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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 4, 2011 11:00PM


  • Police have arrested a man for the murder of a 14-year-old girl in Indian Head Park. Details emerge that make the killing seem even more senseless, as the man used the girl's phone to taunt her mother. [Sun-Times]

  • Police are still investigating the shootout at a Far South Side convenience that left four dead and two wounded. [Tribune]

  • Illinois is expanding its open data offerings and rolled out a data portal. [Gov. Quinn]

  • This week Sound Opinions interviewed Brian Eno, and Jim DeRogatis deserves a round of applause for interviewing his hero and then having the critical honesty to slam the latest project Eno is associated with. [Sound Opinions]

  • What is your favorite song about Chicago? And have you heard Edith Frost's "Cars and Parties"? [Chicago Magazine]