Grim stat: Chicago ahead of N.Y., L.A. in murders

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

As police Supt. Jody Weis returns to the hot seat during a City Council budget hearing today, Chicago is outpacing New York and Los Angeles in 2008 murders.

Chicago, whose population is dwarfed by those cities, posted 426 killings through Tuesday, compared with 417 in New York and 302 in L.A.

Over one murder a day.You might say gun control isn't working in Chicago.No word yet from the Obama campaign on this one.