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a looming $277 million budget deficit faces the cta for 2012. they have fathered 554 million over the last several years and its borrowing authority has maxed out ... >>the agency must cut costs in part by getting rid of archaic and expensive work rules ... forrest claypool is looking for ways to vow to counter the unprecedented amount of gaming of the system ... >>will lose one additional month for each rail and bus worker when it comes to on schedules

absences ... the four day work week has really arrived here at the agency ... >> we have late breaking news after weeks of speculation new jersey gov. chris christie is making his announcement let's listen ... >>i felt an obligation to earnestly consider the advice i was receiving for running for president >>together with my wife and children i believe week seriously considered the obligation i had to think about that ... >>over the last few weeks i thought long and hard i've weighed all the options i listen to lots of people and consider

whether not this was something that i needed to take on ... >>in the and what there was felt was the right decision remains the right decision today now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not abandon. that was the promise i made 20 months ago when i took office i want to fix a broken new jersey i know we are not nearly done i made this commitment to my state first and foremost people sent me to trenton to get the job done ... >>that was chris christie that the governor of new jersey he will not seek the gop nomination for president of the united states will have more on that later in the midday news >>a day after her conviction for

the murder of her roommate was overturned amanda knox is headed home amanda knox and her boyfriend at the time were convicted of the 2007 murder of meredith kercher in british exchange student in italy she spent nearly four years in prison. but after appealing to the court for their freedom both amanda knox and her former for friend were acquitted of the killing yesterday france and amanda knox hometown of seattle are eager to welcome her back >>she was well thought of before she left and she will be welcome back to the community when she arrives she has tremendous character she is a scholar athlete >>the kercher family said they feel no closer to getting justice for their daughter >>a former navy recruiter is sentenced for the murder of his wife ... >>christine guilford was stabbed 16 times as her four year-old

daughter looked on ... prosecutors say that christina had left her husband eric gilford and move to a former boyfriend's apartment eric gilford tractor down and accused her of being unfaithful. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence guilford to 140 years in prison. a former glenbard west high school student charged with sexually assaulting a pearl is expected to testify at his trial today. 19 year-old demarco whitley is accused of raping a 15 year-old girl in the parking lot of a church in rolling meadows back in january 2010. the girl took the stand for two hours yesterday. she claimed whitley forced himself on to her. she also said one of with lee's friends also forced her to perform a sex act but defense attorneys claim that it was all consensual

two football coaches from chicago's fenger high-school have been removed from their jobs after a family accused them of being involved in the beating of a student. the mother of darion jones said her son and her grandson were attacked by nearly 30 teenagers out some of their home in the roseland neighborhood the 16 year-old had a tooth knocked out and his prostatic i was cracked she heard her arm trying to break up that fight patricia jones said the coaches were involved in the beating and one of the men even identified himself to her. patricia jones says one of the attackers accused her son of stealing a pair of gym shoes. no charges have been filed but police and chicago public schools are investigating. two men suffered knife once during a fight on a cta train platform and happened in the loop this morning at the jackson

redline stop police say that two men were harassing a homeless man, when that man pulled a knife one man was treated for a cut on the arm the other man was also cut but he ran away from the scene police are calling the incident self-defense >>they thought there were on their way to pick up free electronics equipment. instead they've all got handcuffs >>robert jordan has a live report >>every now and then the cook county sheriff's office sets up the sting operations of four fugitives with outstanding warrants ... for example they ask them to come in to take an in person survey where they will be rewarded with cash or electronic equipment >>c w marketing gathering of

american opinions ... >>there are gathering america's most wanted ... >>it was like offering candy to a baby they sent out over 2000 letters with fliers offering high-end electronics if recipients would come out to fill in a survey ... 3-d plasmid television sets and other electronics were offered >>as a result of people showing up and calling we got lots of responses >>those who showed up were taken for a ride to a warehouse where inside they thought they would find big screen television sets ... >>another guy kept calling us because there were running late for an appointment and he asked if we could keep the company opened logger, we obliged he

hurried to get here >>that man has to be america's number one stupidest criminal ... when asked for id he showed them his department of corrections much shot >>this guy pretty much booked himself ... the only thing left to do was to put handcuffs on him >>the offender's ranged from violent felons to misdemeanor offenders ... they were lured here for the promise of something for nothing and now they are off the streets for good hopefully >>thanks robert jordan >>coming up next at noon the girlfriends of dr. conrad murray and those telephone calls placed while michael jackson was

