4-Year-Old Boy Fired Shot That Killed 3-Year-Old
Indianapolis (CBS/AP) A loaded, unguarded gun was behind a tragedy in Indianapolis: Police say a 4-year-old boy fired the shot that killed his 3-year-old playmate. Lt. Jeff Duhamell says the boy picked up a loaded .45-caliber Handgun that had been left on a kitchen table in Fiona C. Lee's house Thursday, and pointed it at the girl's head before firing. The Victim was Lee's own daughter, Aunesti Lee Allen, who died at Riley Hospital for Children.

Capone's Art-House Round-Up with the TROLL 2 doc BEST WORST MOVIE and the eerie CROPSEY!!!
--> Hey, folks. Capone in Chicago here, with a couple of Films that are making their way into art houses around America this week (maybe even taking up one whole screen at a multiplex near you). Do your part to support these Films, or at least the good ones... BEST WORST MOVIE I've seen hundreds upon hundreds of making-of documentaries or docs about the impact a historic Film has had on culture, but I have never seen a movie quite like BEST WORST MOVIE. This Festival-circuit favorite for...

SF Renters: Beware the Fake Landlord Scam
Find an apartment on craigslist , sign a lease and hand over a deposit. Sounds pretty routine, right? But for several renters in San Francisco , that routine had a bad ending. Now they're left out on the curb after a woman posing as a property owner and potential landlord allegedly scammed them out of thousands of dollars. Police say Rachel Smith falsely posted an apartment she doesn't own on craigslist and rented it to several people, collecting more than $5,000 in deposit checks from...

'Big Brother 12': Andrew's crazy speech
Tonight on "Big Brother 12," Andrew pulls another semi-insane Speech out of his bag of tricks, but is it enough to keep him in the house? Previously: Hayden and Kristen are in a secret showmance, Matt won HoH and nominated Andrew and Kathy, Brendon won POV preventing The Brigade's backdoor plan, and Andrew lost his marbles. Post-Veto Ceremony Everyone thinks Andrew is crazy, because Andrew is crazy. Rachel in particular is perturbed by Andrew's Speech and immediately gets in a fight with...

New nursing home reform legislation coming to IL
Posted by Rich Miller - email Chicago (AP) - Improving the Care at Illinois' nearly 800 nursing homes is the goal of new Legislation to be signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. The Legislation will require many nursing homes to hire more staff members to Care for residents. The state's Health Department would also double the ranks of inspectors by 2013 to increase Oversight. The reforms are aimed at a pattern of violence in Illinois nursing homes stemming from the state's long...

Does CPR on a moving stretcher work?
By Frederik Joelving NEW YORK | Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:15pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a Hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found. By straddling patients on the stretcher -- think "ER," the American TV drama -- Paramedics can get them faster to and from the ambulance while still doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). What hadn't been clear was how that precarious...

Third of U. of C. patients keep appointments
In the First five years of its Controversial Urban Health Initiative, the University of Chicago Medical Center has successfully steered thousands of people with non-urgent ailments from its Emergency Room to other South Side Hospitals and clinics that could serve as a "medical home." But a bigger challenge has been getting people who schedule appointments through the U. of C. program to keep them. Since the initiative was launched in 2005 with help from First Lady Michelle Obama, then U. of...

SMASHING PUMPKINS Debuts New Song At Chicago Concert; Video Available
Smashing Pumpkins debuted a brand new song, "Blessed Mother" , during a Benefit Concert this past Tuesday, July 27 at Chicago's Metro to raise money for medical Care for Matthew Leone , bassist for Chicago band MADINA LAKE . According to Spinner , Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan "blanked on the lyrics, saying the tune was usually reserved for their sound checks. Stalling, he started to take requests from the audience while a stagehand brought out a lyric sheet and placed it on...

The View From Planet Kerth: To gripe or not to gripe, that is the question
I had a conversation the other Day with a doctor who is the head of a neurotrauma rehabilitation center. His specialty is dealing with patients who have suffered strokes or other injuries to the brain. He told me the story of one of his patients, an elite athlete who was training on a bicycle when he crashed and suffered brain damage. Initially he was paralyzed from the accident, but through intensive Therapy his limbs began to regain some of their strength. Still, the path was long for him,...

Illinois: Blagojevich's jury begins deliberations
Chicago -- Rod Blagojevich's fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois Governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain. Jurors, weighing evidence against the second Illinois Governor in a row to be charged with Corruption, received lengthy instructions from the judge on how their deliberations should be conducted. Prosecutors loaded two carts of...

