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News & Politics, Feature Feb 14, 2013
Anatomy of a heroin ring

Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 11th police district, antihistamines, Aurora, Austin, Berwyn, Black Gangsters, Brandon Richards, Bucktown, cannabis, Charles Cowart, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Sun-Times, Cicero, Cornelius Thomas, CPD, crack, crime, Curtis Ellis, cutting heroin, Dana Bostic, Davon Taylor, DEA, Dirty Unknown Vice Lords, Dormin, druck trafficking, drug cartels, drug dealers, drug dealing, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug runners, drug use, East Garfield Park, ecstasy, Eddie Valentino, Eleazar Alves, Erik Guevara, Excalibur, gang violence, gangs, guns, heroin, homicides, Jerry Bischoff, jobs, Joe Gorman, K-Town, Ladonta Gill, Lee Floyd, Mahogany Barbee, marijuana, Matthew F. Kennelly, Maurice Davis, Mexican drug cartels, murders, New Breeds, Operation Bird Cage, poverty, River North, Rock 'n' Roll McDonalds, schools, Sinaloa cartel, Stroger Hospital, Takers, Taste of Chicago, Tony Allen, U.S. Attorney, Undertaker Vice Lords, unemployment, Vice Lords, West Garfield Park, West Humboldt Park, west side, White Palace Grill, Woodridge

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Oct 24, 2012
Porn, this way

On the enjoyment of erotic images and the hazards of same. Plus: Should I tell my boyfriend I fingered my roommate?
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, porn, kids and porn, action movies, the talk, masturbating, amazing sex, long-term boyfriend, relationships, average sex, ecstasy, tequila, fingerbanging, cheating, gay Republicans

Music, Music Feature May 3, 2012
Slideshow Video
How Chicago house got its groove back

Chicago house music is the sound of global pop today. In the 90s, though, it was on life support—until a new wave of producers, including Cajmere and DJ Sneak, got the city doing the Percolator.
- By Michaelangelo Matos
- Tags: Music Feature, house music, Chicago house music, DJ Sneak, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Frankie Knuckles, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Trax, DJ International, raves, North Coast Music Festival, Spring Awakening Music Festival, DeadMau5, Skrillex, Gramaphone Records, Hip House, Cajmere, DJ Derrick Carter, filter disco, Daft Punk, DJ Funk, Boo Williams, Glenn Underground, Paul Johnson, WBMX Hot Mix 5, Curtis A. Jones, Justin Long, Dajae, DJ Traxx, ghetto house, booty house, Julius Romero, MDMA, ecstasy, Rave Archive, Kate Simko, acid, Green Velvet, juke, footwork, Nero, Swedish House Mafia, Cajual Records, Slideshow, Video

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