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Jennifer Hudson and Weight Watchers: The Real Commercial

Erica Watson | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: South Side Chicago, Weight Watchers, Jennifer Hudson, Believe in Yourself, Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers, I-Believe-in-Miracles, Chicago, Commercial Parodies, Parody, Spoof, Erica Watson, Weight Loss, Funny Commercials, American Idol, Chicago South Side, Comedy, Comedy News

I feel that we should be able to celebrate weight loss or any other accomplishment without taking a jab at our former selves.

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Boy, 11, Shot On Violent Chicago Day

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Tyshaun Grant Shot, Video, Chicago Crime, Chicago Englewood, Chicago Violence, Chicago Police Department, Englewood Violence, 11 Year Old Shot Chicago, Chicago South Side, Chicago Gangs, Tyshaun Grant, Chicago News

An 11-year-old boy who was playing outside with friends on an unseasonably warm day was shot Tuesday afternoon in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. ...

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PHOTOS: South Side Irish Parade Returns

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: St Patricks Day 2012, Video, South Side Parade Arrests, Chicago Irish, South Side St Patricks Day Parade, South Side Irish Parade 2012, South Side Irish, Slidepollajax, South Side Irish Parade Returns, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

The South Side Irish parade returned Sunday after a two-year hiatus, and organizers said the revamped parade was a success. The popular parade, wh...

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As Some Schools Plunge Into Technology, Poor Schools Are Left Behind

| Nick Pandolfo | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, Education Technology, Integrated Educational Strategies, Dusable High School, International Association for K-12 Online Learning, Best Practice High School, Illinois Education, Deerfield Public Schools District, Chicago South Side, The Hechinger Report, School Technology, Video, Chicago Public Schools, Digital Education, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, Chicago, Technology in Schools, Chicago Quest Charter School, School Computers, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. CHICAGO -- On a recent Friday morning, 15-year-old Jerod Franklin stared at his hands as h...

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Public Art Project Aims To Reinvigorate Chicago's South Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Chicago Kickstarters, Can They Kick It, Chicago Segregation, Video, Chicago Food Access, Food Insecurity, Community Gardens, Chicago Food Insecurity, Urban Agriculture, Chicago South Side, Chicago Impact, Chicago Public Art, Chicago News

When Brooklyn-based photographer Emily Schiffer first arrived on Chicago's South Side, it wasn't long before the widespread desolation and vacancy ove...

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Cheap Trick To Open Music Venue, Museum In Chicago

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

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CHICAGO -- The rock band Cheap Trick plans to open a museum and music venue on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Thursday that the ...

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Man Drives Himself To Chicago Hospital After Being Shot In The Head

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Shot Man Drives to Hospital, Man Shot in Head Drives to Hospital, Video, Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago Drive by Shooting, Chicago Crime, Chicago Shooting, Chicago Violence, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

A man driving on the South Side early Monday was shot in the head -- but still managed to drive himself to a nearby hospital. The Chicago Tribune ...

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Chicago Soul Food Disappearing As Blacks Leave

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Chicago Restaurants, Chicago Black Population Shrinking, Hard Time Josephine's Cooking, Chicago African Americans, Chicago Soul Food, Chicago Black Population, Soul Food, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Duct tape covers a large crack in the premier booth at Hard Time Josephine's Cooking, where waitresses call you "sweetie" and customer...

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Driver Charged In West Pullman Crash That Killed Toddler

Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Dominique Gilbert, Dominique Gilbert Killed, Car Crash, Car Kills Pedestrian, West Pullman, Toddler Killed by Car, Summer Crime, Chicago South Side, Chicago Summer Crime, Chicago News

A 23-month-old girl was killed and her grandmother hospitalized Saturday following a traffic collision in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood. Domi...

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Protesters: U Of C Medical Center Needs To Treat Gunshot Victims

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: U of C Trauma Center, University of Chicago Medical Center, Video, Damian Turner, Level 1 Trauma Centers, Chicago Violence, University of Chicago Trauma Center Protest, Chicago Hospitals, Chicago South Side, Healthcare, Chicago News

Protesters who pitched tents in front of the University of Chicago Medical Center over the weekend plan to stick around Monday, hoping they can convin...

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Suburban Youth Baseball Association Helps Chicago Team After Theft

Oak Forest, IL Patch | Ross Jacobson Email the Author | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Youth Baseball, Chicago Impact, Chicagoland Patch, Patch, Oak Forest Baseball Association, Chicago South Side, Oak Forest Patch, Chicago News

Mike Staunton had seen the impact Oak Forest Baseball Association (OFBA) could make on young kids. His two sons--ages 12 and 10--had both been playing...

