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Defying opinion polls that depicted a neck-and-neck contest, Democrat Bill Foster easily defeats Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert in the 11th Congressional District. With nearly all precincts reporting, Foster has almost 58 percent of the vote; Biggert has 42 percent.

After a firestorm of negative TV ads in a tight race for Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster try to get supporters to the polls using bells and whistles.

Rapper Chief Keef's tweet has police eyeing him, Bill Clinton's alternate universe explanation of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust and the history of the world in just two minutes. 

Before Andrew Jackson was president, he married a woman named Rachel Donelson

Mayor-elect Emanuel raised big funds for Mayor Daley, former President Bill Clinton and numerous Democratic Congressional runs in 2006. He’s also filled his own campaign war chests and personal bank accounts.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will chair what's expected to be his final city council meeting on Wednesday morning. Daley passes the mayor's office to Rahm Emanuel on May 16th.Then what?

Rahm Emanuel won a public endorsement Tuesday in the race for Chicago mayor from his old boss, former President Bill Clinton. The late morning rally brought several hundred people to the Chicago Cultural Center.