CHICAGO -- On the first day of his child pornography trial in Chicago, a suit-clad R. Kelly faced nearly 150 Cook County residents, bowed his head slightly, smiled and said, "Hello." It probably behooved the R&B superstar to make as good a...

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Singer R. Kelly, right, leaves with a bodyguard after the first day of jury selection in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Friday, May 9, 2008. Jury selection began Friday in the child pornography...
In the defense attorney who asked the entire jury pool to be dismissed and dramatically called for a special prosecutor to investigate leaks in the case. With the news media that grew impatient—and then angry—when barred from the courtroom on...
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