From Chicago’s SunTimes.com: A professor granted tenure by Northeastern Illinois University got his doctorate from a school the federal government later labeled a “diploma mill,” but the state university says it granted him the lifetime job security under a rule that allows “exceptional” teachers to be hired without a doctorate.

From ChicagoBreakingNews.com: About 700 students gathered in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters this morning to protest drastic budget cuts which they say they are already starting to feel.

From HipHopWired.com: A Chicago strip club is making headlines after announcing that they’ll commemorate former governor Sarah Palin’s trip to the Windy City by holding a “Sexy Sarah Palin” lookalike contest.

From SunTimes.com: A toddler who loved cruising around on her Big Wheel and holding the end of a jump rope died today after being shot in the head as she sat with her two young sisters in the back of her parents’ car Wednesday night in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

From SunTimes.com: Robert Tate wasn’t ever going to snitch — not even when it came to his own murder, according to the Chicago Police.

Roland Martin and Mary Matalin take on the day’s top news stories. Martin and Matalin discuss a call to arms in Chicago. A Chicago area minister wants the National Guard to patrol the streets.

From BlackVoices.com: Once again, a nightmare-like news story may turn out to be the product of real life insanity. Sources are now offering details about the murder of 4 people in their Chicago home: an adult woman and three children (including an infant) that occurred early Wednesday.

From NBCChicago.com: The Chicago Bulls perennial number two man, Scott Pippen, is reportedly going to be named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Monday in Indianapolis.

From HuffingtonPost.com: Poet Maya Angelou has often visited St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side to read her poetry. This week, after a rash of shootings in Chicago, she once again joined Rev. Michael Pfleger and said “we have to stop this madness.”

There seems to be no shortage of horrific stories about neglected and abused children across this nation. After today’s heart-breaking news that the mother previously charged in the murder of Shaniya Davis, her 5 year-old daughter, was released, NewsOne is committed to telling the stories the mainstream news suppresses. To learn more about child abuse […]