a freight train carrying methanol derails, bursting into a ball of flames and a small illinois town is forced to evacuate. that afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i am nancy bearlou. we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web ... >>the small town of tiskilwa

illinois was evacuated this morning after an explosive like freight train derailment ... the 112 car train also had tanker cars loaded with highly flammable methanol. the train derailed at 2:00 a.m. and the town of 800 about 150 mi. west of chicago. no injuries were reported in the fires were reported under control by 8:30 a.m. emergency responders from seven surrounding communities were at the scene joining us we have a report from w q a d television ... many people were evacuated several made their way to a local high school where the red cross set up an emergency shelter 10 mi. north of town. these evacuees were given breakfast and lunch and a place to rest something many of them

are thankful for after this morning's abrupt beginning. >>i said holy mackerel ... i thought it was a jet that crashed close to the ground it sounded like a swoosh. >>the cafeteria is serving as an emergency shelter it was put up in less than one hour after word of the fire ... the kids at the school here are off today for a teacher's meeting ... chicago police are investigating the fatal shooting of a security guard on the city's west side. it happened around 930 last night and 5500 block of west north ave. police say that the 52 year-old man was found shot multiple times in the parking lot of a stable lot food store

he died at the hospital. chicago police have issued a community alert after several women were sexually assault on the city's west side police said the attacks happened recently in the early-morning hours of harrison, monroe, and austin police districts authorities say in each case the man either walked up to the victim as she was getting and for car walking down the street or walking into a building the man threatened women at gunpoint demanded belongings and sexually assaulted them before running away please advise women not to walk alone especially late at night >>for forensic experts in indiana began removing remains this morning that were found in a lot in hammond. on wednesday a dog bit up what appears to be a human figure with a ring on a the dog later led his owners and police to the former site of the great lakes tackle shop which

has been abandoned for 10 years and was on the process of being torn down it was there they found a skull detectives are now reviewing cold cases and missing persons reports the so-called hoarder mom from berwyn was in court this morning in maywood 49 year-old lydia prices out on bail after she was arrested and accused of raising her children and they felt the home filled with dead animals and without working plumbing her 14 year-old son died last month of bronchopneumonia and arraignment date was set for october 31st police want to demolish her home. and new jobs report out today shows a slight improvement in unemployment numbers nationwide if the labor department says 103 jobs are added in september that's more than one analysts had expected unemployment remains at 9.1% for the third straight month and its hovered around 9 percent nationwide since april 2009 there are 14

million americans out of work in the united states thousands of chicago area residents are joining the nationwide anti corporate protest known here as occupied chicy chicago judy wang has a live report >>protesters have been outside the federal reserve bank of chicago they're angry at corporate america >>we have to stop corporations from controlling our senators and representatives they have to work for the people not the corporations >>they accuse the president of not keeping his word >>universal health care closing guantanamo bay ending the war universal health care all of these things built the

hope ... >>the occupy wall street movement began last month unlike in new york city clashes with police resulted in hundreds of arrests but this has been a peaceable groups so far it all began with mobilizing people on social media and 400 have joined since ... >>lots of people here are highly educated and they can't find work so it's insulting when passers-by shout go get a job >>executive recruiter admits that these people are a bit confused without a clear message >>i think there's a purpose they need to communicate to his of lake

>>i think the anchor they have is misplaced >>president obama's took note of this issue with this movement while pushing the jobs bill the senate is set to debate on that bill next week. there will be a saturday protest against the war in afghanistan and those people will join forces with the script occupy chicago every little bit helps 200 new jobs are coming to chicago by way of merged health-care mayor rahm emanuel said this is the type of company wants during business here in chicago >>the company is headquartered in chicago and employs 900 people mayor emanuel said he's

in and 7000 new jobs since taking office. those jobs are with ge capital united airlines walgreen's, ford and other companies. today's announcement was made at merge live the company's annual client conference. the 1985 superbowl bears will visit the white house today the team's original visit in 1986 but president obama's invited this team back however former bear dan hampton has refused to attend citing his personal and political differences with president obama he also expressed his disappointment that families of the players were not invited >>the chicago white sox made a surprising move last night when they named former all-star third baseman robin ventura as the team's new manager he is replacing ozzie guillen on the

south side after he left for the florida marlins robin ventura was drafted by the white sox in 1988 he played third base for 10 years he worked as a special adviser this summer in player development is the sixth time gold glove winner and a fan favorite he has never managed the team before but the general manager kenny williams says that he was the clear choice for the job the temperature will be warm but not extreme but that's excellent news for the people running the marathon the sunday. a colored flag system will be is to communicate it should dangerous conditions arise. over a million spectators are expected to cheer on the participants. >>i'm looking forward to running

with moses from kenya and all the fellow athletes i'm really excited >>i was injured in eugene oregon so i have not been training as well with this problem i can't promise a world record or a high finish >>the race will go through 29 of the city's neighborhoods ... you can imagine the cost for this is

high the organizers put up the majority of the dollars for the race ... but it brings people into town and that's good still ahead this at noon: 10 years later ... it was on this date one decade ago the united states invaded afghanistan where do things stand now? plus the special message that steve jobs offer is in a soon to bees biograph

