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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty

The former Congressman has officially pleaded guilty to misuse of campaign funds

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 5:32 PM UTC
Politics Jesse Jackson Jr., Chicago

Teen listened to Obama talk gun control same day sister shot dead

A young mother in Chicago was killed the same day her younger sister sat behind Obama as he discussed gun violence

Associated Press Monday, Feb 18, 2013 2:34 PM UTC
News Chicago, Guns, Gun Control

Is essayist Eula Biss Joan Didion’s heiress apparent?

"Notes From No Man's Land" traverses the American culture and landscape to confront a long history of racism

Kyle Minor Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Listener, audible, Audiobooks

Best worst reactions to that Obama presidential library story

The White House disputes a report that Reagan's home could become a parking lot for Obama's presidential library

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 2:01 PM UTC 28
Politics Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan

Teen who participated in last week’s Inaugural events shot dead in Chicago

Hadiya Pendleton was a sophomore at King College Prep VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
News Video, Murder, Chicago

Nato 3 seek dismissal of terror charges

Three men arrested in a police sting around the Chicago NATO summit last year challenge state terror charges

Natasha Lennard Friday, Jan 25, 2013 9:52 PM UTC
News nato 3, National Lawyers Guild

Richard Marx hates my guts

I made a snarky comment about the 1980s soft-rock balladeer on my blog. And now he won't leave me alone. Really

Edward McClelland Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 198
Life Music, Richard Marx

Homeless man choked to death after shoplifting toothpaste

Last year petty shoplifting at two Wal-Mart stores and one CVS led to three suspects being killed VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Jan 18, 2013 5:20 PM UTC 28
News Video, shoplifting, Chicago, cvs

The Pentagon: The global NRA

Obama has pledged to curb the sale of assault weapons at home, but how will he address American violence abroad?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com Monday, Jan 14, 2013 2:38 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, Newtown

Chicago homicides hit grim milestone

While murder numbers in New York were at a record low this year

Natasha Lennard Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:42 PM UTC 13
News Guns, Chicago, New York City

Bank robbers make spectacular jail escape

Two criminals, one a self-described "Moorish national," busted out of a high-rise lockup using a rope of bedsheets

Don Terry, Southern Poverty Law Center Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 5:58 PM UTC
News Southern Poverty Law Center

Weird news: Man attacked woman with a sock full of poop

The female college student said, “It was everywhere; on my face, my hair, my clothes."

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 5:10 PM UTC
News Weird news of the day, poop

Rap’s killer new rhymes

Four days after Sandy Hook, Interscope drops the debut album of Chief Keef, who police say may be linked to murder

Mark Guarino Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 11:10 PM UTC
Entertainment Chicago, Chief Keef, rap, drill rap

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns

The Illinois Congressman steps down amid a congressional ethics probe

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 6:53 PM UTC
News Chicago, Congress, Democrats

Pam Geller compares Jewish group to Nazi sympathizers

A Jewish group opposes the Islamophobic activist-blogger's new bus ads and gets labeled "judenrat" in return

Alex Seitz-Wald Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 5:20 PM UTC 23
Politics Chicago, Islamophobia, Pam Geller

Federal court condemns Chicago police “code of silence”

In a culture of protective silence, officers covered up a brutal beating

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 3:55 PM UTC 10
News Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Police

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could serve jail time in plea deal

The Illinois Congressman is reportedly negotiating with prosecutors over an alleged misuse of campaign funds

Jillian Rayfield Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 7:55 PM UTC
News FBI, Chicago, Jesse Jackson Jr.

Chicago anarchist sent to boot camp for lie about bomb in Harry Potter book

Ahead of the NATO summit Sebastian Senakiewicz told a drunken lie -- undercover agents were listening

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 9:30 PM UTC
News Undercover police, Explosives

Barack Obama comes full circle

The president sounded as idealistic at the end of his last campaign as at the beginning of his first

Edward McClelland Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 11:56 AM UTC
Politics Barack Obama, Chicago

Dominatrix for a day

When I accompanied my ex-girlfriend to one of her fetish gigs, I got an unforgettable lesson in saying yes

Anna Pulley Sunday, Nov 4, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Life submission, Dominatrix, BDSM

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