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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: Hadiya Pendleton, Students, Teaching and Learning, 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: Hadiya Pendleton, Students, Englewood, Teaching and Learning
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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, Englewood
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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 Mayor, Book, Chicago Reader, Rahm Emanuel, Reviews
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5 wounded in separate shootings
Tribune reportersA 15-year-old boy released from police custody on Friday was among five people shot through early Saturday morning, according to police. The boy was shot About 2 p.m. on the 6400 block of South Claremont Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, said...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Police Department, Hospitals and Clinics, Englewood
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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: Chicago Loop, Interior Policy, Chicago Mayor, Barack Obama, Business Enterprises
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First lady to visit Harper High in West Englewood
— First lady Michelle Obama, visiting Chicago on Wednesday for a discussion with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and civic leaders on ways to combat youth violence, will stop afterward at Harper High School, whose students have often been casualties in recent...Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Chicago Mayor, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Kenwood
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1 killed, 11 wounded by gunfire since Friday
Tribune reporterA shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood left one man dead and another wounded Friday night as at least a dozen people were shot between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Just after 8 p.m., three people asked for directions from a 23-year-old...Tags: Shootings, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, South Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Hospitals and Clinics
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Autopsy: Girl, 2, was beaten to death
Tribune reportersA 2-year-old girl from Chicago’s South Side was remembered by neighbors as happy, energetic and healthy Sunday night, not yet a day after she died. Layla Stewart, of the 2000 block of West 69th Place in the West Englewood neighborhood was...Tags: Englewood
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'This American Life' tackles Chicago violence
William Rainey Harper High School, in West Englewood, is known for a few things. It has a really good football team for its size. In 2010 it was featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for its success in boosting a dismal academic record....
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Radio, Gun Control
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West Englewood blaze sends 2 to hospital
Two men who were rescued by firefighters were taken to a hospital this morning from a South Side house fire, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The blaze erupted about 9:15 a.m. at a 2-story home in the 6400 block of South Marshfield Avenue in...
Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Fire Department, Englewood
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West Garfield Park logs 2 homicides in 3 days
RedEyeWest Garfield Park has recorded two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 24-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street, police said. A 33-year-old man was stabbed to...Tags: West Town, Garfield Park, Near North Side, South Chicago, Murder
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