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the mother of a missing baby girl in kansas city missouri said police are accusing her of being involved in her baby's disappearance. last night police accused jeremy irwin and deborah brandley last night of no longer cooperating with them. if family statement released shortly afterward said the couple has been cooperating from the first day that the baby disappeared investigators focused their search yesterday on a heavily wooded area: sewers and an industrial park police have no suspects >>the war in afghanistan started 10 years ago today since then some taliban leaders have been forced out of power and osama bin laden's been killed ... and more than 2700 u.s. and

coalition troops have died while progress has been made the country's future is still up in the heiress questions about the stability of the afghan government and insurgency remains a problem >>it's a very mixed bag. the real concern is whether or not the afghans will route a be able to do much when the united states pulls out >>three women share this year's nobel peace prize for advancing women's rights in the spread of global peace. liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf is a 72 year-old harvard trained economist. she's the first female democratically elected president of an african nation. also from liberia activist leymah gbowee she's a social worker and a trauma counselors who helped and the country's brutal 14 year-old civil war.

the third winner is tawakkul karman and opposition leader who organized the first student demonstrations in yemen. >>each apple ceo steve jobs was a notoriously private man so it came as a surprise to some that he authorized a tell-all biography. . steve jobs who died wednesday of pancreatic cancer told wald isaacson he wasn't always there for his children and he wanted them to understand why funeral arrangements for steven jobs and not been disclosed but there will be no public memorial. this tribute to steve jobs drew worldwide attention. in 19 year- old design student from hong kong posted the image of the apple logo using the silhouette of steve jobs in the bite of the apple it went fire all drawing hundreds of thousands of postings the designer jonathan

mak has even been offered a job he said he wanted to create a very quiet commemoration a realization that apple is now missing that peace. today's top business stories coming up next and later in a medical controversy over whether or not to straiscreen for prostate cancer also had why the faithful are flocking to wisconsin part of

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jobs data came in better than expected today the labor department said the economy added 103,000 jobs in september but that was not enough to lift the 9.1 percent unemployment rate it goes a long way to

easing concern. looking at the stock market is trading lower because of the debt ratings in europe ... a bloomberg washington post survey says that investors favor mitt romney more than any other candidate but they are still on the fence with the republican party in a general alexian ... many investors believe that mitt romney would be better with global economic issues ... as for things happening in chicago ... the source says that the ceo of sara lee expects to relocate the corporate headquarters from downer's grove to chicago

thanksgiving airline tickets are up 4 percent over last year ... coming up next the catholic shrine that is trying quite a crowd in wisconsin and later in the medical watch a new controversy over whether or not to screen for prostate cancer plus we have live music as midday from thomas dolby ... he is best known for his 1982 hit she blinded me with science ... now he is back 20 years later with a new album you can see him tonight at martyrs.

for many catholics there among the holiest shrines those rare places where people report apparitions of the virgin mary. and the entire world only a handful of these spots are officially recognized by the catholic church places catholiclourdes in france and fatima in portugal are famous examples >>julian crews tells us the faithful are now flocking to wisconsin >>champion has become a major destination and that the church made the announcement ... after investigation led by a team of theologians and archbishop has

determined that the events happened here are authentic. many believe there has been a divine in counter walking into the crypt where many believe that an apparition of the virgin mary has occurred you can see an image of the virgin mary ... >>it's hard to describe its a different feeling i've never experienced anything like it before >>when you pray it's like she's looking right at you >>we were standing in the spot where it happened ... >>the apparition appeared to a young girl she was a belgian emigrant over 150 years ago on the untamed frontier of wisconsin and three mystical

encounters a flowing rightwhite robe with a crown of stars around head ... from that point on that curled dedicated her life to teaching young immigrant children ... >>she went door-to-door offering to do chores in exchange for the privilege of teaching children the catholic faith. there's no denying a series of mystifying events that occurred and october 8, 1871. a more fearsome calamity struck

wisconsin ... a fire consumed wilderness that was the deadliest forest fire in u.s. history of many lives were lost ... but many catholics believe that the virgin extended her hands of mercy ... the belgian girl led the faithful in fervent prayer ... locals remember the miraculous night when the fire stopped short of the chapel where they assembled and the rain came ... this was never formally recognized until now with blessings from wrong the bishop made the formal decree it's the only recognized

