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As Michelle Obama celebrates her 47th birthday today, here are 47 things you didn’t know about about the First Lady:

1. Her nickname is “Miche” (pronounced “Meesh”).

2. Her husband calls her “My Rock”

3. Her father worked the swing shift in the boiler room at Chicago’s water purification plant.

4. She grew up with her older brother, Craig, and parents in a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment. She shared the living room with her

Chicago — Illinois State Representative Edward Acevedo had a gun pointed at him Friday night on Chicago’s Lower West Side, but the gunman took off when he realized who Acevedo was.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the representative was standing on the sidewalk in the 2500 block of South Oakley Avenue when a van pulled up alongside him and an occupant pointed

FRAMINGHAM, MA

A Framingham police Swat Team killed an unarmed grandfather of 12 in Framingham Massachusetts, 68-year-old Eurie Stamps. The Boston Herald Reports:

A Framingham SWAT team member yesterday was placed on administrative leave for fatally shooting a 68-year-old grandfather of 12, police said, as relatives struggled to cope with the sudden and violent death.

Early Tuesday morning, police raided the home at 26 Fountain St. as part of a multiweek drug

New York– A court battle over the health and financial affairs of R&B icon Etta James has revealed that the ‘At Last’ singer is gravely ill with leukemia and is suffering from dementia, The Press-Enterprise reports.

WASHINGTON

South Carolina Congressman, James Clyburn, responded to Sarah Palin’s speech on the Arizona Shooting, on the Bill Press Morning Show. When asked about her comments, he replied

“She just can’t get it….”You know, Sarah Palin just can’t seem to get it, on any front. I think that she’s an attractive person, she is articulate,But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what’s going on here.

Illinois — North Central College, a small school in the Chicago suburbs, must have been thrilled at the opportunity to bring world-renowned director Spike Lee to campus as the keynote speaker for its upcoming Martin Luther King Week.

But the Naperville, Ill. university is suddenly facing pressure over the decision, from — oddly enough — an Italian-American advocacy group.

The Italic Institute of America, a group

Miami — After the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the Los Angeles Lakers by 55 points LeBron James left a Twitter message that seemed to be directed at the Cavaliers and their fans.
Crazy. Karma is a b****.. Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!
After a slow start, the Miami Heat have the best record in the Eastern Conference of the NBA,

A few days following the Arizona shooting, talking head Rush Limbaugh threw his two cents in by saying that Loughner is smiling in the picture because he knows he is backed by the Democratic Party.

He said that Loughner is getting the exact attention he always wanted.

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CHICAGO — Again and again defense attorneys and prosecutors played the same graphic video of 16-year-old Derrion Albert being beaten to death — grainy, shaky and just a few minutes long.

The two sides disagreed about whether it showed that Silvonus Shannon had kicked the Chicago high school honors student in the head. But it was enough for jurors to convict Shannon of first-degree murder on

LAS VEGAS– The ex-boyfriend of Debbie Flores-Narvaez, the missing Las Vegas burlesque dancer, was arrested on suspicion of her murder after her body was found Friday.

According to Las Vegas police, Jason “Blu” Griffith, 32, was booked Friday night and being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center in the case in Flores-Narvaez’s disappearance.

Radar Online Reports:

Flores-Narvaez, 31, was reported missing December 14 after missing rehearsal for her production,