy on the Far South Side. Why is the Chicago Tribune newspaper a venue for proselytizing...Tags: Mother's Day, Karen Lewis, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Kevin K. Pierce, 1957-2013
Kevin Pierce was an architect whose focus on the best use of resources made him a leader in green design and sustainable development. "From early on, Kevin established himself as a real innovator and leader in green building design, not only in Chicago,...
Tags: Shaw Group Incorporated, Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, High Schools, Frankfort, Chicago Heights
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April homicides at lowest in more than 50 years
While Chicago's homicides for April hit their lowest total in five decades, the final hours of the month closed out with a vengeance as shootings left three dead and 17 injured, including the son of a slain Chicago police officer. The latest wave of...
Tags: Murder, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Garry McCarthy
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Police officer accidentally shot in leg by fellow cop
Tribune reportersA Chicago police officer was shot in the leg by a fellow officer who had fired at a charging dog Monday night in the Englewood neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting happened about 9 p.m. in the 1200 block of West 72nd Place as Englewood...Tags: Shootings, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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First lady cites Chicago violence in CBS interview
First lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to embrace youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and "let them know we hear" their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" television show, the first lady weighed in about violence in...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Hadiya Pendleton, West Englewood
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First lady says nation must 'embrace' youths impacted by violence
Tribune reporterFirst Lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to “embrace” youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and “let them know we hear” their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” television show,...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Hadiya Pendleton, West Englewood
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Authorities: Death of woman found in vacant building ruled homicide
An autopsy today found a woman found in a vacant South Side building died of stab wounds, authorities said. Denise Warfield, 47, died of multiple stab and incise wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner'...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, West Englewood
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Wedding: Easterling-Stevens
Heather Easterling and Shawn Stevens were married at sunset on the beach at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bride is the daughter of Russell and Cindy Stuart and Tom and Kathi Easterling of central Illinois. She is a senior meeting planner at...
Tags: Marriage, Forest Laboratories Incorporated, Family
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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: South Shore, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Lisa Madigan, Isaiah Thomas
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Coming to terms with the reality of our city
In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Book, Rahm Emanuel, Reviews, Chicago Reader
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The CTA circles of hell
RedEyeRiders, no need to abandon all hope when you enter the CTA this summer. The second phase of the Wells Street Bridge project, which started Friday and will continue until early Monday, means Brown Line reroutes and also the start of CTA construction...Tags: Metra, Chicago Transit Authority, Chatham
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Apr 29, 2013
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