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cally proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. a nine year-old boy is in critical condition at this hour after being shot and had written his own backyard early this morning >>that afternoon i am steve sanders >>and dom dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us from a country on wgn america and on the web. >>at 9 year-old boy had is gone to the backyard to let his dog in for the night when he fell victim to gunfire shot in the head and as he clings to life at this hour chicago police search for the gunman.
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>>more questions and answers remain today after nine year- old south side boy was shot in the head i was just coming out of my crotch and i heard the shooting and i ran in thedriveway and i heard shots i ran into the house >>ivan burdens jr. was shot in the head and rushed to the on a hospital in critical condition the boy had been up watching tv with his dad when he went outside to bring his dog and for the night before being shot >>it's horrible it's horrible it's horrible ... >>he was a very sweet kid the father did work at my house sometimes and he would always bring his little boy over with them ... >>according to relatives the boys sent this attends bennett
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elementary school on the far south side he loved working alongside his dad who raises him as a single father ... >>this boy got caught in crossfire and it is tragic >>members of the group cease- fire came to the hospital moments ago to announce that they were planning a march through the roseland neighborhood along with a prayer vigil at 6 this evening they say this is the second boy to be hit by gunfire in less than 24 hours ... >>police have no one in custody in connection with this shooting ... >>8 beating caught on video has people living in chicago's lakeview neighborhood looking over their shoulders. they say that mob attacks on the streets are growing problem. >>nancy loo has a live report. >>the victim of that attack
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remains hospitalized at illinois masonic for treatment of multiple stab wounds and a collapsed lung but his family said that he may be released tomorrow. >>the video of that sunday night attack is the talk of this neighborhood to boys were attacked as they walked along all halsted the incident was the focus of a neighborhood meeting last night people in the neighborhood expressed concern and outrage and the focus on escalating violence like this can only help ... >>the community meetings are small part of the awareness we need it's about getting people on the street aware of the situation as well and working to educate them. >>police are still investigating they have determined already that all the people involved were acquaintances and the two victims were not random targets. >>one of those victims remains hospitalized here the attack
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will surely be the focus of tonight's regular monthly task meeting in lakeview which will be packed we are reporting from illinois masonic hospital ... >>it has been 10 years since two sisters left their home on the south side ... never to be seen again. diamond and at tionda bradley disappeared on july 6, 2001 diamond was 3 at the time her sister was 10 and exhaustive search of the never turned up no clothes every year on this date family and friends rather near 35th and cottage grove with the girls were last seen for a vigil tonight to show starts at 630 and the family says that it will be their last. >>attorneys for former gov. rod blagojevich are asking the court to save the questionnaires filed by potential jurors at the second corruption trial it could be the first step toward an appeal for blagojevich who was
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convicted on 17 counts the chicago sun-times reports that defense attorneys are hoping to show that federal judge james zagel should have thrown out the jurors were biased against blagojevich but ended up on the jury panel. >>governor quinn says he is ready to go to court to defend his decision to deny raises for 30,000 state workers. he announced friday that workers would not be getting the 2 percent pay raises they're expecting the governor plans to lawmakers for not setting aside the money for those raises the american federation of state county and municipal employees has condemned the governor's actions mayor rahm emanuel said that he's committed to keep the taste of chicago celebration but it will be re-evaluated from a security standpoint it was a success but sales in attendance were down city officials deny release our numbers pates tenders weighed in on the disappointing outcome the chicago sun-times reports that several vendors lost money and that johnson's ribs sales alone were down 30-40% according to
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the chicago sun-times mayor emanuel says that the city will look at ways on how to do it better. former police superintendent jody weis is speaking about his new role on the chicago crime commission ... he commented that he and his wife liked and wanted to stay in chicago so this new date is a comfortable fit. >>i am and public-service mode and i've gotten used to it it will be a good fit it's like you were onak's football player and you still want to contribute to the sport ... >>you are not a law-enforcement officer and not on the front- line fighting the fight but if i can help those people out there risking their lives every day by pushing for new legislation and for new technology and giving enhanced training and doing things that we can do to help law enforcement city that's a
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comfortable fit it's something that all have a short learning curve for me. >>he is the chicago former top cop he was appointed by mayor daley in 2008 he resigned earlier this year when his contract ended. the former fbi agents tenure with the police department was rocky to say the least he shook up the department's command structure and the alleged low morale among the rank-and-file was attributed to him many complaints that he came from the fbi and not a police officer and not what the city needed. >>people are entitled to their opinion i tried to do things in the best interests of officer safety ... there are a lot of officers that were appreciative of the things we did modernizing the police force and giving them the state of the art tools to do their jobs but there will always be some people who are change resistant ... they
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won't like someone like me trying to get out the status quo. >>leveraging support to redress through causes of crime in chicago is a big priority of the commission that gangs that guns that strikes. >>a day after the bombshell verdict was read in court what casey anthony is former fiancee is saying about the jury's decision. britain's prime minister demanding answers into whether journalists working for rupert murdoch hacked into the phone of a missing girl potentially hampering an investigation we every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you by asking your rheumatologist about humira.
