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Africa's gift to Silicon Valley could prevent the next Katrina
11:11 AM on 03/15/2010
From The NY Times - Ushahidi, Swahili for "testimony", is a technological innovation that is revolutionizing crisis response and putting the power to observe and report directly in the hands of victims...
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Shooting victim says love handles saved her life
3:50 PM on 02/25/2010
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar...
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Katrina's impact on crime questioned
9:55 AM on 02/16/2010
A huge crime wave blamed on thousands of Katrina evacuees in Houston and other Southwest cities never happened...
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Arenas writes op-ed piece on 'guns and violence' for Washington Post
9:05 AM on 02/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas says he now understands "guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters."
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School should be a place for learning, not a battleground
8:12 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the issue was school desegregation. Today, the issue is school safety and the threat of student violence.
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Psychiatrist stabbed by her patient
10:23 AM on 10/28/2009
VIDEO - A Massachusetts man is dead after he stabbed a female doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office and then was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard...
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Caught on tape: Teenagers shoot, injure store owner in robbery attempt
1:24 PM on 10/27/2009
VIDEO - An attempted robbery at an Akron, Ohio supermarket ends, with the store clerk shot multiple times. The whole thing, was caught on tape...
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FBI conducts gang sweep in southern LA
3:40 PM on 10/22/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than 1,100 FBI agents and police officers spread out through South Los Angeles, banging on doors before dawn Thursday...
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Charges dropped against U.S. teen in beating death
8:07 AM on 10/20/2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student that was recorded in a cell phone camera video...
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In Chicago, some blame turf wars for violence
11:17 AM on 10/19/2009
VIDEO - As suspects in the beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert appear in court Monday, experts continue to question the cause for violence...
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Stepdad shoots teen caught having sex with daughter
12:47 PM on 10/16/2009
VIDEO - An Apopka, Florida teenager was shot four times after he was caught having sex with the shooter's daughter, police said...
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Obama sends Holder and Duncan to Chicago to discuss youth violence
4:29 PM on 10/07/2009
VIDEO - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan pledged federal support on Wednesday to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities...
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To stop the growth of violence, understand its roots
2:50 PM on 10/07/2009
OPINION - Without a clear awareness of acts of violence in the past, we discount our ability to eradicate a lot of violence in the present...
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Why we need to start snitching
9:55 AM on 10/07/2009
OPINION - The "stop snitching" movement is a social construct enforced through various fears including fear of retribution...
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Our kids are a bigger threat to themselves than KKK ever was
10:52 AM on 10/02/2009
OPINION - Chicago, once a haven for black culture and economic progress, has become more dangerous for black youth than Mississippi was for their forebears...
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Chicago lives behind a veil of violence
7:27 AM on 10/01/2009
OPINION - I wish I could say that what happened to Derrion Albert was a new phenomenon. Unfortunately, such acts of violence are business as usual for people who live in the underbelly of the inner city.
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Two sides of Chicago: Olympic dream vs. violent nightmare
9:40 AM on 09/30/2009
OPINION - As Chicago aims to paint a picture of itself as a safe, clean and cosmopolitan metropolis, many of its working class neighborhoods on the south and west sides represent a rather stark contrast.
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Violent America makes for violent youth
7:36 AM on 09/30/2009
OPINION - We should abhor the actions of the young men who killed 16-year-old Chicago student Derrion Albert, but we should not be so quick to label it just another "black-on-black" inner city crime...
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Police exonerated after beating allegations
10:02 AM on 08/10/2009
VIDEO - A Philadelphia grand jury has vindicated a group of police officers caught on video beating three suspects.
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Chicago violence puts blood supply at a premium
1:08 PM on 07/14/2009
In Chicago this weekend, a 12-year-old boy was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting, another victim what has seemed like non-stop violence there lately. Things are so bad that one hospital emergency room has actually come close to running out of supplies of blood for incoming patients...
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Rape on the rise in aftermath of Haiti quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - With no lighting and no security, they are menacing places after sunset...
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