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**Jennifer Beals**, 47, actor, Chicago
Researching her role as Chicago�s police superintendent in *The Chicago Code*, Beals took ride-alongs with detectives. �It was not the first time I�ve seen someone shot� [*Laughs*] �unfortunately.� When was the first time? �In my neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.� It was a pretty decent neighborhood [at 82nd Street and Indiana Avenue], but there were things that happened.�

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Tuesday April 26 2011

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