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for many adult patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis humira has been proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira's use in patients with ra has been evaluated in multiple studies during the past 14 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events can occur such as, infections, lymphoma or other types of cancer blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection.
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make today the day you talk to your rheumatologist. and ask how you can defend against and help stop further joint damage with humira. [ water ] hey, it's me water. check this out... boo-yah! shazam! h2...o! hydrolicious! magic bananas! it's our first one-click faucet filter that removes 99% of lead and microbial cysts. adios contaminos! i had a heart problem. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen. i just didn't listen until i almost lost my life. my doctor's again ordered me to take aspirin. and i do. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ mike ] listen to the doctor. take it seriously. >>casey anthony will be sentenced tomorrow for four
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misdemeanor convictions of lying to police. she was found not guilty of the most serious charges against her. after a six week trial the jury in orlando florida deliberate for about 11 hours before quitting anthony and the death of her two year- old daughter caylee. she was found not guilty of murder manslaughter and aggravated child abuse. afterward some more outraged by the verdict while antony's defense team said justice was served. >>nobody sought out the truth this was all about winning this was not about the truth >>casey did not murder caylee it's that simple our system of justice has not dishonor memory by a false conviction ... >>casey anthony could receive up to one year in jail for each misdemeanor count but many legal experts believe that she will be freed on time served kush she's already been in jail for about three years. >>britain's prime minister is
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calling for public here on allegations that british tabloid act in defiance of crime victims to access their messages. police said the news of the world to stay private investigator to access the voicemail 13 year-old milly dowlerr in 2002 she was later found murdered relatives thought she might be alive because some of your messages had been deleted investigators say it may have also happening with victims in 2005 terrorist bombings in london and the relatives of two children murdered in 2002 major advertisers have pulled their advertising from the news of the world and there is a call for britons to protest that tabloid. >>former boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger will enter plea today on 19 murder charges. the 81 year-old is accused of killing rivals and potential witnesses against him he and his crawford were fugitives for 16 years he escaped from boston and a corrupt fbi agent told me was about to be indicted bolger and
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his girlfriend were finally captured in santa monica california back on june 22nd of this year ... >>the perjury trial of former pitching grid roger clemens has begun jury selection is underway at a courtroom in washington d.c. clemenses accused of lying to congress when he said he never used steroids or other performance enhancing drugs during his career as longtime trainer brian mcnamee testify that he ejected clemens with steroids and as medical evidence to prove it clemens' off former teammate and friend andy pettitte is also expected to testify against him ... >>new federal documents show it took exxon mobil nearly twice as long to fully steel pipeline that spilled crude oil into the yellowstone river. exxon's records show that the pipeline to shut down 56 minutes after the leak occurred originally exxon told federal and state officials that it only took 30 minutes to seal the leak. cleanup crews are still struggling to contain a url as a deal with high water and a swift current roughly 1,000 bar. of
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oil has spilled. >>you can't treat your questions to president obama's today and he will answer but do not expected to tweet back the president is holding his first ever twitter town hall meeting to users can send in questions through the official #askobama# on twitter questions will be selected both in advance and in real time during the event the president will answer questions verbally as he does at other town hall events but he will be limited to the 140 character tweet restriction ... >> how great is this? it's so peaceful.
