http://www.mail.com/people/28672-rahm-emanuel.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28672-rahm-emanuel.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862736-chicago-takes-leading-role-national-gun-debate.html CHICAGO (AP) — They are counting the dead from gunfire again in Chicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the nation. After a year in which Chicago's death toll surpassed 500, the bloodshed has continued in 2013 at a rate of more than one killing a day. It was the city's deadliest January in more than a... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862736-chicago-takes-leading-role-national-gun-debate.html 2013-02-01T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857412-teen-performer-inaugural-events-fatally-shot.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president's hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a park about a m... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857412-teen-performer-inaugural-events-fatally-shot.html 2013-01-31T01:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849302-fraud-concerns-linger-ill-license-law.html CHICAGO (AP) — As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other pitfalls other states faced. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed Illinois' measure into law Sunday in Chicago. Backers, including Quinn, C... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849302-fraud-concerns-linger-ill-license-law.html 2013-01-27T23:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845718-obama-picks-foreign-policy-aide-chief-staff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close friend unafraid to deliver straight talk. McDonough has been a longtime foreign policy adviser to the president and is popular among the White House staff. Obama made the announcement in th... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845718-obama-picks-foreign-policy-aide-chief-staff.html 2013-01-25T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846182-mcdonough-stranger-to-obama-inner-circle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In selecting Denis McDonough to be his next and fifth chief of staff, President Barack Obama is tapping a longtime confidant and unflappable ally to be his gatekeeper to the personalities and challenges that will confront him in his second term. Obama announced Friday that McDonough, now one of the president's closest national security a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846182-mcdonough-stranger-to-obama-inner-circle.html 2013-01-25T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1827608-boeing-plans-to-carry-with-787-production.html Boeing plans to keep building its flagship jetliner while engineers try to solve battery problems that have grounded most of the 787 fleet. It's not clear how long the investigation — or the fix — will take. But it won't be cheap for Boeing or for the airlines that had sought the prestige of flying the world's most sophisticated passenger plane — a marvel... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1827608-boeing-plans-to-carry-with-787-production.html 2013-01-18T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1826302-ap-sources-mcdonough-chief-staff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is likely to name Denis McDonough, one of his closest national security advisers, as his next chief of staff, according to people familiar with the White House thinking. However, White House officials say a final decision has not been made. In tapping McDonough, Obama would be relying on an inner circle ally for th... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1826302-ap-sources-mcdonough-chief-staff.html 2013-01-17T10:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821264-conn-group-starts-anti-violence-effort.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies as New York moved to become the first to state to pass stricter gun control laws and politicians worked to confront gun violence. Members of the newly formed group Sandy Hook Promise spoke out Monday, saying t... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821264-conn-group-starts-anti-violence-effort.html 2013-01-15T07:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as they called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies. "I do not want to be someone sharing my experience and consoling another parent next time. I do not want there to b... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html 2013-01-15T05:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1817250-will-longer-school-year-help-hurt-us-students.html Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there's a catch: a much shorter summer vacation. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of the longer s... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1817250-will-longer-school-year-help-hurt-us-students.html 2013-01-14T08:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1817040-snapshot-influenza-activity-50.html Here is a snapshot of flu activity in all 50 states and the District of Columbia: Alabama: Like many states, Alabama is having an earlier and busier flu season than a year ago — though not as bad as the 2009 pandemic. The state Department of Public Health doesn't tally statewide flu cases but emergency departments have been busy treating patients with flu... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1817040-snapshot-influenza-activity-50.html 2013-01-13T05:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814704-jackson-jrs-wife-leaves-chicago-city-council.html CHICAGO (AP) — The wife of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Friday that she was resigning from the Chicago City Council, saying she could not adequately represent her district while dealing with "very painful health matters." Alderman Sandi Jackson, whose husband recently resigned from Congress while being treated for bipolar disorder and othe... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814704-jackson-jrs-wife-leaves-chicago-city-council.html 2013-01-11T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1796400-cities-chart-course-through-pension-morass.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In Philadelphia, pension costs doubled in a single decade. Cities in Rhode Island dimmed streetlights, raised taxes and put off road repairs. Stockton, Calif., fell into bankruptcy. Unpaid bills from decades of retirement promises made to public workers, combined with a lackluster economy and steep Wall Street losses, have built up... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1796400-cities-chart-course-through-pension-morass.html 2013-01-02T21:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1791226-violence-gangs-scar-chicago-community-2012.html CHICAGO (AP) — It was February, the middle of lunch hour on a busy South Side street. The gunman approached his victim in a White Castle parking lot, shot him in the head, then fled down an alley. The next month, one block away, also on West 79th Street: Two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire at the Bishop Golden convenience store. They killed one youn... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1791226-violence-gangs-scar-chicago-community-2012.html 2012-12-31T11:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html CHICAGO (AP) — Facing a climbing homicide rate, Chicago is poised for another fight over handguns — just two years after the last one. When the U.S. Supreme Court nullified the city's 28-year-old handgun ban in 2010, Chicago responded by passing one of the nation's toughest handgun ordinances. And city officials sounded ready Thursday for another battle a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html 2012-12-13T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html CHICAGO (AP) — Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court struck down the nation's last such prohibition as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it. Chicago aldermen joined gun control advocates in urging state Attorney Gener... