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Homeless United for Change this week announced that
two downtown churches will provide temporary shelter whenever the weather
turns nasty this mont
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As the Springfield Overflow Shelter’s final day
in operation for the 2007-08 season draws near, it appears that a local
homeless advocacy gro
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As of this week, five years have passed since the
U.S. launched the war on Iraq.
Although analysts disagree on a precise figure, the
total c
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In April 1961, John F.
Kennedy came to Chicago to pay tribute to Mayor Richard Daley, who just a
few months earlier had delivered Illinois to the Democrat in th
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The Democratic Party may not be the only party facing
a contentious nominating convention this summer. Battle lines are being
drawn for a possible showdown betw
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Anyone who’s shattered a pricey cell phone on
the sidewalk, gagged on the smell of a roommate’s stinky sweat socks,
or endured a serious
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The middle-school kids
who trudge past the immense beige structure on South MacArthur Boulevard
twice a day aren’t old enough to remem
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What’s the difference between a person with a
mental illness and one with diabetes or a broken limb? Groups that
specialize in providing mental-health ser
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It’s difficult enough these days to get through
high school without having your peers and teachers slap a label on you:
Prep. Goth. Emo. Nerd. Jock. But &
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Even though 17-year-old citizens are allowed to
drive, get jobs at the local cineplex, and serve in the armed forces,
anybody familiar with kids of