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Chicago's Homicide Rate Falling

After a rough 2012 with more than 500 homicides, violence in the first quarter of 2013 fell 42 percent from a year earlier.

After a rough 2012 with more than 500 homicides, violence in the first quarter of 2013 fell 42 percent from a year earlier.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.