GUARDS HELP ESCORT CHICAGO KIDS TO NEW SCHOOLS
By DON BABWIN Safety Guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her parents Destiny and Anthony Hill on her first day of…
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WHITE HO– USE TRAVEL DIRECTOR KEEPS ENTOURAGE MOVING
By NEDRA PICKLER In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 photo White House travel office director Ashley Tate-Gilmore stands near a row of rocking chairs at the entrance to the Vineyard…
JESSE JACKSON JR. SAYS HE’S SORRY FOR HIS CRIMES
By MICHAEL TARM and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their…
CHICAGO SCHOOL CLOSINGS WORRY POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
By DON BABWIN In this Aug. 6, 2013 photo, satellite classrooms at the vacant Guggenheim Elementary School building show disrepair and vandalism in Chicago. In the year since Guggenheim School…
JEB BUSH BACKS NEW SCHOOL STANDARDS, CHOICES
By DAVID A. LIEB Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards…
DALEY MAKES CANDIDACY FOR ILL. GOVERNOR OFFICIAL
By SOPHIA TAREEN FILE – In this June 17, 2013 file photo, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Daley is making…
CRESTS APPROACHING IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN MIDWEST
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER A restaurant sits surrounded by floodwater Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Louisiana, Mo. Communities along the Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging…
BOMBING PROBE HIGHLIGHTS EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE
By DAVID CRARY In this Monday, April 15, 2013, photo, spectators make pictures with camera phones during the Boston Marathon in Boston, before two bombs exploded at the finish line…