CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history

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Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett withdrew her recommendation to close four other schools at the last minute as it became clear some board members would fight to save them.

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Brutal, fatal cleaver assault in London called a terrorist attack

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London (CNN) -- They first hit the man, thought to be a British soldier, with a car in broad daylight. Then the two attackers hacked him to death and dumped his body in the middle of a southeastern London road.

As the victim -- dressed in what appeared to be a T-shirt for Help for Heroes, a charity that helps military veterans -- lay prone, one of the two attackers found a camera.

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Dear Steve and the crew, I am a 21-year-old college student with a five-year-old daughter. I was dating my daughter's father for five years before I had her. Recently, I found out that he lied to me the whole time. He is actually 36 years old and has two kids by another woman. Whom he is living with. One day she called me and ask how did I know her man. I was speechless because he warned me that a woman was going to call me, but he claimed it was his sister. She told me how she had a five-year-old son by him that was only two months old. We did a three way call and I was on mute and he denied everything and said that my daughter wasn't his. After confronting him about it, he decided to drop out of my daughter's life and hasn't helped me out ever since. What should I do? I tried child support and that doesn't help because he denied her and doesn't want to take the DNA test. What should I do? PS: All six of my uncles want to fight him.

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Thunder’s Kevin Durant donates $1 million for Tornado relief in Oklahoma 

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Kevin Durant already attained hero status in Oklahoma City for elevating the Thunder to the ranks of the NBA’s elite, but his latest act is more meaningful than anything he’s done on the court.

The Thunder All-Star is pledging $1 million — through The Durant Family Foundation — for relief after deadly tornadoes tore through the midwest on Monday. The American Red Cross said Durant’s commitment is meant to match other donations and be an incentive for more people to contribute.

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Mohammed Ahmed, Illinois Man, Arrested For Soliciting Prostitute While On His Honeymoon

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It didn't take long for police to locate a 21-year-old Chicago-area man reported missing by his newlywed wife while honeymooning in the Orlando area last week -- he was already in their custody after he attempted to hire a prostitute who was actually an undercover detective.

Mohammed Ahmed, of the 4400 block of West Estes Avenue in Lincolnwood, Ill., was arrested after he responded to an online ad posted by the Polk County Sheriff's Office and arrived to meet the woman he had attempted to hire, according to police.

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