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police investigating the gruesome death of a woman found under a pile of garbage in our apartment. good afternoon and steve. >> and nancy andrandy is live with the latest. >> hi there. please tell me that this is the worst case supporting that they have ever seen. the woman is dead henderson is in jail but it is said she died of natural causes responders the e.d. year-old under piles of debris as they sip their russian our apartment.
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in the 2000 block of west morris. workers could barely force open the door. she lived there with an adult son who was arrested yesterday when police found him with a bag of marijuana the sun went to others to replace the state or for something to eat. one person we spoke with called police when he asked want to go home and ronald got agitated. he told its people that his mother was hospitalized and lied about the electricity that it had allegedly been long been shut out. those who knew her said she not since enate year. . >> i've seen the store opened with garbage coming out. they had the alley take off and the parking lot take off. so i figured i'll go back to the restaurant. i stayed there for a few hours and when i came back
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the state the tape was gone. . >> the results from an autopsy this afternoon. . >> a criminal investigation continues into to chicago police officers who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman while on duty all authorities say they saw the woman walking alone crying and upset near wrigley field the offer derided did during the trip to our apartment one of those officers had sex with her. when they arrive to replace the three played strip poker and one of the officers again had sex with her. the woman became frightened and ran off screaming for help the officers relieved of their police powers and now on the administrative duty. then i committed a group offering a reward for information leading to the rest of the man who pushed the woman down a flight of stairs at a platform calendar. the men had stolen a smart phone when he pushed sally came back down the stairs at the fullerton stop on monday. she
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died on tuesday from head injuries. police released a sketch of the suspect he is black to win the ages of 17 and 25 weis between 100 and 7,220 lbs. and may have been wearing a sweater with the letters ws on the back. opening day has finally arrived in the cubs began their season at home against the pirates the sox starters out out of town in cleveland. >> dan is live in wrigley field just a couple of hours away from the first pitch. . >> you got it. taking small steps we should will get a victory today and move on. will not sure how the end of the division race there are four teams that look pretty much the
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same the cubs saint louis and cincinnati all probably should be in the mix before it is all over but we always hope that the cubs will finally when it when the season is said and done. a couple of new faces on the team this year. jim hendry winds up with would back on the roster and party will be the new starter on the second base. he played well than in oneself a job in spring training happy to be up there and had to burn himself with his hard work. . >> it is satisfying their plenty of other guys who played very well that the service to. they will get their chances and it is a team effort i talked with a few of the guys that we're competing with we're in this
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together you want to win games rivers and their hope to get the job done and women in this call will be ready to go. . >> bigamy prepared and made friends. the friends of the team and comfortable in the clubhouse and that is a lot of baseball is still comfortable there and you'll feel a lot better out here. he will make a lot more fans and wrigley field it. make some good plays on defense and helped the cubs for an opening day win. the bleachers are beginning to fill up and we're back to 1230 with our preteens special and then begin to follow here and wgn. . >> see you in about 25. baseball experts are not expecting much from the cubs this season but don't tell the fans that. you know they are as optimistic as ever. ernie says the enthusiasm of opening day and the friendly conference never gets old. .
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>> new managers new coaches new players everything is new defense of nasa and the cubs in a while eager to seize it came in a country greenfield them offensive been hanging out at the ballpark early this morning some say the mix of young talent in veterans' is the right recipe for world series winner. rahm emanuel joined at our morning team there to celebrate the home opener. he talked to them about the team owner request for public funding. . >> this is a great tourist attraction and a great baseball team increase should and one of the floors. i do have it bottom line and it does affect taxpayers. . >> he addressed a report that this sanitation has 30 and 35 employees to call out every day. the city's rat problem could
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grow because of the lack of workers. >> i expected to be a partner in solving these problems. that means we cannot had an attitude that means " for getting " that is not acceptable and cannot be an attitude because the public will not accept and i expect the leaders of organized labor to be a partner in solving this problem. . >> he says the union has agreed to be the partner he stresses that the city has to learn what to do more with less. . >> white sox fans left a week until next week. >> the open up on the road against the indians and rich king is live in cleveland. a beautiful day here in cleveland sunshine all afternoon long and the white sox and indians about two hours from now the favorites in the american league central.
