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A 15-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing that started out as an attempted robbery on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Monday, Chicago police said. An armed robbery aboard a CTA Red Line train led to the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy, police said. At about 3:04 a.m. in the 200-block of West 63rd Street, police said the boy was armed with a gun and was a part of a group of seven people who were attempting to rob a person on the train, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said. The person they...

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Bowie knife (pronounced /ˈboʊ.iː/ BOW-ee[1][2][3] or /ˈbuː.iː/ BOO-ee[3]) is a style of fixed-blade knife first popularized by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie in the early 19th Century. It was first made by James Black, although its common use refers to any large sheath knife with a clip point. The "Jim Bowie knife" first became famous due to Bowie's use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight. The knife pattern is still popular with collectors; in addition to various knife manufacturing companies there are hundreds of custom knife makers producing Bowies and variations.