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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Sep 24, 2011 10:00PM

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Waterspouts over Lake Michigan. Photo by Flickr user SightSpecific.
  • Mick Dumke and Kevin Warwick analyze the relationship -- or lack thereof -- between criminal activity and basketball courts. [Chicago Reader]
  • A 50-year-old man was struck and killed by a car while he was trying to cross Lake Shore Drive at Monroe. [WLS]
  • A CTA bus ran a red light on Michigan Avenue and struck and critically injured a 47-year-old woman. [Sun-Times]
  • A failed bankrobber fled without taking the cash. [Tribune]
  • An 83-year-old woman stopped to help a homeless man in Orland Park, but instead the man attacked and raped her. [Sun-Times]