Extra, Extra

• A new report says that more African-American women die of breast cancer than white women. The rates are going up for African-Americans and down for whites. And it's worse here in Chicago than in other parts of the US.
• A 12-year-old boy was sitting at his computer in his South Side home, when he got shot in the mouth by a stray bullet.
• Last week a Kane County Board candidate was arrested on sexual assault charges. Yesterday he died when his car crashed head-on into a concrete bridge support. They think it was suicide.
• Bob Skilnik, local author of "BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago" will be on WGN radio tomorrow morning and will be doing book signings this weekend.
• Time magazine tells us why we love Lovie.
• Today's Youth: They're not shocked by sex or crudeness, they abuse caffeine, and they do all their important communication via text messages!
• This fall has been one of the 5 coldest in more than 100 years.
• CitySearch editors pick the top 10 ways to show off Chicago. Do you agree with them?

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