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Pittsburgh Approves $200K To Study Violence: Jeremy Boren from the Tribune-Review reports that Pittsburgh City Council approved legislation Tuesday to spend $200,000 on an anti-violence program intended to begin reducing the number of homicides within six months. The money will come from this year's police budget and will be used to pay for a detailed crime and gang activity analysis by University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work researchers. Court Awards $10 Million To Family Of McHenry County Murder Victim: According to an article by Charles Keeshan from the Chicago Daily Herald, the family of an 83-year-old McHenry County woman murdered in her home on Mother's Day 2006 won a $10 million judgment today from the estate of the man police say killed her...continue to full post

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