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To avoid clicking through the slideshow, here's the list: Rates are per 100K people 30 Lake County, IN 12.37 29 Hunt County, TX 12.61 28 Norfolk City, VA 12.67 27 Robeson County, NC 13.34 26 Jackson County, MO 13.42 25 Newport News City, VA 13.78 24 Russel County, AL 14.04 23 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 14.20 22 Forrest County, MS 14.44 21 St. Clair County, IL 14.53 20 Fulton County, GA 14.58 19 Essex County, NJ 14.69 18 Pulaski County, AR 14.92 17 Lauderdale County, MS 14.94 16 Marion County, IN 15.01 15 Chaves County, NM 15.19 14 Montgomery...

CHICAGO (Jan. 1) - Despite a sharp drop in homicides, Chicago has regained a title it didn't want: America's murder capital The city finished 2003 with 599 homicides, police said Thursday. That was down from 648 a year earlier and the first time since 1967 that the total dipped below 600. Still, the nation's third-largest city outpaced all others for the second time in three years. New York, with about three times the population, ended the year with 596 homicides. Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 at 658, wound up 2003 with an estimated total just under...