| 3 killed in weekend shootings in Twin Cities
The 18-year-old, who was from Bloomington, and another man with him at the time of the shooting were members of the Vatos Locos gang, said the report, which police later said they released accidentally. Bloomington authorities assisted Richfield police with the drive-by shooting near Interstate 494 and Portland Avenue S. about 6 p.m. An officer found Ortega lying in the street. He rolled Ortega on his back and saw that he wasn't breathing and had what appeared to be two gunshot wounds to the left side of his chest, the report said. The victim did not have a pulse. The officer performed CPR on Ortega after an attempt to administer a defibrillator failed, according to the report. Richfield police Lt. Jay Henthorne said it's too early to determine a motive for the case.
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Keeping Watch for Burglars (And Tabs on the Kids)
As a police officer in southern Florida, Greg Varley was dispatched to investigate as many as 10 false alarms a day at residents' homes. He was frustrated to discover that most people didn't disarm their security systems properly. So after retiring and moving to Cookeville, Tenn., Mr. Varley three months ago looked for a home-security system that would give him more control over arming the sensors, helping him avert false alarms. He soon came across a company called InGrid Inc., a security system that he could install himself and control using the Internet. Mr. Varley now arms and disarms his security system by logging onto a personalized Web site. And in addition to knowing when something goes wrong at home, he also can monitor when things are going right. "It's easy to go online and check the status of your sensors," he says.
Hard case
Barrie's wife in Finding Neverland (with Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman). Woody Allen gave her the title role in Melinda and Melinda, but she still says her career isn't where she wants it to be. "There's more I want to do. I want to be more involved in the content, and I want to make stories...that I would personally want to experience. I guess I just want the whole thing to feel a bit more personal." Based in LA, Mitchell calls her daily life "quite boring at the moment". "I go to yoga and...I live near the beach, so I ride my bike around. I draw pictures and I write in my journal." Her reticence inhibits further questions. Mitchell famously told a journalist that she'd rather disclose her bank balance than reveal whether she had a boyfriend.
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