Jury gets case in Blagojevich corruption trial
Posted by Rich Miller - email Chicago (AP) - Rod Blagojevich's fate is now in the hands of the jury at the former Illinois Governor's Corruption trial. The jury got the case Wednesday morning after the judge gave them instructions on how their deliberations should be conducted. Blagojevich and his wife, Patti, were in court for the proceedings. Before court began, an elderly woman told Blagojevich she was praying for him. He put his hand over his heart and thanked her. Blagojevich and...

Shatner 'unhappy with sitcom name change'
William Shatner has criticised CBS executives for renaming his new sitcom $#*! My Dad Says . The series, which is based on the Twitter feed 'S**t My Dad Says', was given a censored title in order to be suitable for television but Shatner admitted that he is unhappy with the decision, reports the New York Post . "I wish they would just call it 'S**t'," he said. "What's wrong with it?... I brought up three girls. They've all got kids. Okay? And you say, 'Boopy doo-doo, you've got to make...

Fashion Rating: Shenae Grimes @ 2010 CBS Summer Press Tour
Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin I really wanna say that compared to her various "90210" co-stars, Shenae Grimes did well in not looking like an upscale Prostitute , but there were many other ways she could've gone about it. This dress is just isn't hot, that's all. Just like AnnaLynne McCord went to the extreme end of the style spectrum and ended up looking like a Vegas Call Girl, Shenae shot herself to the other end of the spectrum w/ this outfit. If she was 40-something, then it might work, but...

San Jose's new cop-watcher wants to moonlight as mediator
San Jose's new independent Police auditor — who recently suggested the City hire mediators to settle disputes between citizens and cops — wants to moonlight herself as a mediator elsewhere. Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, appointed to the position in April at a Salary of $169,202, is asking the City Council at its Tuesday meeting to streamline the approval process for her to take outside employment. Cordell told the Mercury News she gave up lucrative work as an on-camera legal...

Silicone Suspects: Two Calif. Sisters Sought in Suspected Injection Death
Los Angeles (CBS/KCAL/AP) Two sisters accused of operating an illegal cosmetics business out of their home in Sylmar are believed to be on the run after one of their patients died. Los Angeles police are searching for Guadalupe Viveros, 53, and Alejandra Viveros, 50, after they failed to appear for a court-ordered hearing Monday in another case. The duo was facing Medical Malpractice charges stemming from a previous arrest, reports CBS affiliate KCAL . The Viveros are also suspected in the...

MediaDailyNews: Broadcasters Balk: Big Nets Want Nielsen To Wait On Weights
Based on conversations with its biggest customers - the major broadcast Networks - it does not appear that Nielsen will make its self-appointed deadline of Monday to begin implementing a plan to change how it "weights" its national TV Ratings, including mathematical adjustments that would reduce the representation of homes with computers connected to the Internet, and would boost the representation of younger households. During a briefing with Nielsen on Wednesday, the major Networks,...

Harry Smith Interviews Obama
• CBS anchor Harry Smith sits down with President Obama for "Sunday Morning" and Monday's "Early Show." In the interview -- a portion of which will air on tonight's "Evening News" -- Obama comments for the first time since ethics charges were leveled against Rep. Rangel. Smith conducted a " court-side " interview with the president back in March.

Lindsay Lohan Getting 250 Letters a Day in Jail
LYNWOOD, Calif. (CBS) Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan may be winning the popularity contest at the detention facility in Lynwood where she is serving a jail term for violating her Probation. Officials say the young actress is receiving up to 250 letters a day! Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore even gave Lindsay props and admitted to the Los Angeles Times that "Most inmates don't get as much mail as Ms. Lohan is getting." You go, girl. According to the Times, Lindsay has received so much mail...

Flashpoint: TV Show's Future Undecided on CBS
Though the Flashpoint series isn’t very expensive for CBS to air, the network certainly seems to have lost some enthusiasm for the Canadian-produced drama. It’s been a staple of CBS’ Friday night schedule for three summers but it remains to be seen how long they’ll continue to air the modest performer. Season three of Flashpoint began airing on June 4th and the 13 episodes are set to finish running on August 20th. Supposedly, the network will still have another nine...

Sara Gilbert Officially Comes Out
Sara Gilbert and her partner have been together since 2002 and have two kids together, so it was no surprise when she came out of the closet this week at a Press Conference for her new Talk Show The Talk . For former Child Actor on TV's Roseanne said: "This is a Talk Show, so obviously, I'll be discussing my personal life more, and I felt that the first place I wanted to do it wasn't a CBS Press Release. It just seemed impersonal, and I felt like I'd rather come in person and Talk...