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Chicago-Area Bishops Spent Money Fighting Maine Gay Marriage

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago


As Maine voters decided this past week to overturn their state's controversial same-sex marriage law, they had a little help from several Chicago-area...

Michael Jackson Live Memorial Page

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


This page will be updated throughout the day. Email your thoughts and pictures to submissions+mj@huffingtonpost, share in the comment section, or twee...

Michael's Magic

Hermene Hartman | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment


Hermene Hartman

I came in contact with the Jackson 5 in 1971. Berry Gordy insisted that we take this new group -- these kids out of Gary. But Rev. Jackson didn't want these "kids" interfering with the main show.

A Fellow Gary Native and Ex-Motown Recording Artist Remembers the King of Pop

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment


Eric Deggans

My life and Michael Jackson's have run along somewhat parallel lines for years, back to our earliest days growing up in the shadow of steel mills in Gary.

The Tragic End of Michael Jackson

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

As we grew closer I tried to impress on Michael that his salvation would come not from further concerts or album sales but from reconnecting with loved ones and replacing his desire for attention with a hunger for righteous action.

2009 Gary Roosevelt High School Commencement Address

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Robert D. Patterson

I really wanted to help them understand that despite the positive changes in the current political landscape, they will need to be prepared for the inevitable backlash.

Gary Petitions State For Bailout

Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago


Indiana is putting a cap on the amount of property taxes local governments can collect. That has some cities in Northwest Indiana filing for state ass...

Northwest Indiana One Of Nation's Least Healthy Places For Women

STNG/WBBM | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago


Northwest Indiana improved its health profile, even if it was by only one spot. In 2007, Self magazine named the Gary metropolitan area the unhealthi...

Gary To Lay Off 135 Teachers

The Northwest Indiana Times | Carmen McCollum | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


No one showed up to comment at a public hearing where the Gary School Board made a tough decision by cutting $23 million from its 2009 budget and elim...

Lake County Crucial To Obama's Indiana Win

AP | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago


Lake County did two things Tuesday it couldn't in May: count the votes in a timely fashion and help deliver the state of Indiana to Barack Obama. But ...

Gary, Indiana Mayor and his Tax-Funded Hummer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green


Is FOX News taking a green outlook? In a piece aired on June 20th on the normally conservative station, Neil Cavuto grills Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, In...

Clinton in Indiana: The Night Dewey Almost Won Again

Dan Treul | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Last night's near-stunner in Lake County, Ind., was testament to the efforts and optimism of hundreds of Obama volunteers there. Clinton's boasting victory declaration had an historically comic ring.

Indiana Lunch Break In the City Of Steel

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home


Laura J. Mansfield

In Gary, Ind., the City of Steel, a worker says he's voting Democrat. "Oh yeah, I want a job next year," he says... Obama never mentions the mills. Clinton, at least she seems interested."