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Gangs Organize In The Midst of Anti-Cop Protests

Gangs Organize In The Midst of Anti-Cop Protests

Gangs appear to have grown more politically emboldened this past year, as protests have sprouted in response to police shootings of young black males. Gangs organizing with local politicians are not new, as some will point to New York’s Tammany

Buchanan: Left Waging ‘War on the Cops’

Buchanan: Left Waging ‘War on the Cops’

Columnist Pat Buchanan argued that the left was “waging a war on cops” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “What is developing here is basically a real social, cultural, political collision between police, who are being charged with being racist white cops

Top 400 Players of the Young College Basketball Season

Top 400 Players of the Young College Basketball Season

Miami joins powers Duke and Kentucky as the only schools with more than two Top 100 players in the early Value Add rankings, which appear here first and then will be updated on the www.valueaddbasketball.com list of all 4,000 players.

Mike Ditka Slams Rams for ‘Hands Up’ Stunt

Mike Ditka Slams Rams for ‘Hands Up’ Stunt

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has joined critics of the St. Louis Rams and the NFL for not disciplining five players for Sunday’s “hands up” stunt. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, “Da Coach” said that it was

Resurgent Blue Demons Having Fun on and off Court

Resurgent Blue Demons Having Fun on and off Court

Let’s not get carried away. It’s only December, Big East play hasn’t even started, and DePaul has yet to play a road game… but the Blue Demons are 4-1 and playing better team basketball than they have in seemingly eons.

Report: 1,400 People in US Being Monitored for Ebola

Report: 1,400 People in US Being Monitored for Ebola

While Ebola may not be dominating the news cycle anymore, some 1,400 individuals are currently being actively monitored for the deadly virus in the United States.  The 1,400 individuals are “being monitored because they came from one of the four countries with

The Skyrocketing Cost of Doing Business In Chicago

With Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democrats wanting to up the minimum wage from $8.25 to at least $10 statewide in Illinois, it seems Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to be first in Chicago and in a big way.

‘Tired’ Derrick Rose Sits Second Half of Loss to Nuggets

‘Tired’ Derrick Rose Sits Second Half of Loss to Nuggets

A day after Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau expressed frustration over Derrick Rose’s frequent absences from the court, the former MVP pulled himself from a game.  Rose, scheduled to make $19 million this season, said he felt “tired.”  “Just tired