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West Side Factory Explosion: 2 Seriously Hurt (VIDEO)

AP | CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Two workers mixing chemicals at a Chicago biodiesel manufacturing plant Friday set off an explosion that left two workers injured - on...

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Minority Enrollment Down At Top Magnet Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

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Kenneth Green knew he wanted to send his daughter to a magnet school, Chicago's oldest schools of choice. He spent hours enveloped in research and tou...

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13-Year-Old Shot In Humboldt Dies

Chicago Sun-Times | Annie Sweeney | Posted 10.02.2008 | Chicago

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A 13-year-old girl who was shot early Sunday while standing with her mother and cousins outside her great-aunt's home on the West Side has died. Eter...

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Chicago's Looming Diabetes Epidemic

The Windy Citizen | Whitney Jackson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

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While childhood obesity rates remain sky-high in the U.S., society has yet to feel the full weight of our expanding waistlines, experts say. For young...

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