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Chrysler will start a temporary second shift at its Belvidere, Illinois plant later this month to boost production of its popular Dodge Caliber line. The company wanted to increase production in October, but delayed the move due to supplier shortage, no surprise as the auto parts industry has been wracked with shutdowns and bankruptcies since the economic crash last year. Chrysler currently employs about 1,700 workers at that plant, and the additional shift is expected to put another 1,000 back to work.

Just one day after the announcement Chrysler will cut 14 Chicago-area dealers and another 28 in Illinois, General Motors delivered some bad news to auto dealers as well. About 1,100 of GM's 6,000 dealers won't have contracts renewed after they expire in October 2010. While it is not known how many of those casualties are located in Chicago or Illinois -- GM said it does not have to release that information -- two local GM dealers say they have already received the dreaded notice.

• One person is dead and two others were wounded in a shooting in Bolingbrook this morning.
• Sheriff Dart gave the new Craigslist "adult" section a thumbs up.
• Said Ayesh, the father who kidnapped his own daughter last fall, has been sentenced to three years in prison after which he'll be deported to his native Jordan.