CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC 7, the station that has broadcast political debates for more than two decades, will present a live, commercial free debate with Chicago mayoral candidates Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle and Rahm Emanuel, Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 pm.

By HERBERT G. McCANN CHICAGO - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said Saturday.

Howard Dean, fresh from picking up the support of one of his former opponents for the Democratic presidential nomination, enters the final campaign weekend before the Iowa caucuses in a dead heat with three other rivals.

Carol Moseley Braun's support for former presidential rival Howard Dean goes beyond an endorsement - she will travel to early primary states as a surrogate on the Dean campaign's tab.

Carol Moseley Braun plans to end her White House bid Thursday, leaving an all-male field for the presidency and giving her support to Democratic front-runner Howard Dean.