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"The results of a Census data study conducted by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research revealed that segregation in urban areas has gone down nationwide, with Chicago experiencing the second-largest declines," the Huffington Post reported last week.

Val Halen's first new album in over 15 years with frontman David Lee Roth, A Different Kind of Truth, came out this week, and is already looking at winning that coveted Billboard number one spot.

Comedian Peter Kremidas might find the details behind the recent crackdown on Chicago brothel madam Kimberly Miniea a little hilarious -- but he also says that we don't have a good enough reason to break up her family, no matter how unusual it might seem.

Two of the movies vying for awards attention this season have been biopics: The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and J. Edgar, starring Leonardo Dicaprio as former FBI director J.

Etta James died last week after losing her battle with leukemia.

Heidi Klum and Seal prompted gasps last week when they announced they were separating after seven years together.The couple said they'd grown apart, but comedian Julia Weiss (playing Us Weekly correspondent "Old Irish Lady") argues that there's more than meets the eye to their bre

Chicago improviser and  teacher Mike Enriquez, who coached current Saturday Night Live performers Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain (as well as many others), died last week after losing his battle with cancer.