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“None of us wanted her to marry William,” she said of her sister’s marriage to defendant William Balfour, her voice cracking with emotion. “We did not like how he treated her.”

Crying on the stand at one point, Hudson, who has vowed to attend every day of the trial, paused for a few seconds to compose herself.

Hudson, 30, testified in Chicago that she knew something was wrong on the day of the killings in 2008 because her mother didn’t text her that morning as she usually did by 9 a.m.

Despite her powerhouse of a singing voice, Hudson had to be instructed more than once to speak louder on the witness stand, even with a microphone in front of her.

Hudson said she learned of the killings from her sister, Julia, and flew back to Chicago to identify the bodies of her mother and brother at the medical examiner’s office. She did the same thing a few days later for her 7 year-old nephew, for whom she said she had often babysat.

On cross examination, the defense asked Hudson about brother Jason Hudson’s being shot in the past. The defense’s opening statement painted a portrait of Jason, 29, as a drug dealer who “brought danger” to himself and his family.

After testifying for about 50 minutes, Hudson, who used a private entrance to gain access to court, sat in the gallery with her fiance and a bodyguard, in addition to two deputies who guarded the bench on which she sat.

Balfour’s trial opened this morning with State’s Attorney Veryl Gambino recounting the defendant’s alleged threat to his estranged wife, Julia Hudson, in the weeks preceding the killings: “If you leave me, I’ll kill you. I’ll kill your family first and then I’ll kill.”

Gambino went on to describe Balfour as being enraged that Julia was dating another man and said he had issued several threats against her and her family, despite his being involved with two other women. Balfour allegedly went into a rage Oct. 24, 2008, after seeing balloons sent to Julia Hudson by another man and punched them.

After fatally shooting the actress’ mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, in her living room, prosecutors allege, he shot Hudson’s brother, Jason, as he lay in bed, before kidnapping her nephew, Julian. Investigators believe the boy was shot in the head as he lay behind the front seat.

Balfour has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and his trial is expected to last a month.

Julia Hudson found her mother’s body in her home and initially thought she had fallen. It wasn’t until she saw blood that she realized something worse had taken place. Julia ran screaming from the house and called 911.

Far from her “Dreamgirl” life in Hollywood, Jennifer Hudson has pledged to be in attendance every day during the murder trial.

The killings happened in the family home in the tough Englewood neighborhood of Chicago where Jennifer grew up. The trial is likely to throw a harsh spotlight on the gritty world from which the actress rose to stardom. She is listed among the possible witnesses and might be called to testify.

The unwelcome spotlight could not be more different from the celebrity glare to which she has become accustomed. Her career got a running start when she appeared on “American Idol” in 2004. She lost but later beat out that year’s winner, Fantasia, for the coveted role of Effie White in the movie “Dreamgirls.” She took home a Golden Globe and an Oscar in 2007 for that performance and followed with a Grammy Award in 2008.

Although she took a break from her career in the wake of the killings, she has returned to multi-media success. She appears in the new “Three Stooges” movie as a nun and sings the lead song on the soundtrack for the just-released film, “Think Like a Man.”

Amy DuBois Barnett, editor-in-chief of Ebony Magazine, which featured a cover story on Hudson in January, told ABC News that “she has not only survived this tragedy, she has managed to thrive. If anything, her career has gotten stronger since this tragedy has taken place.”

Jennifer Hudson today will go from the “Dreamgirl” life of her celebrity present to the nightmare world of her family past, pledging to be in attendance every day for the murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew.

Defendant William Balfour was estranged from wife Julia Hudson, Jennifer’s sister, at the time of the killings in Chicago. He was enraged that Julia was dating another man and issued several threats against her and her family, according to court documents. He allegedly carried out those threats Oct. 24, 2008, when, prosecutors say, he fatally shot the actress’ mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, brother Jason Hudson, 29, and 7-year-old nephew Julian King.

He has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and his trial is expected to last a month.

The killings happened in the family home in the tough Englewood neighborhood of Chicago where Jennifer grew up. The trial is likely to throw a harsh spotlight on the gritty world from which the actress rose to stardom. She is listed among the possible witnesses and might be called to testify.

