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Urban Prep Academy (Courtesy NBC Chicago)

100 percent of Urban Prep seniors college-bound

Sharon Wright and BJ Lutz, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - Urban Prep Academy is continuing its record of success...
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Alicia Keys buys Eddie Murphy's mansion in NJ

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theGRIO REPORT - Alicia Keys, her husband Swizz Beatz and their young baby are movin' on up -- into Eddie Murphy's old house...
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Neighborhood, not income, predicts Chicago health disparities

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theGRIO REPORT - A recent study shows that the differences in neighborhood conditions strongly predict who will be healthy, who will be sick, and who will live longer, independent of income...
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Anthony Davis #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats

Anthony Davis' NBA dream about to come true

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NBC Chicago - Davis could be the second player from Englewood taken with the number one draft pick...
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Sons of Sugar Hill label founders face tax charges

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Three sons of the founders of the Sugar Hill Records hip-hop recording label pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion charges...
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Chicago street named after comedian Bernie Mac

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CHICAGO (AP) - A sign bearing the name of the late comedian Bernie Mac has been raised over a street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood...
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White, implicated in 50s hoop scandal, dies at 82

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Sherman White, a 1950s college basketball star at Long Island University who served jail time for point shaving, has died. He was 82...
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Robbery suspect struck by squad car at crime scene

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CHICAGO - An Englewood man was arrested Saturday after police struck him with an unmarked squad car as he was allegedly fleeing the scene of a robbery...
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Chicago family loses 3 children to house fire

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CHICAGO (AP) - A fast-moving fire at a home on Chicago's South Side early Thursday left three children dead and more than a dozen people homeless...
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