http://www.chicagodefender.com/ http://www.chicagodefender.com/p2w0-.htmlImage Gallery http://www.chicagodefender.com/p2w0-.html http://www.chicagodefender.com/p2w0-.html http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=811 Videogames, the opposite sex, hanging out…those are some of the things considered normal teenage interests. Well, how about never missing a day of school, not one? That is far from typical and that is why only a small number of Chicago Public Schools students enjoy that distinction.http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=810 The first three months of this year the city had 87 homicides, one less than a year ago. The common factor was guns. Last month, nine people died after 36 shootings during one weekend. Mayor Richard M. Daley said there is tremendous access to firearms, and the police are literally “outgunned” when they are on the streets fighting crime.http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=804 After six years since being charged, R&B superstar R. Kelly will finally start day one of his child pornography trail Friday. The trial was originally set to begin last September. Chicago native Robert Kelly, 41, was indicted in 2002 for allegedly videotaping himself between 1998 and 2000 having sex with a minor.http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=812 According to a new report, college- educated men with wives and girlfriends are the johns who frequent West and South Side prostitutes. Researchers at the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation interviewed 113 men who buy sex and reported that 79 percent had attended or completed college, 62 percent made more than $40,000 a year, and 62 percent had a wife or girlfriend.