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two more girlfriends of dr. conrad murray are expected to testify in the doctor's involuntary manslaughter trial today. they spoke to the doctor on the phone during the events of jackson's death and could give jurors a clearer picture of what happened. jurors heard from one of conrad murray former girlfriend's yesterday but the judge stop the prosecution from letting the jury no relationship with the doctor if two of jackson's emergency room doctors testified yesterday that there was no way that they could have revived the pop icon after he arrived at the hospital. >>nearly two years after a bombing attack that killed

nearly 300 people jurors selection begins today in the trial of the accused underwear bomber ... he is charged with attempted use of the weapon of mass destruction of terrorism and other charges he is accused of trying to set off a bomb in his underwear aboard northwest airlines flight 253 is minutes before the scheduled to land in detroit on christmas day of 2009 he was subdued by passengers and crew members >>a new pilot program may allow airline passengers to get to reports security faster than others. the transportation security administration is unveiling the trusted traveler program today. a nation about themselves in order to speed up their security screening time to start it will be available to delta passengers flying out of atlanta and detroit and american airlines passengers flying out of miami and dallas trusted travelers must be u.s. citizens

the gsa hopes to eventually expand a program to united airlines southwest and others the tse will also begin testing new machines that could improve security and keep the airport lines moving the machines match travelers boarding passes with their government issued identification while verifying that both documents are authentic the system will alert screeners a father document does not appear to be valid your information is deleted after every use >>u.s. attorney general eric holder may have known about a controversial gunrunning operation earlier than he had testified. documents leaked on capitol hill to news organizations reportedly show the attorney general knew about the operation several months earlier than he had told the senate. operation fast and furious involved atf agents allowing illegal gun sales at shops in phoenix arizona with the weapons believed to be headed for drug cartels in

mexico. the issue blew up last december when a border patrol agent was murdered and two guns from that phoenix shop were found at the scene. the justice department said holder immediately asked the inspector general to investigate the operation when he learned about that. >>if you owe the federal government money may get a call on your cellphone from a private debt collector the above administration wants to make it easier for debt collectors to call people on their cellphones if there late on student loan payments or bills the white house talked the proposal into its 3 trillion dollar budget plan but consumer groups say that allowing such calls will lead to more harassment and abuse >>apple announces its next generation i phone what you can expect from the i phone 5 and monday night football viewers had to do without their theme song last night the controversial comments hank williams jr. made to get his song pulled up by

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could afternoonthat afternoon we have the bloomberg business report live from the cme group nextel is betting big on apple ... sprint may also be getting an explosive on the i phone 5 clusive on the i phone 5 ... ben bernanke said that the fed

is willing to take additional action to boost growth he also told lawmakers to be careful with budget moves that will harm the recovery >>the markets are lower once again here today the dow jones industrial average is down as much as to under 50 points ford has committed to added hourly jobs by 2015 this is part of the agreement with uaw fashion conscious individuals on a budget ... dress for less stores will be opening around the chicago area

mortgage giant fannie mae is accused of knowing about improper foreclosure practices as early as 2003 and doing nothing to stop them. a government watchdog group is releasing a report today that questions fannie mae and its oversight of law firms hired to conduct foreclosures on its behalf. according to the wall street journal the report says that law firms were pushing through foreclosures without proper documentation. the regulator concluded that fannie mae had inadequate control and monitoring of its legal network. last year banks temporarily suspended foreclosures in questions a document verification. fannie mae has not commented on that report >>are you ready for a timeout? >>espn pulled hank williams jr. familiar opening song from

monday night football last night over remarks that he made about president obama ... >>c'mon, would be like hitler playing golf with netanyahu in the shape this country as and they are the enemies >>who's the enemy? >>obama! and biden are you kidding me there the three stooges ... >>hank williams later acknowledged that his analogy was extreme he said that he was trying to explain that the president and the speaker of the house are polar opposites and he would never see them as seeing eye to eye ... >>chicago banned umphrey's mc ghee has started releasing their

music on cassette tapes more bands are turning to take as a way to leapsrelease their music more quickly and inexpensively and tape sales are on the rise especially for people in their 30's ... sales of cassette tapes are up nearly 40% ... chicago aldermen sends a message to cyclists hang up wall biking or face a fine that story is next >>and it's a record-setting night at wrigley field but it has nothing to do with the cubs the world record set by moviegoers to the wrigley showing of ferris bueller's day off and how bad is the i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. i don't have time for the flu.