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Boy, 13, Gunned Down While Playing Basketball

Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Chicago Crime, Darius Brown, Chicago Violence, Chicago Gun Violence, Boy Shot Playing Basketball, Chicago South Side, Chicago Gangs, Chicago News

A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot while playing basketball with friends on the city's South Side Monday night, and police do not believe the child wa...

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Chicago's Black Population Dwindles, Census Numbers Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Chicago African Americans, Chicago Barack Obama, Chicago South Side, Chicago Population Loss, Chicago Census, Chicago Blacks, Harold Washington, Black Voices News

The 2010 Census reveals that Chicago's black population is leaving -- to Houston, to Dallas, to Atlanta and to the other black talent-magnet cities of...

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Woman Caught In Crossfire Near South Side Beach Dies From Injuries

Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Aeyanuna Rogers Dead, Chicago Crime, Chicago Violence, Aeyanuna Rogers, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Memorial Day Shootings, Chicago South Side, Chicago Gangs, Chicago News

Chicago's Memorial Day death toll grew Tuesday, after a woman who was shot in the head in the South Side's Hyde Park neighborhood Monday night died fr...

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Fresh Moves Food Bus Set To Deliver Fruit, Vegetables To Chicago's Food Deserts

Red Eye Chicago | Lolly Bowean, Tribune Reporter | Posted 06.20.2011

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In Steven Casey's Englewood neighborhood, milk and eggs, bread and bologna are easy to find. "In the 'hood, you can get meat all day long," he said. "...

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Nurses See Extra Burden In South Side Emergency Rooms

Gapers Block | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Labor, Poverty, Chicago Hospitals, Chicago South Side, Nurses, Healthcare, Chicago News

Reasheal Lehmann joined the line of people on East 59th Street in front of the University of Chicago Medical Center. An emergency room nurse at the ho...

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Two Children Shot While Playing In South Side Yard

Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Chicago Gangs, Two Children Shot Chicago, Chicago Shootings, Handgun Violence, Chicago Police Deparment, Chicago Crime, Guns, Chicago Violence, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

On an unseasonably warm Sunday, at least two children were shot, seven others injured and one killed in shootings on Chicago's South Side. About 4...

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Report: 11 Hospitalized Following Shooting, Bus Crash On South Side

Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Chicago Violence, Englewood, Chicago Crime, Bus Crash Shooting Chicago, Chicago South Side, Chicago Bus Crash, CTA Crash, Chicago Bus Crash and Shooting, Chicago News

A shooting on Chicago's South Side reportedly caused a CTA bus to crash Tuesday morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that two men jumped out of a ...

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Rhymefest Could Emerge Victorious In 20th Ward

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The award-winning rapper who wants to be a Chicago alderman looked down the block and counted up the boarded houses in this slice of t...

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For Candidates, The 15th Ward's Ills Are Daunting

Chicago News Cooperative | MICK DUMKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Englewood, Poverty, Chicago Elections, Chicago Crime, Crime, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago City Hall, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

In the eyes of Lisa Thomas, the needs of the 15th Ward are so extensive it is difficult to list them all. Things have been going downhill," said Ms...

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What the South Side of Chicago Could Learn From Egypt

Anne Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Resistance, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Uprising, Chicago South Side, Bronzeville, Chicago News

The South Side has so much to offer. Yet we've allowed it to fall into decay through sheer greed and ignorance.

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Denzel Pittman Charged In Brutal Murders Of South Side Mom, Two Daughters

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Side Stabbings, Morgan Park Murders, Joi Cochran, Jade Hannah, Chicago Crime, Denzel Pittman, Chicago Murder, Stacy Cochran-Hill, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Authorities in Chicago have charged an 18-year-old boy in the stabbing deaths of a mother and her two daughters, who were found dead i...

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Whittier School Students Keep Fighting For A Library

Gapers Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Whittier School, Pilsen, Chicago Schools, Chicago South Side, Whittier Library, Whittier Dual Language School, Chicago News

The parents of students at Whittier Dual Language School have been fighting for seven years to get a library built for the school. They learned about ...

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City Attempts 'Crackdown' On Slumlords, But Some Still Getting Millions In Public Money

Chicago Muckrakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Public Housing, Leslie Hairston, Ald. Leslie Hairston, Chicago Slum Landlords, Chicago Slumlords, Slum Landlords, Chicago South Side, Chicago News

Chicago Ald. Leslie Hairston thought she'd finally put the kibosh on the city's habit of handing public money to landlords the city was suing for majo...

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Barack on Local TV in 2001 (VIDEO): Reviewing Restaurant, Bewitching Audience

Charlie Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Michelle Obama, Southern Food, Michelle Obama Childhood Obesity, Hyde Park, Chicago South Side, Barack Obama, Chicago, Dixie Kitchen, Check Please Barack Obama, Check Please, Politics News

This video is magic. TV is a charisma contest, and Barack next to mere mortals is like Michael Jordan in a YMCA pick-up game.

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