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We've got reports on the week's news from some of our regular "unusual suspects"-- folks covering stories you don't see just everywhere.  

• Windy City Times editor Andrew Davis helps us unpack this story about woman who sued her dead fiancee's parents -- because they hadn't told her that their son had HIV.  The Court decided for the parents.  Andrew explains what that means for the rest of us.
• The Chicago Housing Authority held hearings this week about proposed new federal rules-- ones that could let it put time limits on residents, kicking them out after a certain period.  (CHA chief Lewis Jordan says they don't have any immediate plans to do so, but...) Mary C. Johns, editor of the Residents Journal, has covered the CHA from a tenant perspective for years; she covered the hearings, and she'll tell us what she heard there.
• This week, the Chicago Tribune won a Pulitzer Prize-- journalism's top honor-- for a series of stories about "Hidden Hazards" for kids:  Dangers posed by poorly-made toys, baby seats, cribs and other products. Media critic Steve Rhodes of the Beachwood Reporter says this story shows why the daily  newspaper--regularly pronounced almost-dead these days-- still matters.