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I meet Loretta Scott in Bridgeport, six miles south and east from her home in North Lawndale. She’s behind the counter at a Halsted Street tailor shop. But she’s not an employee.“I’m unemployed,” Scott, 54 years old, tells me. “I’m just observing.”

School districts all around the state can apply for up to $25 million from the federal government under the latest Race to the Top competition. But first they have to agree to big changes—like personalized instruction for individual students and performance evaluations for everyone, including the superintendent and the school board.

California Gov. Jerry Brown previously estimated the state would generate between $1.4 billion and $1.9 billion over the next 13 months from taxes related to sales of Facebook stock. The estimate was based on a price of $35 a share.

One of their lawyers says the jail conditions amount to ‘sensory deprivation’ intended to hamper the defense.

Accusations of romantic conflict of interest surround one potential candidate.

New data released Tuesday shows home sales around Chicago are good.