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html 2012-12-13T01:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1738640-5-to-increase-class-time-schools.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1738640-5-to-increase-class-time-schools.html 2012-12-03T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's education agenda for next four years may look less like real reform and more like tying up loose ends, experts say, with practical budget issues and an age-old power struggle between Congress and the administration getting in the way. Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educatio... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html 2012-11-19T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701242-chicagos-top-cop-code-silence-tolerated.html CHICAGO (AP) — Just before the beating of a female bartender by an off-duty Chicago police officer persuaded him to end his own career, then-police Superintendent Phil Cline said the officer caught on videotape had "tarnished our image worse than anybody else in the history of the department." Nearly six years later, a federal jury has not only awarded ba... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701242-chicagos-top-cop-code-silence-tolerated.html 2012-11-14T22:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699068-will-chicago-verdict-cop-beating-trial.html CHICAGO (AP) — Will the city act? That's the question many Chicagoans will be asking Wednesday — a day after the dramatic conclusion of a civil trial that stemmed from a notorious 2007 beating of a female bartender by off-duty police officer Anthony Abbate. A video recording of the attack later went viral worldwide. Jurors came back wi... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699068-will-chicago-verdict-cop-beating-trial.html 2012-11-14T12:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1697540-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-leaves-mayo-clinic.html CHICAGO (AP) — Questions about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s health and political future swirled again Tuesday as the Chicago congressman left the Mayo Clinic for the second time but didn't disclose where he was going, even as Congress returned from a seven-week election break. The Democrat, who was easily re-elected last week, has been on a hushed medical lea... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1697540-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-leaves-mayo-clinic.html 2012-11-14T00:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1650060-campaign-surrogates-shore-up-support-final-days.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has Springsteen. Republican Mitt Romney has his sons. They, along with dozens of other celebrities and elected officials, are blitzing through battleground states in the White House race's final days. Their goal: give the presidential campaigns a daily presence in key states even when the men at the top of the tick... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1650060-campaign-surrogates-shore-up-support-final-days.html 2012-10-23T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1644906-obama-romney-allies-square-foreign-policy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama — through their allies — squared off Sunday over which candidate would best protect the nation's interests and security abroad with just two weeks left in a race that polls show is increasingly tight. Both candidates stayed largely out of view, preparing vigorous... Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1644906-obama-romney-allies-square-foreign-policy.html 2012-10-21T17:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1625088-chicago-schools-ceo-replaced-17-months.html CHICAGO (AP) — Just three weeks after Chicago teachers returned to the classroom following a bitter strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel replaced his schools CEO with a veteran educator and administrator who he said had the experience to take Chicago school reforms "to the next level." Emanuel said at a news conference Friday that Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Cl... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1625088-chicago-schools-ceo-replaced-17-months.html 2012-10-12T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1619776-testing-nonprofit-waters-with-chicago-ideas-week.html CHICAGO (AP) — There are TED talks, Davos and Renaissance Weekends, all for innovators and world leaders to share creative ideas and make lucrative connections. And now there's a big-shoulders version of the grand-meeting-of-elite-minds concept: Chicago Ideas Week. The weeklong program of panel discussions, speakers and demonstrations, which opened Monday... Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1619776-testing-nonprofit-waters-with-chicago-ideas-week.html 2012-10-10T09:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1606788-chicago-teachers-vote-to-approve-3-year-contract.html CHICAGO (AP) — Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly have approved a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system, union officials announced late Wednesday. Union spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin said the contract was ratified by 79 percent of the union's membership. The contact was ratified by a vote Tuesday ... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1606788-chicago-teachers-vote-to-approve-3-year-contract.html 2012-10-04T02:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1593290-cubbies-cusp-100-loss-season-66.html CHICAGO (AP) — Even for a team with a record of futility unmatched in professional baseball, this season has been one of the most dismal in Chicago Cubs history. About the only good thing that could be said about a team poised to lose 100 games for the first time in 46 years — one of which came after the shortstop trotted off the field thinking there were... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1593290-cubbies-cusp-100-loss-season-66.html 2012-09-28T06:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1580678-school-strike-challenges-emanuel.html CHICAGO (AP) — The grueling teachers strike is over. Now comes the hard part for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As he pushes ahead on his promise to reform the city's underperforming classrooms, he faces several daunting tasks: slashing an estimated $1 billion budget deficit, confronting a woefully underfunded employee pension system and finding money for th... Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1580678-school-strike-challenges-emanuel.html 2012-09-22T16:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574540-obama-suggests-romney-touch-with-america.html MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama cast Mitt Romney on Thursday as an out-of-touch challenger for the White House and an advocate of education cuts that could cause teacher strikes to spread from Chicago to other cities. The Republican countered that the U.S. economy "is bumping along the bottom" under the current administration and he predicted victory in the fall. ... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574540-obama-suggests-romney-touch-with-america.html 2012-09-20T22:03:00Z