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Midday News Links: Gun Violence Follows Chicago Into 2013

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 1, 2013 7:00PM

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  • We didn't leave behind gun violence in 2012. 11 people were shot during the first hours of 2013. One of those shot, 20-year-old Octavius Dontrell Lamb is the first murder victim of the year. [Tribune, Sun-Times]
  • Which makes Dan Mihalopoulos' article about how there are fewer beat cops in patrol districts all the more damning. [Sun-Times]
  • And there were several crashes on area expressways overnight. This is why we take advantage of the penny CTA rides when we go out on New Year's Eve, people. [CBS Chicago]
  • The first babies of 2013 were born. [ABC 7]
  • Von Freeman in concert on New Year's Eve in 1983 and 2010. [Chicago magazine]
  • Surprise: Illinois is dragging its feet on pension reform. [Crain's]