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>> and a stolen shovel, and surveillance camera in causes a chicago man to take matters into his own hands. >> this is one of the store that's going to get people talking. >> we came across a video of a stolen shovel on the internet and a man in a ukrainian village was so upset by that he gets
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revenge with his snowblower. it stated business to watch what goes on around him, cameras are all over his house. but when his shovel went missing during the third biggest listed in chicago history he logged on to find out who the culprit was. >> as a woman walking her dog, and then she just grabbed a shovel and have cameras on the other side of the house and we watched her go. >> a neighbor that he seen it but does not know it took a shovel from right out under his nose and it would not have been so bad if she had returned it to make matters worse his two year- old daughter neeson was waiting for daddy to finish building her igloo. so he did what any doubt would do, he got out is now
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lower. >> i got passive aggressive and... >> he literally buried her car in snow. the woman came by friday morning and didn't really seem faced, she got a brush and brushed all out her car. >> he got his revenge without being malicious, but there is a lesson to be learned here, just like it is in that will neighborly to take cities parking's days it's not neighborly to take someone's shovel especially when doing so makes his daughter cried. she said she had a really good excuse for taking that shovel but she was nowhere to be
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found. >> let the punishment fit the crime. >> maybe that's a lesson learned. both the senators from illinois want a steady following lake shore drive. the blizzard marooned thousands of motorists. it was described as a key federal highway bordering on the key federal waterway. the lake levels are at lowest in 30 years but things could have been worse they say but now it is time to plan for the future. >> the water gets perilously
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close to lake shore drive! >> this study would be in addition to the presence $200 million shoreline project. >> more it is no chaos in indiana with a canopy fell in a parking crimes at the international airport. it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow. cars on the first level were damaged by falling nice but fortunately nobody was hurt. >> with plenty of prayer members of the first baptist congregational church gathered today and it was there for service since the blizzard cause significant damage to the historic church building. >> sunday service went on as
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usual for members of the first baptist congregational church only it was not in a landmark church billing on the near west side across the street. >> were going to get through this. >> the blizzard that pounded chicago with 20 in. of snow last week forced part of the churches roof to cave in the fortunately no one was inside when it came tumbling into the sanctuary but the damage could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. structural engineers are still working on an estimate. >> i think that no one was inside. >> the church designated a national historic landmark was completed in 1871 and is survived the great chicago fire and even served as a temporary city hall. now leaning on their
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face, and praying that building will be restored to its former glory soon. >> we know that with god all things are possible. >> it's back to reality for those who have to use parking meters. and 9 tomorrow morning the amnesty expires in the central business district but in the rest of the city the meter enforcement resumes tuesday morning. we went out to see why did are on the spots that you cleared. trash in cardboard boxes are doing the job for some but don't know how the kids feel about that. sacrificing choice for a higher good the shelving unit did the trick but we were not sure what was ruled that
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room played in the lower right. >> chicago police say that we began 2011 with a dipping crime but the murder rate is up. 28 people were murdered in january and there were 22 last january, six fewer. >> than of these incidents are except ball and we will not rest until we get these numbers down closer to 0, which is the only exceptional number for homicide. >> police superintendent said that there are too many people with guns who solve their disputes with violence. it was reported that violent crime, dropped by more than 20%. criminal sexual assault was down and the largest numbers, a 13% decrease. >> let's update you on the super
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bowl. >> green bay wan! 31 to 25. >> up next special celebration marking 100 years since the birth of the illinois board ronald reagan. >> than those targeted a statue of a chicago i kind. >> most of the snow has left the chicago area but we have to look for to next is bitter cold. all have details and a full forecast still ahead. ring ring ring ring
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>> there was a memorial ceremony marking what would have been president ronald reagan's 100th birthday today, the event was held at the presidential library in california. nearly 1200 guests attended including former visor's musicians and sons of the late president. mrs. reagan makes frequent appearances at the library but rarely speaks, today she thinks the crowd. >> i know that ronald would be thrilled and is thrilled. to have all of you share in this 100th birthday, think you so much. >> after the ceremony mrs. reagan cut the ribbon marking
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the reopening of the reagan presidential library after major renovations. >> political unrest continues in egypt. mubarak has vowed to step down but not right away. egypt's new vice president met with some members of the opposition group to discuss their grievances, but one issue that is not on the table is mubarak's resignation. this reaction was brought forth from the key opposition leader. >> we haven't had any thing about the ability to establish the abolition of... >> in a show of solidarity
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muslims formed a ring around them to prevent anyone from coming through. >> this three were detained more than a year-and-a-half ago in july 2009 while trekking in a rock. sarah was released because of her medical condition and her companions josh enchain are being judged behind closed doors. >> at youngstown state univ. there was a shooting at a fraternity party that left one student dead and 11 injured. two hours ago police arrested two suspects who they said allegedly opened fire at the frat house at 3:00 this morning, they used a semiautomatic weapons. the off- campus party and six of the 12
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people shot our students and one is in critical condition. >> our deepest sympathy for the family of the student who lost his life and obviously to offer up our thoughts and prayers with the students that were wounded. >> ohio's governor says among those offering condolences to the family. >> in kentucky a police officer will take no for an answer, he approaches the truck when the driver tries to drive off what has to jump into the truck and ended up getting dragged. the officer suffered only minor injuries but the driver was arrested suspected it with a drunken driving and charged with assault. >> the stock market has been hacked and not only once but repeatedly in the past year. the report says that's the part of
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the computer system that handled trades was not affected, u.s. secret service and fbi are looking into the wall street security breach. hackers are suspected. >> seal of vandals did today hari-kari statue outside wrigley field. >> what is so special about this car? and what does it cost nearly half of $1 million? [ female announcer ] most women in america
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>> to valle cubs fans are likely at rage. vandals struck the harry carey memorial this morning in the front of the bleacher entrance. someone spray-painted the word fox and another unreadable were underneath. a spokesman says that they have gotten most of the paint off. >> a chicago auto show is just five days away and a car that is sure to stir up a lot of buzz is alexis l f eight. >> the only made 500 worldwide and the first one to hit the road in the midwest was recently sold in the south suburbs. >> ended we mentioned that it costs nearly half of $1 million? >> this is a 2012 lexus lfa
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actually the first car driven in the midwest of its kind. i'm also and green and bettering the environment the best way that i can so i want to try to find a mix of both if i actually could. anybody was in to performance and high-speed we do a lot of research on a regular basis. doing the research i came across the car. >> my husband started looking at it and i thought that it was a joke. and then he came home one day and said i'm really going to get it and i didn't think it was really going to happen until we actually came here to pick it
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up. >> these are your driver and passenger side passenger to the to adjustments. it is 552 horsepower. it's over 60 percent carbon fiber instead of the traditional aluminum and metal that is traditionally used in the body and frame. is very light and very fast, very exclusive. >> i'm friends was that the car is now his girlfriend. >> i will definitely enjoy this car. >> watch out for the speeding tickets. >> and then you get caught in the snow year and we don't want. lead in the garage.
