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Chicago city sticker may depict street gang signs

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza says she is looking into whether the winning design for the city's next city sticker depicts street gang signs.

 
 
OUR CITY Associated Press

City of Harvey sued by child rape victim

CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who prosecutors say was raped as a child by a Cook County correctional officer is suing the Chicago suburb of Harvey.

 
 
OUR CITY Associated Press

Missing child of homicide victim located

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Police in Chicago have located the missing 2-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their Racine home. Authorities say the child's father has been arrested.

 
 
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OUR NATION Associated Press

More US states to join foreclosure-abuse deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, Michigan and Florida, three of the states hit hardest by the housing crisis, will join a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses, officials with direct knowledge say. They will join more than 40 other states in approving a deal that would benefit many Americans who lost their homes or can't afford their mortgages.

 
 
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Parents: Pa. high school team taunted with slurs

BRENTWOOD, Pa. (AP) — Officials at a Pittsburgh-area school district say three students have been disciplined and the superintendent says he's reviewing video from a recent high school game to determine if anyone else will be punished for racial slurs directed at a predominantly black basketball team.

 
 
OUR SPORTS Associated Press

1968 Olympian to recount iconic moment at CAU

ATLANTA (AP) — One of two black athletes who called attention to the plight of African Americans at the 1968 Olympics will recount the iconic moment at Clark Atlanta University.

 
 
OUR NATION by Jim Kuhnhenn

Obama's inner geek: robots to flying marshmallows

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a president who promotes technology at every opportunity, Barack Obama often strikes an awed, self-effacing pose in the presence of technicians, scientists and high tech machinery.

 
 
OUR CULTURE Defender Staff Report

Today in Black History – Feb. 8

 
 
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OUR FOCUS Editorial

The Fight Against HIV/AIDS…Why Sitting at the Table Matters

After 30 years of the HIV pandemic, one might think that terms such as “community collaboration” and “community participation” would be commonplace among those fighting the disease. But in many communities across the country, this is not the case. In fact, the clock seems to be rolling back to the early days, when the opinions and actions of a small minority marginalized the voices of those who were most impacted by the global pandemic.

 
 
OUR CITY Defender Staff Report

Cunningham to Black community: I need your support

Justice Joy V. Cunningham, who sits on the Illinois Appellate Court, said now is the perfect time to grab ahold of a rare vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court when Justice Thomas Fitzgerald retired in 2010.

 
 
OUR ENTERTAINMENT By Taylor Harris

Affirmation of Black History and entertainment

One aspect we need not leave out while reviewing Black history is music. From the African drums to the blues, gospel, jazz and funkadelic era birth a genre diverse and unique in its own way (other wise known as rap.) People will argue the influence of rap music as positive and negative forever, but the magnitude of its impact is not up for discussion.

 
 
 
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