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Chicago rapper and MC Pinqy Ring found a new life in healing through rap music.

Rapper Dajon Gater, 15, gunned down over most deadly weekend in Chicago this year By STMW NEWS article Dajon Gater was a precocious student of the after-school program Guitars over Guns. Dajon, 15, was killed in a shooting last Friday in Lawndale. | Andre Daniels CHICAGO - Even in grade school, Dajon Gater had clear musical talent. The normally quiet 15-year-old would transform himself while performing in the after-school program Guitars over Guns. "He was a really chill, laid-back guy. And h...

>> this state is no different than most of the others. it has a major budget crisis and some of the remedies under consideration by officials here would be painful. >> lehrer: senators saxby chabliss and mark warner discuss their bipartisan approach to addressing the debt crisis. >> brown: plus, from mexico, bill neely of "independent television news" continues his series on the war against violent drug cartels. tonight: the story of one citys new 21-year old chief of police. >> lehrer...

consideration by officials here would be painful. >> lehrer: senators saxby chabliss and mark warner discuss their bipartisan approach to addressing the debt crisis. >> brown: plus, from mexico, bill neely of "independent television news" continues his series on the war against violent drug cartels. tonight: the story of one citys new 21-year old chief of police. >> lehrer: thats all ahead on tonights "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> you cant manu...

>> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the capital of tiny bahrain was under military lockdown this evening, hours after riot police smashed the proteste...

>> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the capital of tiny bahrain was under military lockdown this evening, hours after riot police smashed the proteste...

>> brown: and betty ann bowser looks at the move in arizona and elsewhere to cut medicaid funding. >> this state is no different than most of the others. it has a major budget crisis and some of the remedies under consideration by officials here would be painful. >> lehrer: senators saxby chabliss and mark warner discuss their bipartisan approach to addressing the debt crisis. >> brown: plus, from mexico, bill neely of "independent television news" continues his series on the war again...