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Items worth thousands of dollars were stolen from the South Side home where five people were murdered last week. A flat-screen TV, diamond jewelry, several watches and a pair of earrings are among the stolen items. So far, the police don't have any suspects. [Trib]

Roscoe Mellencamp's DNA revealed he was the same cougar spotted in Wisconsin a few weeks ago and that he's genetically linked to a big cat population in South Dakota. [Trib]

Waaaay more cars are getting booted than ever before thanks (well, "thanks") to the City's new computerized scanning system. The number of tickets issued has also dramatically increased. Thanks a lot, big brother. [S-T]

What's more delicious than profanity-laden emotional abuse? Nothing! Gordon Ramsey says he wants to open a Chicago restaurant. [ITN]

An employee at O&G Spring Wire shot and killed one of his coworkers this afternoon possibly over a personal dispute. The gunman is still at large. [CBS 2]

The highest youth-asthma hospitalization rates in Cook County are in the suburbs. [Chicago Reporter]

Hee. Make the Bean different colors. [Park2K]

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