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Left: Joe Walsh (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Right: Michelle Obama (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Ex-GOP rep rips first lady over Hadiya funeral

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Former Tea Party congressman Joe Walsh took to his Twitter this morning to criticize Michelle Obama for attending the funeral of young Chicago shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) opens his papers after stepping up to the podium at a news conference on Capitol Hill December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Jackson had been mentioned as a potential replacement for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (C), who has the power to fill the vacant Senate seat, was arrested at his Chicago home yesterday and charged with corruption after prosecutors said he was trying to sell the seat to the highest bidder. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson Jr. signs plea deal, may face prison

Mary Ann Ahern, NBC Chicago
NBC CHICAGO - It’s been nearly three months since Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress, but now NBC News confirms that Jackson has signed papers in a plea deal within the past several days...
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A flyers which asks for help in finding the killer of Hadiya Pendleton is left on a car near Harsh Park on February 1, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Pendleton, a fifteen-year-old honor student at nearby King School, was shot and killed while hanging out with friends on a rainy afternoon under a shelter in the park on January 29. A $30,000 reward has been raised to help find her killer. Pendleton was the 44th homicide recorded in Chicago for 2013. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hadiya funeral a major symbolic move by Obama

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - The first lady's decision is not surprising, as the Obamas often weigh in on matters that galvanize the African-American community..
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First lady Michelle Obama looks at her husband President Barack Obama after his speech at the event 'Together We Thrive: Tucson and America' honoring the January 8 shooting victims at McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus on January 12, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. The memorial service is in honor of victims of the mass shooting at a Safeway grocery store that killed six and injured at least 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who remains in critical condition after being shot in the head. Among those killed were U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63; Giffords' director of community outreach, Gabe Zimmerman, 30; and 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

First lady to attend Hadiya funeral

Lisa Balde, NBC Chicago
VIDEO - First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the funeral of a 15-year-old girl gunned down last week in Chicago, a White House source said...
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Shirley Chambers, 54, buried her last surviving child Monday. He was the fourth of her children who died of Chicago gun violence (theGrio)

Chicago mom attends funeral for 4th child dead from gun violence

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - With over 40 homicides and more than 150 shootings in Chicago, the country’s third most populous city reached a grim death toll in January...
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Hadiya Pendleton (Courtesy of WMAQ)

$40,000 reward offered in Hadiya murder

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theGRIO REPORT - The Chicago Police Department on Friday announced an increase in the reward being offered for information leading to the killer of Hadiya Pendleton...
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Nate Pendleton comforts his son Nathaniel, 10, and his wife Cleopatra as they listen to speakers at a press conference in a neighborhood park where Nate's daughter Hadiya was killed on January 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Fifteen-year-old Hadiya was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in the park yesterday while she was hanging out with friends on the warm rainy afternoon under a shelter in the park. Hadiya was a majorette in her high school band and recently performed in Washington, D.C. during the inauguration. President Obama's Chicago home is less than a mile from the park where Hadiya was killed. Another person was wounded in the leg during the shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hadiya Pendleton murder sparks national debate

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Following months of a re-ignited gun reform debate, the fatal shooting of 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton at a Chicago park added more fuel to the fire, causing residents and officials to put out major calls of action countrywide...
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This photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office shows Steven L. Robbins, a convicted murderer police in Indiana and Illinois are searching for after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago. Authorities in Cook County said Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 that they're investigating how and why Robbins was released. The 44-year-old was serving a 60-year sentence for murder and weapons charges in Indiana when he was sent to Chicago on Tuesday to face a drug charge. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Indiana murderer mistakenly freed in Chicago

Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Police are hunting for a convicted murderer after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago, where he was sent to face a drug charge while serving a 60-year prison sentence in Indiana...
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Source: Screenshot of R.I.P Hadiya Pendleton

Social media users united behind Hadiya tragedy

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Hadiya Pendleton's murder in Chicago shook the nation two days ago and fans across the country have banded behind the young honor-student to share their condolences and to highlight the problem of gun violence in the U.S...
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel discusses a plan to reassign 200 police officers from administrative duties back to patrol duties during a press conference on January 31, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago has been faced with a rising murder rate largely attributed to an increase in gang related violence. Last year the city had more than 500 murders. The city has had more than 40 murders in January 2013, surpassing the total for January 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

After Hadiya, Chicago to put 200 cops on street

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - Two days after a teen who performed at President Obama's inauguration weekend was gunned down, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is set to yank 200 cops from desk jobs and make them fight crime on the streets...
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