Panel seeks solutions to school absenteeism
At a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in school and life.
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Pro-gun activists plan rallies to oppose Obama's proposals
CHICAGO - Angered and afraid that President Barack Obama's proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are a ploy to strip them of their right to own weapons, pro-gun activists plan to rally across America on Saturday.
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Jesse Jackson Jr., promising political scion, resigns
CHICAGO - Jesse Jackson Jr. is the namesake son of one of the most prominent black men in the United States, a progressive-minded activist whose ascent into public life prompted talk of a new era of African-American political power.
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Jesse Jackson says son shouldn't rush return to Congress
CHICAGO - Illinois Democratic Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is still recovering after treatment for bipolar disorder and will not return to Congress in the near future, his father, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, said in a radio interview on Saturday.
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Mobile app sparks Obama camp voter drive, privacy fears
CHICAGO - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has taken its digital infrastructure to the streets, arming its ground troops with mobile software that maps Democratic voters and canvassing strategies - and raising the blood pressure of privacy activists who worry about possible misuse.
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