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We asked what you thought about contract negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union. We read what some of you had to say in Viewer Mail.

After months of waiting, the Secret Service released portions of its security plan in early May, detailing highway and street closures for the weekend of the summit. Check out our map below for what streets to avoid, where you can't park, and what major protests are planned. 

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

The Secret Service's plan will close down Museum Campus, and parts of Lake Shore Drive, during the NATO summit.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what’s going on!

All three museums on Museum Campus will be closed Sunday May 20 during the NATO summit, according to staff members at the museums. 

We talk with Chicago aldermen about NATO, the mayor's ethics plan, aldermanic pensions and more.

With a ballooning budget deficit, angry teachers and some top administrators leaving, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard has a lot on his plate. We talk with him about what he's facing.

Children's Memorial Hospital gets a new name and is set to move into a brand new $900 million home in Streeterville. We get a sneak peek inside the state-of-the-art facility.

We show you how researchers are tracking cancer rates in the endangered Mexican Gray Wolf in tonight's Scientific Chicago.

How a high-brow literary editor found himself slicing deli meat and selling lottery tickets at a convienence store with his Korean mother-in-law. We hear from the author of this comical memoir.

Art conservator Barry Bauman discovers fraudulence in a 19th century portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. We shine a light on his detective work.

Bradley Hamm, current dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism, will replace John Lavine as Medill's dean.

She was raised in war-torn Czechoslovakia, but moved up the ranks of U.S. diplomacy to the very top spot: Secretary of State. Eddie Arruza talks with Madeleine Albright.

Homegrown actress Jennifer Hudson was present for Day 8 of testimony in the trial involving the murder of three family members. WBEZ's Natalie Moore has the latest.

Is the U.S. economy built to help the working class or Wall Street? A new book by a veteran in Illinois politics and government tackles the question head-on.

Caterpillar workers strike in Joliet as a new survey of CEOs rates the Illinois business climate the third worst in the country. Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9FM has that story, and more top business headlines.

Meet the Field Museum's artist-in-residence. We get a behind-the-scenes tour of a most unusual studio environment.

A new religion census reveals the results of 236 faiths polled around the country. Which religions are growing, and which are not? We break down the numbers.

May Day protests lined the Loop on Tuesday in what could be construed as a dress rehearsal for NATO. How did the city do? Paris Schutz has the story.

Student debt threatens to cripple a generation from making it in America. We talk with Sen. Dick Durbin about this issue, and other examples of gridlock in Washington.

Chicago aldermen have a better pension deal than city police, firefighters and other city workers. We hear about these generous pensions, reported by WGN and the Chicago Tribune.  

A Chicago warehouse gives second chances to construction waste, as well as ex-offenders needing a new path in life. We visit the Rebuilding Exchange.

Olympic hero Jesse Owens is profiled in a new PBS documentary premiering Tuesday night on WTTW11. We talk with two of Jesse Owens' daughters about his remarkable life.

The editor-in-chief of Time Out Chicago tells us what restaurants, chefs and bars should be on your radar right now.

Local restaurateurs and economists raise doubts over the city's recent claims that the upcoming NATO summit will bring the city more than $128 million in revenue.