▼ Author Community Vote 79 days ago John McCormick Republican Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat - — Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses. — A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent … 99 days ago John McCormick Obama Presidential-Library Talk Revs Up Chicago's Nobel Factory - — Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama could bring another Nobel Prize to the University of Chicago. — The school a few blocks from Obama's family home boasts more than 80 Nobel winners with ties to the campus, where he, his wife and some top advisers worked. 118 days ago John McCormick Chicago Violence Haunts Obama as Gun-Control Backers Left Cold - — Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — At least 47 school-age children in Chicago have been killed in homicides, mostly by guns, since the month President Barack Obama took office. — The latest youth homicide in his adopted hometown … 137 days ago John McCormick Michelle Obama Plans Dramatic Pitch for Olympics, Jarrett Says - — Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — A top White House adviser said first lady Michelle Obama is planning to make a dramatic presentation when she offers the closing argument for the bid by her hometown of Chicago to win the 2016 Summer Olympics. 182 days ago John McCormick 'Lost' Obama Interview Provides Portrait of Aspiring Politician - — Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) — A 1993 interview with President Barack Obama shows he had a budding interest in elective office and an awareness of the media's importance in achieving political goals. 293 days ago John McCormick Obamas release 2008 tax return - — The first family's income dropped to $2.7 million from $4.2 million the previous year. The president and first lady paid $855, 323 in federal taxes. — Reporting from Chicago — The first family released its 2008 federal tax return today … 300 days ago John McCormick Quigley claims victory in race to replace Rahm Emanuel - — Democratic Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley claimed victory tonight in the 5th District race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress. — With 94 percent of the Chicago and suburban Cook precincts reporting totals … 305 days ago John McCormick 'Congressman A': Rahm Emanuel - — Now Obama's top aide, ‘Congressman A’ had grant held up, indictment says — The White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel listens as President Barack Obama delivers remarks to open the White House Forum on Health Reform in the East Room of the White House. 108 days ago John McCormick Obama, McCain bring humor to dinner -