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i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. police chase a carjacking suspect to turns around and opens fire. now, a suspect is in custody. good afternoon everyone i am robert jordan in for steve sanders >>and dine dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>judy wang has the top stories >>the chase was for 30 minutes through several south side neighborhoods ending in bronzeville
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>>the suspect was trying to get away while shooting at police along the way more than six hours after the chase ended with a crash of forensics team was still going over the van. chicago police chased at hand for 30 minutes through several south side neighborhoods it all came to an end at the prairie shores apartment complex in bronzeville ... police believe the vehicle had been stolen and an earlier carjacking. the ordeal began just after two in the morning at 100 set out normal avenue where police spotted the van it
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went north on i 57 and then on to the dan ryan expressway where police joined in the pursuit. pavane eventually slammed into a light pole. suspects were taken into custody and people arrived after hearing a loud boom >>it sounded like a lot allowed car accident and i became suspicious i thought this was pretty close when i saw so many police cars i thought it had to be more than just a routine car accident. >>to officers had it to the scene suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a minor crash. >>a man is fighting for his life today after being gunned down in a four south side alley. at that
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late last night in the city's roseland neighborhood. a 24 year-old man was getting out of his car when a masked suspect opened fire shooting him in the stomach. that victim was rushed in critical condition to advocate christ medical center and oak lawn police and announced a motive for the shooting and no arrests have been made. >>police in the south suburbs are questioning a man in the shooting death of his son police were called to a home in the 3700 block of west 216th street in matteson last night ... the victim is identified as 26 year- old timothy lithgow jr. investigators have not said what sparked the shooting. >>am and from the northwest side appears in court this afternoon on charges of shooting two of his sisters killing one of them.
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chicago police say that francisco martinez shot and killed his sister isabella in the backyard of the family's home in logan square saturday he also seriously wounded another sister investigators say that he became enraged when his sisters try to break up a party that he was throwing in the backyard the siblings mother said that he loved his sisters but had been drinking way too much all day >>an autopsy is scheduled today for the runner who died during the chicago marathon race officials said that 35 year-old william caviness was in cardiac arrest when he collapsed just 500 yds from the finish line yesterday his friends described him as a lifelong athlete and veteran marathon runner he signed up for the chicago race to raise $2,000 for burn victims he surpassed his goal he was a firefighter in greensboro n.c. and the father of two. >>amber miller was one busy moms
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sunday running in the chicago marathon completing the course and giving birth on the same day randi belisomo has the report >>this was her eighth marathon the third of which she has run pregnant ... her baby was born last night after what was a long race the baby was 7 lbs. 13 oz at central dupage hospital. after completing a marathon she and her husband rushed to the hospital >>her typical time is three hours and 25 minutes but she was told to run half and what calf and she completed the race in just over six hours >>we signed up for the race in
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february and two days later i found out that i was pregnant. i wasn't real determined to run and i thought i would've already have had the baby by the time of the marathon i paid the fees so i thought i could run ... >>i trusted her judgment and that the lord had her safely under watch. >>doctors here say that this is not recommended her case is an extreme exception protesters are targeting the
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mortgage bankers association conference in chicago this afternoon. the group national people's action accuses the association of defeating legislation that would help millions of homeowners declare bankruptcy and renegotiate their deaths today's demonstrations will begin in five separate locations including the daley plaza and the board of trade it would be followed by a rally outside of the art institute organizers said more than 7000 working chicagoans are impacted by the recession and will take part in the protest >>today is columbus day. the parade begins downtown at 1230 most schools in chicago and the suburbs are close there is no mail delivery the post offices are closed most courts are close to bond court is open most banks are also closed as well but the stock market will be open it is not a parking meter holiday so you must pay metered parking >>the city turns off the faucet on one of its prized landmarks
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tonight buckingham fountain is said to be drained for the winter starting tomorrow it was a gift to the people of chicago from kate buckingham. it's a memorial to her brother clarence the town was dedicated in 1927 and was billed for $750,000 >>we are live from a groundbreaking high-speed rail project living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events can occur, such as infections,
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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. ask your rheumatologist how you can defend against and help stop further joint damage with humira.
