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New Chicago South Side Homeless Shelter for youth OPEN!!!

Article Submission We are proud to announce that Ujima Village, the low threshold youth shelter for the South Side is now open! We serve older youth, ages 18 up to the 25 th  Birthday, all

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Drug Use Drops for America’s Youth, Rises in the Over 50 Crowd

By: Mike Levine Article Reprint Drug use among America’s youth is dropping, but it’s booming among people over 50, a U.S. government survey released Wednesday shows. Last year, the rate of illicit drug use among

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CVS Pharmacy Will Cut Off Prescription Privileges For Doctors Who Prescribe Too Many Painkillers

By Sy Mukherjee Article Reprint Pharmacy giant CVS  announced plans to revoke more than 36 health care professionals’ privileges to dispense powerful prescription painkillers through their stores. The company chose to cut off access to

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Norman Oosterbroek, former Lady Gaga bodyguard, dies after reportedly breaking into Fla. home

By Erin Donaghue Article Reprint CBS) PINECREST, Fla. – Police say a former bodyguard to celebrities including Lady Gaga and Jay Z has died after allegedly breaking into a Florida home while naked, fighting with

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Car bombs across Iraqi capital kill nearly 60 people

A series of car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people in predominantly Shi’ite districts, police and medics said. By Kareem Raheem Article Reprint It was not immediately clear who

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Scientists discover key to normal memory lapses in seniors

Scientists have good news for all the older adults who occasionally forget why they walked into a room – and panic that they are getting Alzheimer’s disease. By Sharon Begley Article Reprint Not only is

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Sick Oregon Man ‘Robs’ Bank For One Dollar To Get Health Care In Jail

By Scott Keyes Article Reprint Nobody sticks up a bank for a single dollar unless he has a particularly compelling reason. Tim Alsip had one: the only way he could afford health care was to

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Remembering Tommy Morrison — Better Known as Tommy Gunn

By Matthew Kitchen Article Reprint No matter how many fights he won or lost, former  WBO World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Morrison — who died Sunday in an Omaha,  Nebraska hospital — was always going to

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