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June, 2008
Lisa Nigro thought her goal in life was to protect the community. She enlisted in the police academy and became a Chicago Police officer. But on the job, she kept getting labeled by her colleagues as the "social worker." Whenever families decided not to file a report on a domestic squabble or other incident, Nigro couldn't just walk away. She let people know what community services were available...
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May, 2008
The news:
After five seasons, HBO's addictive cop drama "The Wire" went off the air March 9.
Behind the news:
The show's absence cut into the diversity on television, having been one of few series with a largely minority cast.
Nearly half of the 84 characters who appeared on the five seasons of "The Wire" were black, according to a visual observation of the show's Web site...
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March, 2008
The news:
A recent study by Cook County Hospital researchers found that electric shocks administered to pigs by Taser guns can cause heart-rhythm problems and even death.
Behind the news:
According to TASER International, the manufacturer of Taser devices based in Scottsdale, Ariz., 522 Illinois law enforcement agencies now deploy or are testing its devices, which transmit...
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