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Howard Cohen
Howard Cohen, a retired real estate developer, African art collector and philanthropist, died Oct. 2 of complications from the neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis at his Dickeyville home. He was 79. Born in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills, he...Tags: Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Baltimore Museum of Art, Michael Cohen, Oakland (Alameda, California), Morgan State University
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His squirrel fan club went global
Special to the Chicago TribuneAn obsession with squirrels started for Gregg Bassett on a walk with his wife. A brown fox squirrel stopped them in their tracks as it inquisitively peered down at them from a fence. A mutual curiosity ensued, one that Mr. Bassett turned into a forum for...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, NBC, Homes, Death and Dying, Rolling Meadows
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Armed robberies increase dramatically in Oak Park
Special to the Chicago TribuneTo slow down the ever-increasing number of armed robberies in Oak Park this year, police are hoping falling temperatures will help chill the crime wave. There has been a more than 130 percent increase in armed robberies in 2008 compared with the same...Tags: Theft
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What Chicagoans would ask
The Tribune asked Chicago-area residents what questions they would put to the candidates if they could attend Tuesday's town hall-style debate. Their answers: Victor Reyes ↑ 20, of Cicero "How do you think you'll be able to fix the financial...Tags: Demographics, National Government, Roseland, Cicero, Illegal Immigrants
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$10,000 reward offered in rape of girl in Austin neighborhood
A community group in Chicago's Austin neighborhood is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the rape and beating of a 16-year-old girl this month. The attack happened Sept. 16 in an alley in the 700 block of North Central...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Rape
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Chicago family mourns SIU student killed in Downstate crash with VH1 driver
Chicago Tribune reportersKevetta Davis had planned to meet her boyfriend in St. Louis on Friday night, so she got a ride with one of her college classmates. Once she and her boyfriend met in St. Louis, they planned to travel back to their Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West...Tags: Medical Staff, University of Illinois at Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Walter Payton, Television Industry
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Charges dropped in slaying of off-duty Chicago cop and friend; suspect released
Chicago Tribune reportersThe man accused of robbing and killing Chicago Police Detective Robert Soto and a female friend walked out of Cook County Jail a free man Wednesday after prosecutors dropped the charges for lack of evidence. Jason Austin, 26, declined to answer questions...Tags: Murder, Theft, Arson, Witnesses, Vehicles
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New Orleans is the nation's fastest-growing large city
Associated PressNew Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the population...Tags: Population and Census, Demographics, Land Price, Population, Chicago Real Estate
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Police seeking 14-year-old girl last seen at South Austin store
Chicago police are searching for a 14-year-old girl last seen Wednesday morning at a South Austin grocery store.
Victoria "Vicky" Bryant was wearing a pink, short-sleeve hoodie, blue jeans and white tennis shoes with neon-pink trim when she was seen... -
Man slain while pumping gas on West Side
A man was fatally shot early Thursday while pumping gas at a station on Chicago's West Side. The shooting happened about 12:20 a.m. in the 5100 block of West Chicago Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood. The man, identified by the Cook County...Tags: West Chicago, Murder
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2 fatally shot in South Austin
Two people, including a teenager, were fatally shot on the city's West Side Saturday. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. in the 0-100 block of North Lotus Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police. The Cook County medical...Tags: Murder, Melrose, Melrose Park, Juvenile Delinquency
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