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Chicago Bosnian Community Says ‘No Peace Without Justice’

Chicago Bosnian Community Says ‘No Peace Without Justice’

Samir Biscevic doesn’t sign his paintings, because they’re never finished. Nor does he seemed finished with his paintings that keep him locked into his home country, Bosnia, and the atrocities that spilled much blood and left deep scars. “My paintings are not beautiful. There is no beauty here,” Biscevic said as he surveyed about 70 […]

A 24-year-old North Lawndale man said in court Monday that he was forced by a Chicago police officer to sign a statement involving the shooting death of a 27-year-old Lawndale man. Jamie Fairley testified at the Cook County criminal courthouse during the trial of Quinton Davis, 25, and Larry Coburn, 29, who are charged with […]

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Frankenstorm: Chicago Reacts To Hurricane Sandy

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Frankenstorm: Chicago Reacts To Hurricane Sandy

Chicago may be 800 miles away from the East Coast, but Hurricane Sandy’s presence was felt all the way into the Midwest Tuesday. Some hotels around downtown were packed with stranded travelers, even as they dealt with cancellations from people who couldn’t get here. “We haven’t had more business, but we’ve had a lot of […]

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UIC Students Use Art To Create Breast Cancer Awareness

At University of Illinois at Chicago‘s Campus Programs’ Think Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness night, UIC students, along with the Collegiate Panhellenic Council teamed with UIC’s art gallery, Gallery 400, in an effort to stimulate breast cancer awareness by creating a hand decorated flag of pink ribbons. As a part of breast cancer awareness month, the […]

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Elections 2012: McAuliffe, Randazzo Battle for 20th House District

Michael P. McAuliffe proudly shows off his father’s old campaign posters and pins in his dining room at home. The red 1980 poster shows the late Rep. Roger McAuliffe’s face and reads “McAuliffe for the 14th District.” The McAuliffes have controlled the northwest Chicago area – which includes parts of Niles, Park Ridge, and Norridge […]

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On the day she was officially introduced to the school board as the new Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer, Barbara Byrd-Bennett was greeted by a crowd of parents upset over school closings, and a $1 billion deficit waiting for her a year down the road. “I hear you. It’s been a week,” Byrd-Bennett said […]

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Biden Appeals To Middle Class In Oshkosh, Plugs Early Voting

Adele Parks is a high school student from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Generally on a Friday morning she should be at school. Not on that day, though; she was on an entirely different campus. Specifically, she was at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, as part of a line that formed in front of the university’s Albee Hall Friday […]

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