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the yesterday marked the work on this note because on wednesday did to which is of snow here in cleveland the field was covered but on the sidelines getting ready for today's game. beautiful sunshine green grass and i talked to the white sox centerfielder about the high expectations for the club this season. we put a good team together and expect results to perform with a can and we have the team to do this. . >> if you look to the lineup this is potentially one of the best way text teams you've ever had. >> yes a pretty good team a matter of staying healthy and
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play through the season hard. when as many games as we can. as swamps of the stage is set here three years ago in cleveland and seven and three lifetime against the white sox. . >> if you're thinking about going to a cubs or white sox came in a month to save your money now. reports in the cost a family of four across about $306 for a cubs game into 59 for a sex game. these figures include the cost for tickets to beers for sodas for hotdogs parking to deprograms into baseball caps. these costs are way above the league's average which is closer to $200. it is expensive to go to chicago team games because of high demand. . >> we love our home team spirit
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by monday mid day news it new and rebel forces in libya reportedly ctc's fire as united states pulls back and air strikes against that keep them up the court fight over the remains of a murdered niu student in the closure her family is seeking.
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remains from the body of a murdered illinois student may soon be released to our family. she was killed in october after she left her dorm for walking and parking near the niu at this the founder burned remains in the park to days after she disappeared. william crowe has been charged with murder. the defender says some of her remains will be released so the
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family can hold a memorial service. some of their remains will be needed for evidence at trial. . >> looking for a great or silver four-door car that struck and killed an elderly woman in riverside on thursday. 930 at night at the intersection at des plaines ave. issues identified in 65 year-old in the area she was pronounced dead at a local medical center. anyone with information should call north riverside police. a teenager from the village of stone park shot dead in melrose park. and man in his role friend walking through park when the shooting occurred. the medical examiner says he died from multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene at about 7:00. please tell the relative they believe the shooting is gang- related no other details are being released. . >> lead pollution in the air
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after years of complaining about metallic tasting smoke in the street that census indicate high levels of the toxic metal in the air around one elementary school. 500 children go to school there in the mostly latino neighborhood lead pollution exceeded health standards 20 percent of the time and last december despite more than 10 times higher. officials say they're not sure where the lead is coming from but a smelter and a coalfield power plant are in the area. . >> of american freedom and resilience will play a role at the cubs' opener today. the national 911 flag will be carried onto the field local service heroes and new york city firefighters will be there during the sinking of the national anthem. the flight was destroyed in the attack on the twin towers but is slowing being stitched back together one strike at a time. a very moving ceremony. .
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>> up next to a bridging news on the employment process march jobs numbers are released back a step away from your personal contact information details on a mobile app to allow users to take pictures of people's faces to access to personal information. f
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and american companies and the largest concrete pumps to japan to help with the damaged reactor is at the fukushima plant. the pump operated by a concrete company in georgia and as it did a barrel more than 220 ft. long and can be controlled remotely. only one of the three in the world for radioactive areas. one in germany was treated for chernobyl. it weighs 190,000 lbs. and will be flown in the largest cargo plane in the world. .
