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Extra Extra: Chicago Poet Gwendolyn Brooks Gets A Stamp

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Apr 28, 2012 10:00PM

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• Now your letters can be even more literary: Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks graces a stamp. [WBEZ]

• Chief Education Officer Noemi Donoso resigned from the Chicago Public Schools. [Sun-Times]

• Seven people were shot overnight across the city. [Tribune]

• Police are warning about pickpockets downtown. [Tribune]

• Detroit Tigers player Delmon Young is on a restricted list after getting arrested for attacking a man and making anti-Semitic comments. [Tribune]

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