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Commentary: Making schools safe takes money, will

I was saddened, but not surprised, by reports of the Chicago, Illinois, street fight that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.

Cabinet officials, Chicagoans discuss ways to end teen violence

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan met Wednesday with a group of teens who were schoolmates of a Chicago youth brutally beaten to death last month.

Michelle Obama steals the show in Copenhagen

After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.

SI.com: David Epstein: Financial risks loom as Chicago awaits Olympic fate

Like many a transplanted Chicagoan, I'm eager to show off my hometown after spending most of my adult life in New York City. I want my coast-centric acquaintances to know what real pizza looks like; that Chicago has a majestic skyline with the country's tallest building; that one of the world's two outdoor Picasso sculptures stands by City Hall; and that, no, you cannot skip a rock across Lake Michigan. (It's more than twice the size of New Jersey! And three times as clean!) I can't help but get a little tingly when I consider that the International Olympic Committee might award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago on Oct. 2, when its members meet in Copenhagen to choose a site from a final four that also includes Madrid, Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo. And I'm not the only one. A slightly more famous ex-Chicago resident, President Barack Obama, will be in Copenhagen to schmooze IOC members.

Commentary: Beer won't heal this wound

Beer summits at the White House notwithstanding, not all controversies between the police and the citizens they serve are destined to turn into gauzy, orchestrated "teachable moments."

Inmate recaptured in Indiana

Authorities have captured the second of three inmates who escaped earlier this month from Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, officials said Tuesday.

Search called off for two Indiana prison fugitives

Authorities have called off the active search for two of three inmates who escaped from an Indiana prison over the weekend, but they still are following leads to find them, the state Department of Correction said Tuesday.

One Indiana prison escapee caught; two still at large

One of three inmates who escaped from an Indiana maximum-security prison was captured Monday about eight miles away in southwestern Michigan, officials said.

Minority youngsters dying weekly on Chicago's streets

The Rev. Michael Pfleger has ordered the American flag at St. Sabina Church hung upside-down -- a historic sign of distress -- to symbolize the growing death toll among the city's youngsters.

Unleash thy inner bard on 'Talk Like Shakespeare Day'

Hast thou been patterning thy parlance to evoke the vernacular of William Shakespeare?

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