GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Tell me why (Ain’t nothin’ but a heartache). Tell me why (Ain’t nothin but a mistake). LET’S GO TO PRESS.

Police were busy last night, investigating a fatal shooting downtown (in the Dante’s parking lot) and then another shooting 30 minutes later on MLK and Holladay.

The Timbers surprised everyone (including our own Abe Asher) by destroying the LA Galaxy 5-2.

New reports show that for 11 years the Chicago police illegally detained 7,000 people (most of them black) in an off-the-books warehouse. Only 68 of these people were allowed access to an attorney.

In his latest WTF remark, Donald Trump partially blames George W. Bush for the attacks on 9/11, which sends son Jeb Bush into another one of his impotent furies.

Today in… BENGHAZI!!

Chinese hackers continue to steal US corporations’ intellectual property, and they need to cut that shit out!

A federal judge puts a stop to Louisiana’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. But that’s not stopping the hillbillies of Texas.

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin man calls a TV station with an incredibly detailed story of a long missing girl, and is picked up and charged with murder.

One dead with four injured when a shooter went on a rampage at a Florida zombie convention.

Now here’s what’s happening in WEATHER: A bit showery today with a high of 63.

And finally, check out this DEAD ON impersonation of Bernie Sanders by Larry David on this week’s SNL.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)