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more potential jurors are being questioned today in the extortion trial of political power broker williams cellini. jury selection is in its second day at the dirksen federal building selenecellini is accused of plotting with rod blagojevich associates to squeeze more than a million dollars in campaign contributions out of hollywood producer. the head of one of chicago's largest labor unions has resigned over reports that he received to pensions this comes after a wgn tribune investigation on pension abuse. sources now tell wgn that the u.s. department of labor has

issued a letter informing the ibew local 134 its books will now be audited. tim foley the union's business manager submitted his resignation yesterday he was often seen alongside mayor daley as city hall negotiated union contracts for city workers. he stepped down citing the impact of recent news reports on the union's public perception. wgn's investigation caught him and three other union leaders try to get their union pension back after they were caught double dipping. state law says union members have to pick either a city pension or a separate union pension you can see a more of this investigation on pension abuse at our web site wgntv.com mayor emanuel is ordering thousands of city employees to set a good example by paying their overdue parking tickets water bills and other unplayed

obligations. the sun-times reports the 2800 city workers and twice as many employees of other kind of man agency's zero combined $3 million. his order their bosses to notify them that anyone who has not paid up by october 31st may be fined or suspended. >>people who talk or taxed on their cellphones while riding their bicycles may get find a group of alderman approved a bill that would punish violators with fines that range from $20 to $500 to sponsor the legislation says it drivers have to follow the same rules and so should the cyclists cps is canceling its principal for a day program officials say that they will revisit the program next year and create a new experience for the participants that goes beyond the current structure in recent years program has been

problematic it has been difficult to find enough volunteers in those who do participate oftentimes to little more than toward the school and attend a cps sponsored luncheon in honor of the 25th anniversary of the film ferris bueller's day off fans at wrigley broke a world record for group sing-along. the first wasof ots kind at wrigley... the cubs hope to make groupon movie night an annual event at the field tom skilling will be back with the forecast

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we have some beautiful fall color shots ... i want to thank everyone sending and all these wonderful seasonal photographs. we post these as often as possible on the web site. this is a gorgeous day ... that this coloration in lake michigan is beginning to fade away. we are now and a calmer weather regime we have a powerhouse jet stream racing toward the west coast that will bring a storm to the

amounts mountiaains... there will be rain along that coast and higher elevation snow in the rockies and the sierras ... it is currently 70 degrees in detroit. a three in parts of nebraska83 in parts of nebraska ... we have 70 degree temperatures in the forecast through monday ...

we will get fairly windy here for friday and saturday but they will die down for the marathon sunday that will be a a warmer affair this year ... in kansas it is in the '80s. wow what a gorgeous weather pattern shaping up in the midwest. the humidity is 45%. it does cool off at night. all of those allergy indicators are in the low range ... so that

helps all of your allergy sufferers who have a rough season ... 66 degrees currently at o'hare airport and midway ... gorgeous weather no matter where we go in the greater metropolitan chicago area. warm and wonderful weather is the forecast daytime high temperatures will be 70 plus degrees through monday afternoon. looking at the marathon on sunday the temperature will begin at 60 degrees in the morning it will

be 76 degrees by noon. we will have a self to southeast wind south/ southeast wifd nd tonight we will have maximum cooling 53 degrees ... sunny and warm tomorrow with the high temperature 76 degrees thursday will also be 76 degrees.

