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Hudson leaves courtroom when photos shown

The singer and actress shut her eyes when the gruesome scene was described, and left the court so she wouldn't have to see images of her dead family.
The Interrupters: movie review

‘The Interrupters’ powerfully profiles the straight-talking ex-toughs who confront gang violence in Chicago.
Education secretary Arne Duncan: headmaster of US school reform

As students head back to school, educators nationwide are implementing controversial school reform wrought by Arne Duncan. Pushing competitive market approaches and armed with unprecedented funding and support from the president, he is possibly the most powerful education secretary ever.
Obama lauds Ford's bid to boost auto exports, including 2011 Explorer

Obama, at a Ford plant in Chicago on Thursday, said the automaker's plan to increase auto exports fits with his aim of doubling sales of American products abroad over the next five years. The plant will produce a more fuel-efficient 2011 Explorer for foreign buyers.
Asian carp found beyond electric barriers; caught near Great Lakes

Asian carp caught in Lake Calumet, six miles downstream of Lake Michigan. Officials concerned about possible threat.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/25
Olympic athletes who put their faith first

Four top competitors – including skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace, who races Thursday in Vancouver – talk about drawing on their Christian faith in sport.
Battle to save Chicago's Gropius architecture has preservationists and city at odds

Marked for demolition, the modernist buildings sit on a site pegged for the 2016 Olympics.
On Obama's night, an election to remember

His victory means many things to many people. Here's how a cluster of Americans – black and white, liberal and conservative – experienced the historic 2008 election.
The little green schoolhouse

What better place to focus on 'building green' than in America's schools?
Blacks wrestle with Obama-Wright rift

Many understand, but some may doubt Obama's 'blackness.'
Wright brings race issue back to '08 race

Obama's former pastor launched a public-relations blitz.
Chicago looks to 'turnarounds' to lift failing schools

The unproven reform includes firing a school's entire staff.