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KRISTI RICHTER Chicago...
LOVIE SMITH, coach of the Chicago Bears, on becoming one of the first two African-American coaches to make it to the Super Bowl, an honor he shares with game-day opponent Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts...
...Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who was a key leader in the civil rights efforts of the 1960s, said he was an early supporter of Bill Clinton and admired his wife, but called Obama "refreshing" and said he would back him. At a recent event in Chicago, Jesse Jackson, introducing Obama, said a "new President is in the house," although he has refused to endorse Obama officially so far. Jackson's son, Illinois Rep. Jesse Jr., is already backing Obama. New York Congressman Charlie Rangel, who used to be on Hillary' s bandwagon, is now publicly wavering and encouraged Obama...
...House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt, will play a key role in his domestic policy, while Susan Rice, a former Clinton State Department official, has been advising him on foreign policy. And perhaps the most important of his African-American supporters is a woman who goes to his church in Chicago and who has praised him publicly - Oprah Winfrey...
...condo development. The 2005 opening of the $500 million Millennium Park - exorbitant cost overruns notwithstanding - has been a crowning achievement. His latest endeavor is to imprint the sparkling urban visage on the rest of the world: Daley is currently consumed with luring the 2016 summer Olympic Games to Chicago, and he's already traveled to Beijing, Athens and Barcelona for insights on how those host cities fared...