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there is a slowdown in service industry growth that's an important barometer of the economy it tracks 90 percent of the economy the services industry is expanding at a slower pace in june ... that's a sign that expansion is cooling nonmanufacturing jobs account for 90 percent of the economy and that's an important barometer ... >>the facebook event is live right now according to reports there are more than a 500 viewers waiting for the announcement we are hearing word that facebook is having some trouble with a live feed we will be waiting for what they have to say there is speculation that is a video chat product powered by skype ... that will be a win-win
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probably have been invited to at least one wedding the summer. here with some advice on how to be a good wedding guest is jennifer weigel of trib-u ... >>people are excited to be part of something festive and sometimes they get a little bit carried away and forget basic things that are little more formal and into a toughintuitive... it would be consider it if you did not delay your rsvp do it early that as consider it of the host family ... if you decide you
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will not go and you changed your mind don't do that either that looks really bad ... and once you are there ... don't be late the early ... stand in the back don't take any seats in the front row if you are late ... and turn your cellphone off do not taxed do not tweet do not write anything from the event ... don't take photographs and send them out instantaneously ahead of what
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the bride and groom releases on the day ... >>show up know that it is their day don't criticize their style or the theme of the wedding or an aspect of the festivities and don't give a microphone over to someone who has had too much to drink don't try to be in the banned and donon't make out on the dance floor! that's reserved for the bride and groom and no sweat pants! everyone was in shorts and flip-flops' had a recent
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wedding i attended but that was said a motor speedway where it was appropriate and may be stated in the invitation but try to dress appropriately >>coming up next the chicago city council could approve a measure allowing gun firing ranges within city limits. + the city of chicago is considering a ban on the sale of something found in many children's cribs and later in the medical watch and report on autism that has
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are planning to pass. >>today alderman and expected to pass an ordinance permitting gun ranges within the city limits. with that will come tough restrictions however there will still be attempts to control handgun use ... >>last year the supreme court struck down the city's handgun man and chicago fought back by requiring handgun owners to receive firing range training but the city council banned those ranges within city limits so gun supporters filed another suit and then city lawyers realize that in order to get ahead of the court the city council members would have to write another law permitting ranges but with new restrictions ... >>people were very concerned about making sure everyone going to city gun ranges that they
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don't fail in their mission and a lot of things to put in place to make sure we were not setting up an opportunity for criminals to enhance their skills ... >>we worked on putting a lot of things in place >>the ordinance should pass i raise the question a year ago on why we were not allowing these types of ranges here in the city of chicago and more importantly this is an opportunity to better control them. >>gun proponents may win in court so the alderman r putting this together to stay ahead of the curve and have that kind of control they need for access to these ranges it's also a new source of revenue for the city
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>>alderman are also expected today to ban the sale of bumper pads for crabs if the legislation passes chicago will become the first city in the country to prohibit those sids of illinois is in favor of the bill back in 2006 pamper pads for cribs suffocated seven babies in the united states ... >>if you have an old cellphone donated and help u.s. service members deployed overseas ... >>11th ward alderman james balcer announced a partnership between at&t and the city council to help the group cellphones and four soldiers the organization recycles old cellular phones and uses the money to buy prepaid phone cards for the troops if you want to donate year-old cellular phone you can drop off that any of
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a giant the storm blanketed phoenix arizona yesterday around nightfall. amateur footage captured on the ground shows a time lapse of the dust cloud that towered over skyscrapers in the city. witnesses said the cloud was up to 50 mi. wide in some spots the storm reduced visibility and temporarily grounded flights in the area. near hurricane winds toppled trees and also caused power outages for thousands of residents. >>that is a byproduct of that
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tropical storm arlene that originated in the gulf of mexico and moved westward ... we had a thunderstorm outflow here in chicago and had we been in a desert area we would of had this same scenario as phoenix but we had those thunderstorms ... there is a lake breeze moving inland ... but we have cumulus clouds coming with it and that may make for a thunderstorm later on today we are in a high-pressure area and the big storms are running along the perimeter near the plains states the air is on stable ... thunderstorm clusters are in nebraska and kansas and marching across the dakotas ... here's a close-up
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look on the three-dimensional radar thunderstorms are popping up towering 40,000 ft. into the atmosphere and ryan east they will run into this high pressure in our area ... we may have one or two that will pop into thunderstorms ... the western suburbs will be pretty warm this afternoon we will be 86 degrees here downtown in chicago ... in oklahoma it is currently 99 degrees. yesterday's heat had 92 degree temperatures here at o'hare and midway ...
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currently 56% here are the weather but it temperatures across the chicago metro area ... moving closer to the lake temperatures are in the '70s ... we have a northeast wind prevailing. it is currently 84 degrees at o'hare it will reach 92 degrees this afternoon as the high- temperature before we may have a
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partly cloudy less humid northeast winds low 60s is tonight's forecast. friday partly sunny warm 83 inland and 80 at the beaches. water temperatures have been running in the low to high 60 degree temperatures ... time now for today's trivia question ... what breed of dog is said to have kept normandy lace workers company in the mid- [ male announcer ] this is lisa, who tries to stay ahead of her class. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills.
