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Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes.

After two hearings, 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith today introduced ordinance amendments designed to strengthen city inspections of nursing facilities, increase enforcement and penalties and require the homes to make public more details of their financial and safety records.

Her proposed amendments will be considered in the City Council Health Committee before being taken up by the full council in a process that could take "a couple of months," Smith said. "Now we will see how the lobbyists and industry try to play their hand."

Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn's office said it plans to introduce legislation in coming days to implement the recommendations of the governor's Nursing Home Safety Task Force, which was formed in response to Tribune articles on rapes, attacks and murders in facilities that house elderly and disabled residents al...

Authorities dropped their investigation into the slaying of a man in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood, calling it self-defense, but an activist who has dug deeply into the case wants it reopened.

Killian Walsh, president of the Edgewater Beach Neighbors Association, remembers the balmy September evening last year when Rocco Lopez was stabbed in the neck. She recalls the sirens and the memorials left where the young father of three fell on West Berwyn Avenue.

Haunted by the details and the way the investigation seemed to fade, she and her neighbors pored over police files, talked to witnesses and pursued leads.

What they discovered, they say, has convinced them that the man who killed Lopez and stabbed Lopez's friend, Mario Flores, 19, should not be walking their streets. They said they plan to launch an online petition to draw attention to what happened and have asked prosecutors to reconsider the decision not to pursue charges.

The case "just settled into...

State officials are investigating a police-involved shooting in south suburban Riverdale that left one man hospitalized and another man in police custody today, officials said.

The men, who have not been charged with a crime, were the subjects of an ongoing narcotics investigation in the suburb, said Steve Patterson, a spokesman for the Cook County Sheriff's office which assisted in the case.

The incident began a shortly before noon today at 138th and Halsted streets when Riverdale police assisted by three Cook County Sheriff's officers tried to pull over a minivan driven by the target of the investigation in a gas station, Patterson and Riverdale police said. Another man was also in the van in the passenger's seat, Patterson said.

After police tried to pull the van over, the driver attempted to flee and nearly struck a Riverdale officer, Patterson said. Riverdale police fired shots at the van and the men fled east on 138th Street, Patterson said.

The susp...

Officials from the Chicago police Bomb and Arson Section were investigating a suspicious suitcase near the Red line CTA tracks at Granville near Broadway, police said at about 6:50 p.m. today.

CTA Spokeswoman Sheila Gregory said police ordered CTA officials to suspend train traffic on the Red and Purple lines which share the tracks. She said shuttle buses were being provided between Berwyn and Howard Street both north and south bound.

Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said police received a call at about 4:49 p.m. about a suspicious suitcase located on the southeast corner at Granville and Broadway on the street. He said that they had cordoned off the area while officials investigate.

--Carlos Sadovi

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A neighbor's video catches a backdraft engulfing Chicago firefighters at 4851 S. Paulina St.

It was one of those small fires that firefighters face every day.

But even the smallest blaze can turn on you -- as shown on a newly surfaced video of a backdraft that injured four Chicago firefighters last month.

The video, shot by a neighbor through a window, will now be used to train recruits.

The video begins shortly after Truck 33 pulled up to the boarded-up coach house on South Paulina Street on Feb. 18. Dark gray smoke is drifting from the roof and the back but no flames can be seen.

Two firefighters begin prying off a large sheet of plywood -- one of them on a ladder, the other on a porch. Suddenly they disappear in a blast of hot smoke and ash. Both stagger to the ground. One of them craw...

My favorite event at any show is the inevitable Fight Club held by Capcom to show off Super Street Fighter IV (and other titles). There's great food, free drinks, and Street Fighter. Now, the quality of player isn't too high at these events unless they are open to the community (I got destroyed at CES 2010), but it's always fun to see friends and talk SF.

Last night, Capcom finally revealed Hakan. Long-rumored, he was the final character in the set of 10 new brawlers for Super. I'm really surprised no images leaked, but wow. He is ridiculous, hilarious, and well-oiled. He's a lot of fun and tricky, much like El Fuerte.

This morning, I was caught playing the iPhone version of Street Fighter IV in line at Starbucks by SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono, who had stepped into line behind me. We shared a laugh and he thanked me for purchasing the game. I thanked ...

The Chicago Police Department will be expanding its use of Tasers by adding one to every beat car in the city and allowing patrol officers to use them for the first time, officials said today.

There are currently 280 on the street and about 380 will be added.

Sergeants and field training officers are the only personnel who carry the weapons now. Officials argue that beat officers, the first responders to fights and other dangerous confrontations, need the weapons.

Officers are getting eight hours of training and the department is designing follow-up courses.

Officers are allowed to use the weapons only when confronted with an active resister - making a movement to avoid arrest - or an assailant.

(The move comes as Illinois State Police investigate the death of a man in Midlothian overnight who died after being hit by a Taser following a traffic stop.)

-- Annie Sweeney

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