it is unusual that we have not seen any reports of snow in the rockies to the west until now this time of the year >>it's time for today's trivia question: how many columns surround the lincoln memorial? they represent the states that were in

it's time for sports ... the bears will have linemen chris spencer this monday night in detroit, even though he broke his hand against carolina. the bears are returned to the running game last week,. cornerback charles stillman says

the defense can fix the small details in time for the undefeated lions. he called into the morning show today giving advice to teammate marion barber on his touchdown celebration >>i can't do it ... trotting back to the hands down ... >> >>i'm gonna try backflip ... >>the man who helped build the blackhawks stanley cup championship team is staying put. general manager stan bowman was given a three-year contract extension. the black hawks announced on wgn radio this morning that bowman will stay through 2016 he is the youngest general manager in the nhl and has locked and the core group of players since winning the

stanley cup the black hawks also signed veteran goalie ray emery to a one-year deal to back up corey crawford. game 3 of the playoff series in detroit last night the tigers and the yankees tied in the seventh inning when dome and young gives the tigers the lead with a solo home run the detroit tigers beat the yankees 5-4 here is your illinois and lottery drawing the winning pick three numbers: 6 9 4 here are the winning pick four numbers: 8 6 9 5

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transmitted virus researchers report that the rate of oral cancers linked to the human papillomavirus or hpv rose dramatically over two decades at the same time 9 hpv oral cancers often caused by tobacco or alcohol use drop by 50% hpv is known for causing cervical cancer. researchers suggest that the rise in oral hpv may be due to an increase in oral sex. women who use hormonal birth control may be more likely to contract hiv or pass the virus on to their partner that's according to a study of heterosexual couples in africa doctors say that this situation creates a tragic dilemma since the contraceptive greatly reduces the rate of child brecht's death and underweight babies the study looked at the effects of a popular hormonal control shot results of the pill fromform were inconclusive

a new study finds that women who eat a diet rich in fruits vegetables and whole grains have a lower risk of having babies with certain birth defects. researchers said that women who followed healthy mediterranean- style diets in the year before pregnancy were up to one-half as likely as those who ate diets that were high in meat fat and sugar to have a baby with a neural tube defect that blocks the development of the brain and tends to result in a miscarriage the study appears in this week's archives of pediatric and adolescent medicine parents are buying fewer diapers and you can blame it on the economy the wall street journal reports that diaper sales in the united states dropped by 1 percent over the four week period that ended sept. 40 compared to the same time last year. dollar sales fell by 3 percent indicating that parents are both cutting back and buying

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it's time for a lunch break: you may not know this but national pierogi day is this coming saturday and here to help us get a jump on celebrating is go shia pena secosia peieniazek...

she is the owner and chef of lokal restaurant you have to be patient this is a long process many polish families get together to prepare these it's a celebration the rapper is a mixture of flour and eggs for the dough ... you can stuff these with anything you like caramelized onions

peppers assault and cream cheese used to bind the ingredients but you can use anything to fruit and vegetable meet the tate out anything you likeat potatoes anything you like sometimes people like to do these by hand by we cut the is with a form the dumpling is a staple in many cultures that's why you would see similarities with the chinese cuisine

you can boil these or you can bake them ... i am going to fry these on the stove you won high heat so that they brown nicely i use vegetable oil. the oil should be hot before putting in your parody ...ierogi i would cooks this for eight minutes on each side

we created this sauce that combines suburban dates and shallotsbourbon dates and shallots... when this is browned we will add the liquor. it creates a wonderful syrup that you can clay is the dumpling withglaze the dumpling with..

this is a long process ... and very often i reach out to the frozen brand did you find in the specialty shops and supermarkets but if you make an original sauce it's a treat >>your restaurant is located at what1904 west north avenue in chicago that's lokal restaurant. i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. i don't have time for the flu. that's why i'm knocking things off my to-do list.

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many columns surround the lincoln memorial? the answer is 36. i have some other trivia i am related to abraham lincoln for a marriage! through marriage! >>it appears now we can have 70 degree high temperatures through most of the area now through tuesday of next week. temperatures will head to the low seventies today some to the mid-70s it will be in the mid- 40s overnight mid-70s tomorrow down to the mid to upper 50s overnight tomorrow and 78 will

be the forecast for thursday. here is a look at the satellite what's amazing is we do not see a drop of rain coming to the chicago area for several days ... but that storm on the west coast and into the rockies can drop some of the air here ... the trick is the cool air will have to develop from canada to reach us but that will not happen for quite some time at least into the middle of next week ... look for mid 70 degree temperatures through the middle of next week gorgeous weather all the way around