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By Margaret Lyons in News on Jul 17, 2008 11:20PM

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Mayor Daley's latest gun buyback program is getting off to a slow start. [S-T]

Wow. A Trib investigation found that Illinois's largest psychiatric facility "left sexual predators unguarded," failed to investigate charges of abuse, and " failed to share basic information as the savage violence left some youth worse off than when they arrived." [Trib]

Math tattoos.

Verizon phones are going to start working in subway tunnels. Yay? [S-T]

What are Chicago's "most walkable" neighborhoods?

Roger Davidson, 20, was charged with animal torture today for allegedly setting a baby raccoon on fire. "Davidson...allegedly told police he wanted to see what would happen. He allegedly told police it's 'not like it’s a real animal like a dog,' prosecutors said." [S-T]

Unemployment in Illinois is 6.8 percent, its highest since 1993. [AP]

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