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almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who switched to aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you by asking your rheumatologist about humira. for many adult patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis humira has been proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira's use in patients with ra has been evaluated in multiple studies during the past 14 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis.
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serious, sometimes fatal events can occur such as, infections, lymphoma or other types of cancer blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. make today the day you talk to your rheumatologist. and ask how you can defend against and help stop further joint damage with humira. time for sports ... the white sox are at the beginning of a 19
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game schedule against central division teams. last night the 35-51 royals beat up jake petty eavy.. the white sox were down 3-0 in the second houses not an all- star yet paul konerko hit his 22nd home run makes it a one run game carlos quentin tided but in the sixth inning jake petty still on gives up the second run single to matt trainer he finished the inning but didn't come out for the seventh the white sox lost 5-3 >>the first lady attended the cubs nationals game in washington are minorities started and pitched well but jeff baker doesn't help him in the first ... the cubs lost 3-2.
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on the medical watched the cause for optimism ... a new study flies in the face of previous research and says it's the environment more than anything that leads to the disorder. perhaps even behavior, habits and medication taken by the mother. the finding has set off a new controversy and a warning from doctors who say the genetic artisan mind is proven. >>some mothers say that from the moment their children is born in
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noticed something ... other mothers see a dramatic change by age to two. the truth is doctors say they really don't know why ... there's an incredible increase inartistic spectrum diagnoses and we just don't have answers right now. >>and the archives of general psychology offers general explanations a combination of genetic factors and environmental causes ... >>if it was 100 percent genetic you think that both would develop got his man that has not and the case >>calculations show that 38
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percent of optimism cases came from genetic causes and the rest from the environment but there is a wide margin for error in calculations ... rush university medical center doctors say more research is necessary ... >>people need to begin looking at different environmental possibilities that can increase the likelihood of children having ought to some ... anti- depressant by expectant mothers have been floated as possibilities along with other environmental factors ... the tragedies seen previously was that issue with vaccines ... kids were getting sick and dying from the measles from something that did not have a scientific
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basis we just don't have the research to support any specific environmental issue impacting on to some and that's an incredibly important to come message ... >>early intervention occupational speech and physical therapy helps children with autism and on to some spectrum disorders and the absence of a definitive cause helping children cope with their disorder should be the focus in the meantime. >>bangers and lace share some summer growing ideas and lunch break as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus it supports heart health. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. how great is this? it's so peaceful. i could stare at it all night. you know what? let's light a fire.
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this is a buffalo sausage made with a chipotle peppers ... and we glaze it before grillingx at.. we first poach them and we apply the barbecue sauce when we put it on the grill ... it is a sugar and catch up and molasses based blazeglaze everything's on the grill at the same time it looks pretty simple ... and delicious.
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common mistakes are letting the grill be too cold or too hot and a lot of times people don't wait for the colts to get really hot and white we are working with a gas grill ... we keep the watermelon off to decide for indirect grilling the side but you want to steer it quickly so you would put it on a hot grill for starters ... >>for a brunch item we have an irish banner that we put on an english muffin with green hair and spinachgruyere and spinach..
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is out 16 west division street in chicago that's bangers and lace ... they are open for lunch and dinner daily and feature a new beer and homemade sausage paring every tuesday evening at the dinner hour ... >> [ female announcer ] there's a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you by asking your rheumatologist about humira.
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for many adult patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis humira has been proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira's use in patients with ra has been evaluated in multiple studies during the past 14 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events can occur such as, infections, lymphoma or other types of cancer blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. make today the day you talk to your rheumatologist.
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and ask how you can defend against and help stop further joint damage with humira. and now the answer to today's trivia question: the answer the french bulldog.. the dog and all of us will of the weather today ... we have cloud cover forming but we have had beautiful sunshine this morning we may get an isolated thunderstorm but you cannot
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complain about the july temperatures because we are at 84 degrees right now here in chicago and the wind is blowing from the northeast we're getting a good lakeshore raisebreeze.. right now we have a slight chance of a thunderstorm sporadically in spots but there will be dry it weather for the next couple of days ... warm air will be moving and over the weekend pushing temperatures of up to the 90s by sunday ... the
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humidity will bring some thunderstorms sunday and monday ... we can use the rain. next week later in the week we will have a another warm spell we are and an honest to goodness summer pattern right now we are looking at high a degree temperatures for the remainder of the week and 90 degree temperatures by sunday ... thank you tom skilling and thank you for joining us today. we hope to have a great afternoon remember we are back here at 5 and again at 9.
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