The unwelcome spotlight could not be more different from the celebrity glare to which she has become accustomed. Her career got a running start when she appeared on “American Idol” in 2004. She lost but later beat out that year’s winner, Fantasia, for the coveted role of Effie White in the movie “Dreamgirls.” She took home a Golden Globe and an Oscar in 2007 for that performance and followed with a Grammy Award in 2008.

Although she took a break from her career in the wake of the killings, she has returned to multi-media success. She appears in the new “Three Stooges” movie as a nun and sings the lead song on the soundtrack for the just-released film, “Think Like a Man.”

Amy DuBois Barnett, editor-in-chief of Ebony Magazine, which featured a cover story on Hudson in January, told ABC News that “she has not only survived this tragedy, she has managed to thrive. If anything, her career has gotten stronger since this tragedy has taken place.”

As for her possible effect on the court proceedings, former prosecutor Ron Safer said it’s a “wildcard.”

“You never know how jurors will react to celebrity,” he said. “Some are going to be attracted to celebrity, as our society tends to be. Some will resent it. Some people will say, ‘If my relative were murdered, I wouldn’t have gotten all this police attention and the like, why should she?’”

The trial will be watched closely in the Englewood neighborhood where Hudson’s return is bittersweet. Fans like Rosie Booker will pay close attention because she “wants her to be at peace.”

Neighborhood resident Aughty Venable said “she was like part of the family around here.”

But the same neighbors know that what happened to Hudson’s family is all too common here and that her presence and the attention it brings is unlikely to change that reality.

Fifteen people in Englewood have been killed in the first three months of 2012, which has contributed to the 60 percent increase in Chicago homicides this year. To Venable, it’s the same today as it was four years ago when Hudson’s family was killed.

“Unfortunately,” he said, “it was just a typical day in Englewood when you hear shots. I heard them and didn’t think much of it.”

The panel of 12 jurors and six alternates is made up of 10 women and eight men. They have been warned by Cook County Judge Charles Burns to avoid media coverage of the case.

That might be hard to do with news and entertainment outlets from around the world expected to descend on the court.

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Talking to teens about sex is usually difficult for most parents. Discussing sex with your tweens and teens can help them make better choices. Unplanned teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are preventable and less likely to occur if you have a discussion about them. Here are some things to know before you approach this touchy topic from sheknows.com:

THE STATS DO NOT LIE

The next time you tell yourself that your teen is too young to be having sex, consider these scary facts. Each year, 2.6 million teens become sexually active, and approximately one in 13 adolescent girls in the United States become pregnant annually.

The CDC reports that at least 25 percent of teenage girls nationwide have an STD, and rates of those engaging in oral and anal sex are also on the rise. Even if your kids are not having sex yet, they may be venturing into some dangerous waters when it comes to dating. Make sure they are well-informed on the dangers of dating and sex to help prevent them from becoming a statistic.

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Your kid has probably picked up the basics about sex at school. You will better communicate with your son or daughter if you skip the generic stuff and focus instead on the more pressing issues, like protection against STDs and pregnancy.

You will also want to open up a discussion about peer pressure and how sex should be a personal choice – not something to do just because everyone else is doing it. While you chat, keep the tone casual without lecturing, and offer to always be there to discuss any troubles, no matter how sensitive the subject.

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I don’t quote Ronald Reagan often, but the annual sight of parents taking new freshmen to college always reminds me of one of his sayings. Negotiating arms-control agreements with the Soviet Union, Reagan said that his principle was, “Trust — but verify”: We wouldn’t sign a treaty with the Soviets if there weren’t a basic foundation of trust — but make sure they’re keeping their end of the agreement, and be prepared to act if they aren’t.

That’s also my advice for parents of entering freshmen: Trust — but verify.

September will mark my 41st year as an observer of college students. I taught literature and English composition for 20 years at Morehouse and Spelman colleges in Atlanta and served for seven years as president of Dillard University in New Orleans. Now I’m president of the United Negro College Fund, following the progress of the 20,000 or so freshmen who attend our member colleges and receive our scholarships, and I see statistics from students at all schools.

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