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...stories have so shamed this city as that of Jon Burge, the former boss of Chicago detectives who earned much fame for their work on the toughest cases. Very simply, he and his underlings seemed to solve nearly every investigation thrown their way during much of the 1970s and '80s, from cop killings to serial rapes. How did they get their answers? According to dozens of civil lawsuits and the claims of more than a hundred suspects, it was by force - sometimes a cattle prod held to a man's groin, or a burn caused by a radiator. One suspect...
...left at his home. He keeps a residence in Florida, where he ignores phone calls and knocks on his door for comment. It's a far cry from his days on the streets, where his approachability earned the gruff cop a spot as a favorite among colleagues and reporters. Chicago through and through, Burge, now 58, is the son of a phone company worker and fashion journalist who joined the Army, served in Vietnam and then fell in love with policing. From beat cop in 1970 to commander of South Side Chicago's detectives in the early 1980s, he earned...
...indicating how confident Farecast is in its advice. (Flyers buy directly from the airlines.) Boston and Seattle are currently the only searchable points of origin at Farecast, which launched just last month, but CEO Hugh Crean says the site will soon add New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta, before going nationwide...
...runaways," says Chicago Police Officer Guy Neubert, a missing-persons specialist, "are often loners who cannot handle institutional living. They have been self-reliant and suddenly everything is done for them. They have nothing to do, and they want out." In most institutions an inmate receives only $25 to $30 a month from Social Security benefits and other income, while the home gets the rest. Out on the street, he has no bed or home, but he may have independence and a Social Security check for about...
...restrain runaways who are too fragile to survive on the outside, Administrator Edward Farmilant of Chicago's Somerset nursing home gave the front door guard pictures of 36 patients who might make a break for it. "I may be violating their civil rights," he says, "but many would be in danger on the streets." Administrators often see a breakout coming. Says Levine: "When residents get very quiet, we know they are thinking about leaving." Levine stopped one repeater by simply converting him from prisoner to guard. Now he is an "underground security agent" who watches the back door...