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Shyne slams Obama, backs Romney

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Mooseheart coach Ron Ahrens speaks with his players before their game with the Westminster Warriors Tuesday.

Sudanese players lose to team that questioned eligibility

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CHICAGO - A high school basketball team's worries about the eligibility of three African players on a rival squad may have been all for naught -- at least judging by the final score...
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'Stringer Bell Bandit' arrested

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theGRIO REPORT - Chicago police have arrested and charged Kenneth Anderson, 46, for robbing and attempting to rob 11 banks in the city's downtown Loop since October, according to the Chicago Tribune...
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Chicago police car at the crime scene in southwest side.

15-year-old girl fatally shot in back in Chicago

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NBC Chicago - Investigators in Chicago are trying to find the gunman who opened fire on a group of people on the city's southwest side and killed a 15-year-old girl...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-IL, speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. With time running out before the August 2 deadline to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, Congress is working to strike a deal that would avoid a potential federal default next week. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Who will replace Jesse Jackson Jr?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Illinois 2nd Congressional District residents will soon return to the polls to elect a new representative, after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned last week...
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This March 20, 2012 file photo shows Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., his wife Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, and their children Jessica, 12, and Jesse III, 8, thanking supporters at his election night party in Chicago after his Democratic primary win over challenger, former Rep. Debbie Halvorson, in the Illinois' 2nd District. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says he has received letter of resignation from Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from congressional seat

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Embattled Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been under a cloud of suspicion since he disappeared from Congress to go on medical leave in June resigned from his post Wednesday...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-IL, speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. With time running out before the August 2 deadline to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, Congress is working to strike a deal that would avoid a potential federal default next week. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Mayo Clinic: Jesse Jackson Jr. continues medical treatment

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CHICAGO (AP) - Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. remains under the care of physicians for bipolar disorder, although he's no longer a patient at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic...
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Chicago worker wins NJ lottery during Sandy cleanup

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NBC Chicago - A Chicago man helping with the Superstorm Sandy cleanup struck it big last week...
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U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Kennedy, left, meets with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.(AP Photo/Office of Patrick J. Kennedy)

Jackson Jr. exits Mayo, enters world of trouble

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theGRIO REPORT - Jesse Jackson Jr., who handily won re-election last week despite being on medical leave since June, has left the Mayo Clinic, a spokesman for the hospital said Tuesday...
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Chicago firefighter dies after returning from call

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NBC Chicago - A Chicago firefighter died late Sunday after returning from a call to put out a small cooking fire...
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Jesse Jackson Jr. wins re-election despite criminal probe

Andrew Greiner, NBCChicago.com
CHICAGO - U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., who has made no public appearances since for several months amid illness and who faces a criminal probe into alleged misuse of public funds...
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