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By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 8, 2008 12:19AM

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Photo by A Funky Damsel

The Red Line is going to be jacked this weekend. Southbound trains will be running on the elevated tracks between Cermack and Fullerton stops.[CTA]

Kaushik Patel, who is accused of murdering his two young sons by setting them on fire, tells the Trib that he only intended to kill himself. [Trib, kind of freaky photo of Patel]

One person was shot and killed, and another person beaten with a golf club at a West Side high school this afternoon. Authorities are "90 percent sure" that the victims are students at Crane High School. [S-T]

Jody Weis wants to change the CPD's physical fitness policies. [CBS2]