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>> consolidating the position in libya and adjabiya as biting continues from the town of brega and gadhafi forces to infiltrate the area. the situation is this dictator gaddafi is determined to prevail all the opposition needs more training and allied air strikes if they will have a chance. cia operatives are working with leaders in libya to try to reverse gains by loyalists. the rebels are outnumbered 10 to one. . >> the unemployment rate takes another positive step. it fell to 8.8 percent down in march which is the lowest level in two years. the department's system hundred 16,000 new jobs were added last month and the private sector was behind all of those gains. the and employment rate has fallen a full percentage point over the last four months. one google app to personal. it
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to snap a picture of a person's face and then access to personal information. that total holding to that person's profile which could include a phone number a full name and e-mail address. still working the privacy issues but they say they do need users permission before sharing information. . >> prince william will not be wearing a wedding dan wants to in this can't sit tight enough. the couple's wishes. middleton will wear a wedding band made from mills gold mine that only a short distance from where they will start to married life. the heirloom given by his grandmother as a gift. william and kate's wedding is april 29th. . >> he does not want to wear a ring?. >> as if the whole world will know. . >> stay with us tom skilling is
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next with the opening day forecast go cubs. . >>
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] good morning students. today, we're gonna... good afternoon we have some rain spreading across the area it will probably be reading pretty soon at wrigley field we're hopeful this will be off and on this afternoon do not think this will be to cancel the game but it is enough to bring those umbrellas and raincoats kind of a cold day to. 70 degree day that we had last year. a lot worse opening days we've actually swept snow of the bleachers on opening day for the cubs in the past and the clouds that came across the area and here is a radar look at the showers which been spreading southeastward even mixed with some ice pellets and some snow north towards wisconsin. rain in the chicago area looking back at the office and our live camera out by the kennedy expressway and is been covered for half an hour with drops of rain. here is
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the latest reader for your right now. polar clouds right in that area. a degree meteor is unstable could imbed a couple of thunderstorms in this rain this afternoon. we'll show you exactly where the rain is relative to it really field. spread across the city so it looks like we probably do have some trouble to bring coming down every right now. here we are up close you see the rain coming in from the west. the first of several waves coming to the area this should wind down tonight we will have a nice day tomorrow and here is our model forecast going right up to game time right here. he could see how this one wave comes through in these little yellow towering clouds producing some lightning.
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by evening the showers are still in the air and a thin out except for one last patch coming through towards midnight. later tonight we expect these to move out because of the forecast by noon tomorrow. just enough to be a nuisance about 13 t of an inch. the whips for coming in about 10 mi. an hour from the southwest. 44 degrees to the ballpark and when switching from southeast the southwest about 2 mi. an hour. here's a look at the camera at the wgn studios pci overcast and howard is been digging up. 45 to midway and 38 in mchenry temperatures
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across the area cold by rain saint charles in the 30's and here's a view of florida issued to the big storms they had yesterday and those are gone today. our forecast is cloudy this opening day 46 is the high today a far cry from the 83 that we saw a year ago on this day. april is it one of the fastest woman months of the year. 52 to 64. the range from the various models some pleasing he in the south east said yesterday in the desert to the southwest even in miami at palm beach state 95. all saints listed 92 in st. in cisco 82. for us it is still much coole
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the water temperature is 40 and 76 as the humidity of said. a snowstorm in progress in new england but nothing like that here. soaring on the way this afternoon with occasional periods of rain and cool eye debitor 46. for tonight showers early to avoid to partly cloudy skies and a low down to 34. early sunday breezy and milder to start the weekend were seasonable temperatures as we get up to 56 would be the warmest temperature in some time. the temperatures on monday could produce some showers and then in the afternoon. the big spread of temperature's 42 north 57 south with southeast winds blowing in an accounting
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for the big difference here is the seven delegates 510 here on sunday 57 am monday with some sixties in the southern suburbs we could get some heavy thunderstorms severe weather and some time we began to warm up an elite weak weather system comes and with temperatures up to the '60s on thursday and friday. . >> said the precipitation will be much of an issue today. >> it will be enough to get things with but only fractions of an inch of water. forties' for the temperature. the visiting team's stopper?. >> it will be interesting to see i find it akin forecast the weather a lot better than the game. if it is a game alter it
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will not begin canceling. . >> think you for being with us today. . >> have a great weekend next year is here the home opener against pittsburgh here in just a few minutes. stick around. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your
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