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kids speak out day with some school children, offer for columbus day holiday joining the protests. civil rights activist the rev. al sharpton will also bring his nationally syndicated radio show off to the lower manhattan park where those protests are based >>the chicago transit authority announced the elimination of more than 200 positions today part of an effort to close a 277 mayan dollar budget deficit cta officials say that the personnel cuts will save about $22 million a year. sick and vacation policies have also changed ... if the cta hopes those changes will save them an additional $15 million. the cta now has the smallest number of employees in its history with 25% fewer employees than a decade ago. >>the high speed rail will get room to run thanks to some upcoming construction projects. political leaders are touting
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the plan this morning and promising jobs for the area >>julian crews has a live report >>this is just the beginning it will take a whole lot more federal dollars to make this ambitious project reality but the ground was broken on the angle wouldenglewood flyover hopefully creating 1500 new jobs it's one of the country's busiest transportation corridors if the tangled network of rail lines that intersect in the englewood neighborhood of chicago. >>when you talk about trains its what defines our state we have just about every railroad in our country crisscrossing illinois. this project will stop this congestion which affects 78 metra trains each day at 14 amtrak trains and 46 freight
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trains ... every 10 minutes a train passes through this crowded landscape. but a hundred 33 million federal state transportation dollars will help to build this massive overpass reducing delays and speeding their arrival of high- speed rail and obama administration project that was championed years ago by then white house chief of staff rahm emanuel this is good for the economic competitiveness of the state of illinois. >>but to bring high-speed rail to chicago in the midwest will require much more federal spending. ray la hood transportation secretary took the opportunity to beat the drum for the american jobs act soon to be debated on the floor of the u.s. senate >>no-nonsense number politics no
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more playing games how we get americans to work: pass the jobs act! >>bobby rush said he wants those jobs to stay right here in the englewood neighborhood he said is three times the national average for unemployment here >>the transportation security administration is making changes that should be welcome news to parents traveling with young children. children 12 and under will no longer have to take off their shoes every time they go through airport security. there are less likely to face pat downs. everyone has been required to remove their shoes before boarding a flight since the " shoe bomber " tried to blow up an airliner and almost 10 years ago. adults and other children will still have to do that because the possibility of terrorists concealing explosives and shoes remains a major threat. coming
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up: netflix does an about-face on its unpopular plan to split off its dvd rental service >>and remember the children's book goodnight moon? well there is a new version now that caters to the tech savvy adults >>and later in a lunch break we're getting some tasty ideas for i couldn't conceive this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me "you just beat
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my to-do list. vitamin d -- done. hand sanitizer -- done. hey, eric, i'm here for my flu shot. sorry, didn't make an appointment. well, you don't need one. flu shots. every store. every day. insurance accepted. get a $5 cvs gift card if you're not covered. i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. chicago with the look at today's business headlines >>today's stocks are gaining ground here on columbus day there is no negative news to talk about the dow was up nearly 300 points at this hour and there is a bit optimistic news on the economy new forecasts point to the u.s. economy dodging a recession at least for
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now thanks in part to better than expected job creation reports from september they grew 103,000 jobs created last month economists are saying that the economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter but experts say that we are not in the clear yet because of the european debt problems the latest i-phone 4-s is selling big topping 1 million in the first 24 hours it's the most successful launch ever for an apple product. the phone will be available at the retail stores friday morning in the meantime sprint shares are at close to all-time low records analysts
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just cut the ratings on the stock after sprint had its investor meeting last week the overland park kansas company reported that it was going to boost spending it also has liquidity concerns and will have to raise more money and investors seem to be lacking news about netflixliking news about netflix which seems to be changing its policy of the dual account password scheme for access to rentals and downloads >>there is a modern update of goodnight moon written for a technology gurus
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>>good night gadget's everywhere ... " good night i pad " was made as a tribute to steve jobs. it's also available as and the books an enbook if you have an idea this is your week the city launches chicago ideas week seven days of events and speakers including former president bill clinton and he is releasing his first new album
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vitamin d -- done. hand sanitizer -- done. hey, eric, i'm here for my flu shot. sorry, didn't make an appointment. well, you don't need one. flu shots. every store. every day. insurance accepted. get a $5 cvs gift card if you're not covered. i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. called ideas week and it was created by a one of the groupon founders. the event is all about turning interaction into innovation. frank holland has the story ... >>at all starts with ideas out of those come jobs and
