Blacks in Chicago are the most isolated racial group in the nation's 20 largest cities, according to an analysis of 2008 population estimates. To truly integrate Chicago, 84% of the black or white population would need to change neighborhoods.
A man, angry that a family was talking during a movie, threw popcorn at the son and then shot the father in the arm in Philly. James Joseph Cialella [see-uh-lell-uh]told the family sitting in front of him in the theater on Christmas Day to be quiet.
The number of black teenagers who either killed or were killed in shootings has risen at an alarming rate since 2000, a new study shows. The study comes from FBI data showing that murders have leveled off nationwide; however, this is not so for black teens.
A study shows that teens who skip breakfast as middle school students tend to have sex at an earlier age than those who eat breakfast. The average age of first-time sex for those who said they ate breakfast every day as a middle school student was 19.4,
The Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers and San Diego Chargers all grabbed division titles. Yesterday was the final day of the NFL regular season. Divisional playoffs are set for January 10-11 with conference championships scheduled for January 18. The Super Bowl is on February 1st in Tampa.
259,000 homes were lost to foreclosure in November. Almost a million homes have been lost to foreclosure since August 2007. Nationally, home prices fell a record 16.6% in the third quarter.
Just weeks after opening shop, the Obama transition team has been flooded by what looks like an unprecedented wave of hundreds of thousands of resumes from people who want positions in the new president's administration
Aides to President-elect Barack Obama will release a report this week exonerating incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of any wrongdoing in the controversy surrounding Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Unemployment is soaring, consumer spending is shrinking and both the stock and housing markets are on track for one of their worst years on record. As 2008 comes to a close, the economic outlook for the coming year is pretty grim.
Wicked winter weather moved across the country this weekend, snarling air and road traffic and pounding the Northwest with whiteout conditions before heading toward the Midwest and Northeast.
Braking problems may be to blame for a Continental Airlines flight running off a runway in Denver this week-end, according to an online report in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
The University of Chicago is joining a nationwide trend of allowing male and female students to live not just on the same dorm floor, but in the same dorm room.
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