• The severe weather is rolling in just at the thick of rush hour. Be safe.
• Break up the Blackhawks, literally? Rumors are flying that Dustin Byfulgien, Brent Sopel, and Ben Eager could be part of a huge trade sending the trio to Atlanta.
• A big head carp has been found in Chicago's waterway beyond the electric barriers.

A Washington Heights man died after being mauled by his daughter's pit bulls last night. Johnny Wilson, 56, suffered multiple severe injuries to both his head and arms. According to CBS 2, Wilson had, "both his ears bitten off and at least one of his eyes mauled." Animal Control took four adult pit bulls and two pit bull puppies from the home, believed to have been bred and raised by Wilson's daughter. According to the Tribune, neighbors told police there were no signs the dogs were mistreated or were involved in any dog-fighting and that Wilson had interacted with the dogs numerous times before with no trouble. No charges have been filed and the medical examiner who performed the autopsy ruled Wilson's death accidental. more ›

• Motorola, based out of Schaumburg, announced today it would be cutting 4,000 jobs. This is in addition to the 3,000 cut during the fourth quarter of 2008. Damn.
• An Illinois House committee that oversees DFCS may consider tougher laws about aggressive dogs living in foster homes following Sunday's mauling death of foster child Alex Angulo.
• Tom Tuduj, accused of stabbing his boss to death in 2006, testified at his own trial and claimed his medication was to blame.

More tragic news in the case of Alex Angulo, the four-year-old boy fatally mauled Sunday afternoon. It seems Angulo was scheduled to be moved to another home to live with a family who might have eventually adopted him.

Alex Angulo had lived with his foster family in the 3800 block of West 61st Street since 2007, said Public Guardian Robert Harris. The plan was to move Alex — who was not related to anyone in the home — as early as Thursday to a "pre-adoptive foster home," Harris said. "They had found one, and he was supposed to be moving." He already had five transitional visits with his new foster family. A recent hearing found his current placement was not a good permanent solution because his foster mother was 77, court records show.

Just days after two Joliet sisters were mauled by a family dog, four-year old Alex Angulo was fatally mauled by his family's rottweiler yesterday. Alex, a foster child who had been with the family since August 2007, was found at 3:18 p.m. in his backyard by his father and later pronounced dead on arrival at Holy Cross Hospital yesterday afternoon shortly after 4:15 p.m. Three dogs in all were taken from the house by the Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control: two rottweilers (one male, one female) and a poodle. While officials weren't sure which dog was directly involved in the mauling, all three have been euthanized. Neighbors told police that while the dogs were usually confined to the yard, they were known to escape and roam the neighborhood and were considered aggressive. One neighbor said, "The dog was kind of scary." Police have not filed any charges yet. [Trib, NBC5] more ›

A five-year-old Joliet girl is in stable condition after she and her sister were mauled by a Rottweiler yesterday afternoon. Kashae Mitchell and her 10-year-old sister, Lexiana Willhite, were attacked around 3:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Kashae was airlifted to Children's Memorial Hospital with bites to her head and face. Joliet police Chief Fred Hayes said, "This is a real serious dog mauling, a real vicious attack,. Apparently she has very serious facial injuries and head injuries caused by the mauling by this dog." Lexiana suffered bites to her arm and was treated at Silver Cross Hospital. Details are sketchy about the dog: while the girls' mother admits she's been caring for the dog, she says she's not the owner and the dog was allegedly left at the house by the girls' uncle. The attack occurred when the girls entered the dog's kennel to feed it. Animal Control took the dog and will put it to sleep and test it for rabies. more ›