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Murders in Chicago are on the rise, and residents there are demanding answers. Guest host Maria Hinojosa speaks with WBEZ's criminal justice and legal affairs reporter Robert Wildeboer about what's being done to end the bloodshed in the Windy City.

More women, including mothers, are now starting their own businesses. Running a company can offer moms more flexibility and time for their families. But it also brings financial and emotional challenges. In this week's parenting conversation, guest host Maria Hinojosa speaks with three women about entrepreneurship for mothers: Marta Quintana, owner of Havana Road Artisanal Foods; Rita Blackwell, co-founder of Wine Express Tastings and Megan Gardner, founder of coupon service Plum District.

NASA has enlisted a crew to test how astronauts will cook and eat on years-long missions to Mars. The volunteers are learning to make French bread and Puerto Rican white bean stew out of shelf-stable ingredients in a low-gravity environment because you can only eat so much freeze-dried ice cream.

Douglas County voters will decide in November whether the Assessor and Register of Deeds offices should be consolidated.County Commissioners voted 5-2…

Several urban thinkers joined us on Twitter, including Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, Carol Coletta of ArtPlace America, writer and blogger Aaron Renn, The Atlantic Cities editor Sommer Mathis and Diana Lind of Next American City.

Tens of millions of Americans are still struggling, despite the slow economic recovery. In Reading, Pa., the nation's poorest city, local nonprofit Opportunity House provides a lifeline for families trying to stay afloat by offering day care, housing and other assistance. But many in Reading are still left behind.

The Justice Department on Tuesday apologized to Kirk Odom for the "terrible injustice" of more than two decades spent in prison for rape and robbery. "There is clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Odom is innocent," the government now says, based on DNA tests and hair analysis.

Poverty in America is on the rise. Here's a breakdown of the more than 46 million poor Americans still struggling despite the slow economic recovery.

Scientists say severe weather is part of a regular pattern but the intensity may be affected by humans.

Syria's rebels have rarely been able to take and hold territory in their 16-month uprising against President Bashar Assad. But the rebels say they can now operate with relative freedom in one small pocket of northwest Syria, just inside the border from Turkey.