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- According to her parents, a 17-year-old Palos Heights girl fabricated the story of her abduction and rape last month and could face charges of filing a false police report and obstructing justice. Expenses from the investigation have so far totaled around $200,000.
- The cost of Barack Obama's 30-minute time-slot he purchased from CBS today? $961,000.
- An eight-kid brawl broke out at Lincoln Park High (2001 N. Orchard St.) this morning. One kid, who had braces, was treated for a bloodied mouth.
- Two Congressional challengers in Indiana have agreed to be hooked up to lie detectors during their next debate. The GOP and Libertarian challengers will use the lie detectors but the idea has been dismissed as "bizarre" by the incumbent Democrat's team.
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- Akira the Japanese Spitz may not be able to solve the financial meltdown, but damn if he doesn't warm our hearts.
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Someone gets punched in the mouth in a high school fight and that's regional news? Jesus.
"Someone gets punched in the mouth in a high school fight and that's regional news? Jesus."
Better than a shooting or an economic collapse.
Well there was that high school fight and then there was this. Im sure Ingid can somehow blame Gov Palin for all of these incidents too.
Weekend Violence UPDATES: At least Two Dead in Multiple Shootings
WBBM Newsradio 780.com Reporting
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday night in an apparent gang-related shooting on the block where he lives in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Daniel Calderon, of 2310 S. Seeley Ave., was shot at 2019 W. 23rd St. and was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 12:31 a.m. Saturday, the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
Police said two teen boys were shot in the 2300 block of South Seeley Avenue about 11:20 p.m. Friday. The second teen is in “stable” condition with a gunshot wound to the back.
The two were shot by gunfire from a passing vehicle and the incident is gang-related, News Affairs said. Harrison Area detectives are investigating.
• JOSEPH HALLOM, 36, is dead. He was fatally shot Friday night in a Chicago Housing Authority parking lot in the Pilsen neighborhood.
About 8:30 p.m., police in the vicinity of the 1500 block of West 14th Street heard gunshots, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
Officers found Hallom, of 1009 N. Monticello Ave., shot at 1400 S. Ashland. He was dead in a parking lot near the CHA complex. He was shot multiple times in the torso and was dead on the scene.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating. They have no suspects.
• A TEEN WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD Friday night during a drive-by in the South Side's Back-of-the-Yards neighborhood.
About 7 p.m., the 19-year-old victim was shot in the 5000 block of South Throop Street, police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor said. The victim is hospitalized in "stable" condition, Taylor said.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating. They have no suspects.
• A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Saturday morning when he was shot on the Far South Side in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.
About 12:30 a.m., the 42-year-old victim was shot by one of two offenders at 242 E. 132nd St. The shooter and his accomplice then ran off, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The victim has a gunshot wound to his shoulder and is in “serious” condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
A motive is not known. Calumet Area detectives are investigating. They have no suspects.
• TWO MEN ARE HOSPITALIZED, one in critical condition, after being shot during a drive-by in the West Side's Austin neighborhood early Saturday.
The men were in the 5200 block of West Division Street about 1:30 a.m. when a white van passed by and someone inside opened fire.
A 19-year-old was struck in the chest and is in “critical” condition and a 21-year-old was shot in the abdomen and is in “stable” condition. Both are in John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
The van drove off. Grand Central Area detectives are investigating. They have no suspects.
• A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Saturday morning when he was shot on the Far South Side in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.
About 12:30 a.m., the 42-year-old man was shot by one of two offenders at 242 E. 132nd St. The shooter and his accomplice ran off, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The victim has a gunshot wound to his shoulder. He is in “serious” condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
A motive is not known. Calumet Area detectives are investigating. They have no suspects.
• A MAN WAS SHOT multiple times Friday night in a gang-related shooting in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The man was shot in both legs about 11:15 p.m. in the 10200 block of South Wentworth Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
He is hospitalized in “good” condition.
The shooting is under investigation by Calumet Area detectives. They have no suspects.
• A MOTHER FOUND her 25-year-old daughter shot to death in a garage outside her Little Village home on the Southwest Side on Friday.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead on the scene in a garage at 2618 S. Homan Ave., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
She was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck at 11:50 a.m., according to police News Affairs.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating the death, which police are calling a homicide.
• A WEST CHICAGO MAN was arrested and charged with home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault after an alleged September attack in the west suburb.
West Chicago police officers arrested Salvador Alvarado, 37, without incident in connection with a sexual assault that took place Sept. 21 in the 700 block of North Pine Street, according to West Chicago police Sgt. Eric Shipman.
Alvarado, of the 200 block of North Neltnor, was charged with home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault, both class X felonies which hold a minimum of a six years incarceration and not more than 30 if convicted, according to the sergeant.