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The Chicago United Hoops Classic is a local high-school all-star basketball game aimed at silencing the violence that plagues the city's streets. (Courtesy NBC Chicago)

Chicago high school all-star game aims to end violence

Bryan Crawford, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - On Saturday, some of the areas best high school basketball players from the South and West sides of town competed in the Chicago United Hoops Classic at the Gerald E. Ratner Center on the University of Chicago campus, in an event aimed at bringing awareness and hopefully an end to all of the senseless acts of street violence that occur all too often.
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Singer Brandy and producer Ryan Press

Brandy engaged to music executive Ryan Press

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Brandy Norwood is now engaged, according to reports. 'A spokeswoman for the 33-year-old R&B singer and actress says she'll marry music executive Ryan Press, though a wedding date has not been announced,' confirms Billboard.com...
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