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it's a beach weekend around here this is just amazing ... and for those in town for the marathon it will be beautiful weather to enjoy the race ... a sixth consecutive day of 100 percent sunshine would make this the longest string of executive 100 percent sunny days since way

back in 1934. the most we had in chicago is 7 and was set that year ... we are bucking up against that record. the weather is just gorgeous. but the people to the west of us in the plane's estates were hammeredins states were hammered with storms.. and that will continue ... the jet stream will keep the

storms on their side and give us the good weather. this is the zone where the severe weather may break up this afternoon the dakotas headwind that topped 86 mi. per hour. there may be 10 in. of rain coming down west of wichita falls in western oklahoma but that would be welcome given the drought conditions they suffered this year. the patchwork of color you see

as some violent weather conditions. there are all kinds of winter storm advisory's high wind warnings and wildfire advisory's to the west. there will be snow in the sierras and in the rockies. it will not rain here until wednesday of next week. it was 81 degrees here in chicago yesterday. it will be a great weekend.

we are predicting bright sunshine for tomorrow ... here is that corridor of warmth. the chilly air is taking shape up north. going to thursday next week we have a punch of cooler air. how about that for at a dry open to october another record.

humidity is at 46%. there is a high mulled count today not the best newold count today--not the best news. we're looking at the high temperatures ... we have gusts right now at 28 mi. per hour in the northern suburbs. the

temperatures are already passing 80 degrees o'hare is at 79 degrees. a fourth consecutive day of unseasonable warmth. tonight fair warm breeze see temperatures will only be down to 59 or 60 degrees here in the city. we expect to reach 83 degrees tomorrow. sunny less wind on

sunday it will be 76 degrees by noon. it's time for today's trivia question: what is the currency of jamaica? the answer is coming up ahead ...

when they named former player robin ventura as the team's manager. he is replacing ozzie guillen on the south side after he departed for the florida marlins. robin ventura was drafted by the white sox in 1988 he played third base for 10 years and worked as a special adviser this summer and player development department. he has never managed a team before and his name was never even considered by outsiders that kenny williams says that he was the clear choice >>the black hawks open the season in dallas at 730 this evening gave bond and ben smith won't be there both teams will

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there is a new medical controversy over whether or not to screen for prostate cancer. the u.s. preventive services task force is about to say that

men should not be screened panel plans to give the prostate cancer test 80 rating saying that the screening that that has no benefit or that the harm outweighs the benefit but a spokesman for the prostate cancer foundation calls the proposed recommendation " a tremendous mistake " a synthetic estrogen drug that millions of women took decades ago is now putting their daughters and their granddaughters at a higher risk for breast cancer and infertility. the drug des was used from the 1940's through the 1960's to help prevent miscarriage another pregnancy problems. studies later showed that it did not work and the fda stopped its use in 1971 >>coming up and lunch break we are making a flavorful fish dish

we have a special lunch break today perfect for the chicago marathon participants and everybody else ... we have carolyn lammersfeld and judy hallisey from the cancer treatment centers of america with a great fish dish this is a great alternative to the carbo loading ... >>the cancer treatment centers

of america are sponsors of the susan komen chicago runners we are doing couscous witches and excellentwhich is an excellent source of complex carbohydrates. we are taking equal parts of couscous and stock. i am going to add dried april cutsicots orange juice

turmeric cinnamon, garlic, curry .. these also have anti- inflammatory properties. we will mix and stir this into the heated broth. this is a very easy to prepare dish. we will stir in the couscous and let it sit and get absorbed with

a cover. now we begin the fish ... this is alaskan wild caught cod. this is easy to digest. good source of protein. we season it with a little bit of cracked pepper and lemon juice. and we had some spices to give it good flavor as well we are steering the fish and a pan

and we are adding some onions. a diet high an anti oxidants is good for runners who may damage cells in such intense exercise ... that's why we have lots of anti-inflammatories in this recipe as well ... the chicago marathon takes place this sunday. come in and cheer the komen chicago runners at the pink mile that smile 23 at the corner of 33rd and state streets if you like more on this

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here's the answer to today's trivia question about the currency of jamaica: it's the dollar. the superlatives to describe this weather well you can go on and leslieendlessly. the o'hare temperature reading has gone up to 81 degrees. we are slightly cooler at the lakefront.

we have high clouds that are faltering the son of bit today filtering the sun a bit toda y. we're showing you a view of the snowcapped mountains in the wake of the western rocky mountain snowstorms. it's really windy out there but in our area and it's just gorgeous.

and it clocks sunday mournful there will bat 8:00 sunday morning the wind will be mild. but that's not the story in florida where there will be lots of beach erosion and stormy weather. we're looking at the mid to high seventies in temperatures over the next several days through wednesday. overall the next two weeks will look to be above normal in an hour temperaturestemperatures. we want to wish good luck to

hour marathon runners this weekend thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great weekend. we will leave you with more music from thomas dolby. his new album " a map of the floating city " comes out later this month you can find him tonight at martyrs on lincoln avenue.

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