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When Richard M. Daley became mayor, he "understood more than anybody ... that he had to address what was called Beirut-on-the-Lake at the time because of the racial divide," his brother Bill Daley told the Sun-Times.
NASCAR revs its engines for the second year, new piping plovers hatch on Montrose Beach, a 110-year-old bakes her own cherry pie for her birthday, and more.
"We have some very good potential candidates out there that ... would excite, not only the Democratic Party, but independents who make the difference in these elections," the former U.S. Commerce secretary said.
Students admitted to CPS gifted elementary programs are three times more likely to get into one of Chicago's 11 test-in high schools than kids who go to nonselective neighborhood elementary schools, a WBEZ analysis of data has found.