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April 26, 2011
VIDEO - Chicago police are investigating a hairy heist. Nearly $90,000 worth of "top of the line" human hair was…
April 19, 2011
NBC CHICAGO - A Chicago mother claims her 4-year-old daughter was served alcohol at a South Side Chili's restaurant...
April 18, 2011
VIDEO - Nationwide studies show that only 33 percent of 4th graders are proficient or better at reading. 22 percent…
April 15, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate…
April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas, shifting dynamics in cities…
April 11, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - President Barack Obama's relationship with his hometown may be best described as a long-distance love affair...
April 10, 2011
From Huffington Post: The City Council dreams of a Grammy Award-winning rapper appear to be over, for now at least.
April 7, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - A fast-moving fire at a home on Chicago's South Side early Thursday left three children dead and…
April 6, 2011
CHICAGO - Rhymefest's opponent targeted the rapper's lyrics as a bad influence, saying the obscenities and racial and homophobic slurs...
March 9, 2011
CHICAGO - A dispatcher had helped guide the father through cleaning the baby and tying the umbilical cord with a…
March 3, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Monica Haslip departed from her corporate marketing job to teach inner-city Chicagoans the trades of art and…
February 25, 2011
At the St. James Chapel at the Quigley Seminary, a prayer service was held and and the decrees were signed…
February 23, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - The rapper, who's lived in Chicago for years, vowed to pick up support from three other candidates…
February 23, 2011
OPINION - It depends on whether there is a willingness to take a lesson from the playbook of Harold Washington,…
February 23, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - A self-proclaimed "rap-tivist," this Grammy-winning writer and producer serves as an outspoken leader for Chicago's South Side...
February 22, 2011
OPINION - Chicago voters should be free to vote for whomever they wish, without baseless attacks on their racial or…
February 19, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Rhymefest paints himself as an alternative to business as usual for the 20th Ward, which includes some…
February 18, 2011
VIDEO - From his tailor shop here on Dearborn Street, wealthy businessman John Jones ran an important stop on the…
February 14, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Officials with Chicago-based Harpo Productions say the interview will cover Vick's time in prison, his work with…
February 11, 2011
VIDEO - Oprah Winfrey appeared on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' in Chicago to discuss the last season of her legendary talk…