Boy, 12, Shot in the Back Outside of Elementary School

(CHICAGO) -- Police are investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old boy who was shot outside of an elementary school on the city's South Side.

Cameron Howard, 12, is recovering in the hospital after being shot in the back in front of Cook Elementary School Tuesday afternoon in what police believe was a targeted attack. Authorities say the boy is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition.

Police say the seventh-grader was shot at around 2:45 p.m., just as students were being let out of school for the day.

Authorities say there are a number of witnesses assisting with the investigation.

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Fugitive Nose Doctor to Be Sentenced

(CHICAGO) -- A nose doctor indicted for health care fraud will be sentenced on Wednesday.

Mark Weinberger was a fugitive from justice for over five years after it was disocvered that he had billed insurance companies for imaginary procedures. The Indiana doctor was indicted in 2006 on 22 counts of fraud.

Weinberger pleaded guilty in 2010, according to WLS-TV. He faces four years in prison.

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Former Police Officer Pleades Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Scheme

(CHICAGO) -- Former Chicago police officer Jerome Finnigan pleaded guilty Tuesday to a murder-for-hire scheme in which he hired a hit man to kill a fellow police officer. Finnigan suspected the officer was informing about him.

Finnigan, 48, was part of a Special Operations Unit which stole thousands of dollars from drug dealers. He also pleaded guilty to tax evasion and will be sentenced on August 11.

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Missing Mother Found Dead in Minivan

(ROUND LAKE PARK, Ill.) -- Police are investigating the death of a mother, who had been missing for 10 days, after authorities found her body inside her minivan Monday.

Melissa Ann Best, 34, who had been last seen April 15 dropping off her 15-year-old daughter at a friend's house, was found in a north Grayslake parking lot at about 6:50 p.m. Monday evening. Police say they believe drugs and alcohol were factors in her death and that evidence suggests she died the day she went missing.

Authorities say that although there were no visible signs of trauma and foul play isn't suspected, they are currently investigating two people of interest.

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White House's Bill Daley to Speak at University of Illinois Graduation

(CHICAGO) -- White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley will speak at the University of Illinois commencement this May, according to The Champaign News-Gazette.

Daley has served as President Obama's chief of staff since January.

Daley is the brother of outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

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