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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION AS Monday, November26, 2001 Several CitiesSeeReturn of Rising Homicides : € ur, New York e doesn’t Salt Lake seeskillings reach five-year high STAFFand NEWS SERVICES TON I Manyof s big cities are re- porting a rise in homicides this year, leading some crimeexperts to warnthat the decade- long trend of good news on crime, muchlike the economy, might have cometo an end. Los Angeles, Chicago, Hous- ton, Phoenix, Boston and Pittsbufgh are among thecities up from 567 during the same where homicides have risen time last year. Phoenix police This havetallied 220 homicides, up marks a reversal from the 1990s, when killings declined from 172last year. With just over one month steadily. The Los Angeles Police Department reports 520 homi. cides as of Nov. 17, up from479 during the same period last year. The numbersuggests that the city will record its second left in the year, significantly this year. consecutive increase in kill- killings in the numberof It Lake County has alreadyreachedafive-year high. Homicides in Utah’s largest metropolitan area had been droppin; 998, whenSalt Lake County saw killings. That total dropped to 29 in 1999 ings after a period ofdeclines. Chicago police have re- and to 24 in 2000. corded 598 homicidesthis year, This year, there have already be Salt Lake Cc more isons homicides in y. more than pwide total of 60. economy At “Me seem to be a riminologist on University of st decade is credited with helping push downthe crime rate, and the sudden pullback in the economy might boost too soon to say th crime, some€ perts say “T had prec licted we'd t declines in crime, despite the redeployment of its police force sincethe Sept. 11 terrorist crimerates go up this ye said James AlanFt crim r justice prof at North: ern Univer ity in Boston. “It’s not just unemployment going up. Theyouthpopulation crime rates are risin N portii attacks. The nation’s largest city said it recorded 559 homi cides through Nov. 18, exclud: ing the roughly 3,600 people killed in the attack on the a flat rate would be a itself, as crime rates 4 jal homicide rate forthe nation fell fromahigh of 9.8 killings per 100,000 peoplein 1991 to 5.7 per 100,000 in 1999, That was nearly as low as the rate as in the late 1950s and early 1960s. SALE99.99 Toll From Storms Reaches 13 JOHNSTON & MURPHY OUR BIGGEST JOHNSTON & MURPHY SALE OF THE SEASON BYJASON STRAZIUSO THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS MADISON,Miss. — David Dykes found his wedding ring in a pile of debris in his neighbor’s yard Sunday as he and other residents searched: for their belongings amid destruction caused by a killer tornado. “There’s been somespoofing betweenall of us that we've got 72 hours to clean up each oth- er’s properties before we start dim Weber/TheAssociated Press Denise Sims, 20, rests on whatisleft of her front doorstep near Sledge, Miss., after sifting through storm rubble Sunday. 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