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>> the auto show opens to the public on friday. check it out. tonight's live illinois lottery drawing is coming up next. >> and the temperatures are probably going to drop this week and you'll tell us just how cold it's going to get. >> reaction from big deal in the aftermath of superable 45, the packers and the steelers. the highlights we hear from the winners and losers. the fighting irish in college basketball and michigan state melting down in the big 10. we have the best athlete of the month to and we will take you to the coliseum or the phoenix open is still going even tonight. that is all i had at [ asst mgr ] what are you doing?
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fixing the name. it's fiber none. looks like one. well, i know. i put an "n" there. ah! fiber one honey clusters cereal! that's really good! it tastes good, so there can't be fiber in it! it's actually got about half a day's worth of fiber. [ asst mgr ] it says so right on the box. [ fiber seeker ] really? try it. [ mr. mehta ] honey, touch of brown sugar, crunchy clusters -- any cardboard? cardboard no, delicious yes. so where's the fiber? maybe it's in the honey clusters. [ male announcer ] fiber one. cardboard no, delicious yes.
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[ breathes deeply, wind blows ] something wrong with your squeegee, kid? uh, i'm a little sick. sick?! you gonna let a sore throat beat you? you're fearless! ahhhhhhhhh! atta boy! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. >> and nice little winter surprise this morning. >> and with that we actually set to an inauspicious record, this is the fourth consecutive year that we have reached 50 in. of snow in the season! it is never
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before happened in chicago history. we still have some snow reported at the moment midway airport, just like a snow and a few passing flurries as well as probably during the day tomorrow but for the moment tablatures at least are not unbearable at 29 degrees. we had high temperature today of 32. it was a little bit warmer in chicago lakefront where 43 degrees was the temperature there. but that cold air in central canada is going to make a run in the chicago area this week. our forecast models cannot seem to agree on exactly how cold it's going to get. temperatures across the area are in the '20s and most places and we have a little bit of a wind coming out of the norris and it is actually making the airfield
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about tell 10 degrees cooler than the air temperature. we have had a little fog during the day to day but it is rather thin and visibility is in pretty shape across the area. as the jet stream drops, it doesn't actually get into the midwest according to the latest model but were still thinking that it's going to be quite cold with high temperatures probably in the low teens and overnight low temperatures at around zero. but it is likely that we will see maybe a passing florin from time to time tonight and again during the day tomorrow. any additional accumulation is unlikely but there could be investing in some areas. our forecast model shows all little bit of snow and here is our forecast for tonight: a little
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bit of light snow and gusty breezes and a low temperature of 13 to 16 degrees. tomorrow scattered flurries and cold air at high temperature of 21 to 25. and monday night look at those lows three to seven degrees with very bitter wind chills expected. and for wednesday, a high of only 13 with an overnight low of about two degrees below zero. results thinking there's enough cold air up there that we will get a good dose of a mid-week but there's some pretty good news, check out this saturday sunday forecast a mixture of clouds and son both days with temperatures as it looks now is very possibly moving about freezing. >> will feel like spring! >> is said we had 50 in. again
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>> wgn is nancy loo served as grand marshal of the chinese new year parade. they lied when worth avenue, and according to the chinese lunar calendar we are entering 4709 the year of the rapid spread >> it is sponsored by excalibur, the party was a draw for former white sox and bears players. the
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event also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the chicagos 85th anniversary of their win. >> scary movie fans took the lead at the theaters this weekend spread >> that is the roommate. it folded nearly $16 million. >>
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[ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >> this weekend in north carolina has raised $100,000 for children's hospital. >> crispy cream had a challenge to run two ofstop eating a dozen donuts and then run it to a more miles. 500 people turned out for
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the rally for the crispy cream challenge and organizers say that more than 5500 finished their race and the tradition started back in 2000 and nine. >> that's the news for this sunday night. >> instant replay is coming up next.
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