Chicago hits record 400th murder this year, asks city for help on Twitter
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CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
On Friday, Chicago crossed a milestone it would have preferred not to: 400 murders for the year.
Sadly, it's common for the city to reach that number, though, it typically doesn't happen this quickly. This is the first time in 9 years Chicago has reached 400 homicides prior to October and that number is a 25% increase from 2011. The violence is trending up.
Now, the city is turning to social media for help in solving the city's gun violence.
The city wants anyone with an idea about getting illegal guns off the street to go on Twitter - and tweet out the idea.
A special hashtag was created to streamline these ideas: #WhatIfChicago
Some of the suggestions will be taken up during a panel discussion at "Chicago Ideas Week" next month.
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Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films.
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Beauty used to be in the eye of the beholder. Nowadays, a phone-app is making some of the judgments. More than 5 million people have bought the "Ugly-Meter" app. Here's how it works: You take a photo,
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There's debate about how a school in Georgia -- and the local police department -- handled a 6- year- old who apparently threw a violent temper tantrum.
