BUZZFEED.COM 2 Hours Ago Chicago Children Escorted Through Gang Boundaries By Hundreds Of Guards On First Day Of School by  Adrian Carrasquillo 1. Thousands of Chicago children who had their schools closed last year were escorted to new schools Monday, under the watchful eye of hundreds of guards meant to protect them from gang boundaries,  the Associated Press  reports. View this image › 2. Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third-largest school district, closed almost 50 schools last spring in the hopes of improving academic performance and saving millions of dollars. Nearly 12,000 students were affected. View this image › The Associated Press / AP 3. A radio station's analysis of Chicago crime data found that in 2013, there have been 133 shootings and 38 homicides in newly christened Safe Passage zones. View this image › 5. No trouble was reported on Monday morning, police said. View this image › "I think it's just show-and-tell right now," said Annie Stoval...

Monday, August 26, 2013 "We have 27 sound bites in the sound bite roster today, and the first 17 are about me. I don't know what to do. As you know, I try not to make the program about me. " - Rush    Transcripts, Rush 24/7 Audio Now at RushLimbaugh.com: The Media on Obama and Me Ex-New York Giant Leonard Marshall Responds to Something I Never Said About Concussion-Preventing Technology Why the Shock Over Miley Cyrus? Democrats Tell Me Privately That They Would Love to Oppose Obama, But They're Afraid to Speak Out "There are...

Monday, August 26th Syria: Are We Too Late? Over a year after Barack Obama issued his infamous "red line" warning to Syria, we are still debating about how to handle Syria's civil war. On August 20, 2012, Barack Obama made this statement: "We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus, that would change my equation." Since that date, there have been numerous reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria. Close to 10...