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innovation >>it's the brainchild of the co- founder of the online coupon website groupon >>the balloons are just a starting point a calling card for the activities around town this week >>we're looking for thinkers and for doers who want to make the world and the future better. >>he has pulled together leaders of science business and government and the brainstorming session with bill clinton ... there will also be a tour with former mayor daley and a workshop >>but can and ideas conference to solve the big problems ... >>i think anything that starts discussion about innovation and
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technology is a good thing. >>more than 100 speakers will work at 50 events around the city this is a bend has the potential to start the next groupon or inspire the next steve jobs >>this is about creating an ecosystem of doers and of thinkers people interested in what is coming next and what can be. >>the lectures the workshops and demonstrations are open to the public and will be held at various locations around chicago for more information about chicago ideas week, please go to our web site wgntv.com /weblinks
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we will be living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. 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. ask your rheumatologist how you can
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degree temperature days but we will not have that today we will be into the '70s for the next couple of days >>and looking at the east coast of the united states we have had a big storm running up the coast the action is moving into georgia and the carolinas after blasting the atlantic coast of florida and there's been lots of rain in the southwest that was plagued with the drops this summerught this summer.. here in our area we've had a big warm dome of air blocking all of that around thus giving us this great weather.
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this warm weather is very widespread in the northern midwest. the winds are southeast. 61 degrees at the lakefront. we have a high mold spore account today but beautiful weather nonetheless. we will be in the '70s monday through wednesday. we may get big brain on thursday we are seeing a half an inch to 2 in. predicted by thursday.
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what a pattern it has bannedbeen. later this week the wind will be diving in here from the northwest and from canada we will see some drop in the temperature. flood advisory is in georgia and south carolina tornado watch and a gale force wind are hitting the southeast atlantic states. here is the cool front on the map this is where the wind
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brings the canadian air and the cool down. we see at 630 thursday morning some showers and thunderstorms may pass across our area. this will not be a 100 percent sunny day for us today we will be partly cloudy overnight. here is the 10 day forecast: moderately war mayor for the next two daysrm air 4 the next two days we
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will get cool air and some rain and then a little bit of warming are over the weekend toward the end of the forecast there is more substantial cool air coming. we are going back into more normal territory in terms of the temperature later this week which will be in the upper 50s to the '60s. today we will have 78 degree temperatures for the high tonight will be partly cloudy and breezy with a low of 57 degrees tomorrow more clouds with mixed son and some nighttime sprinkles the high will be 78 degrees wednesday will be mostly cloudy with possible showers we will be near 70 degrees. thursday looks wet and will get wendy later in the
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week. but this is ben meteorological nirvana we have all enjoyed this great weather but all things good things may come to an end it's time for today's trivia question: which of the following heavyweight boxing champions did not win a gold medal at the olympic i kept feeling this radiating ache everywhere. the pain was so frustrating. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from
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playoff chances >>it's a big game for the bears no question but people are talking about how relevant this game is for detroit the city has taken a fiscal and sociological beating and they're looking at monday night football to show the country that there's a lot of good going on here in detroit. as the bears arrived last night they were keeping a low profile not saying all whole lot about this game they realize how important it is for them to when.in.. they've been hearing a lot about how great detroit is doing. anthony adams has a lot of family here in detroit watching
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>>they look forward to watching us it's a little bit like friday night lights. i'm from detroit so it's great to be home. >>you don't want to fall three games behind the lions and the packers. espn will broadcast the game. some hall of fame players will be on hand. willie gault was here >>this is always an amazing matchup it's that tough competition. you throw out all
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more teenagers will be heading to the beach to get a tan that's because california has banned them from tanning beds. most states have some type of regulation for minors and the tanning beds, a lot is by far the most restrictive. for anyone between the ages of 14-18 will not be allowed to use a tanning bed. the world health organization has classified these tanning beds as carcinogenic to humans. that law will go into effect on january 1, 2012 pregnant women who are obese put their children at a higher risk of developing as much that's according to a study by universities in sweden and australia. researchers found mothers who are very obese or had a body mass index of 35 and higher had a 61% increased risk
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of their children developing asthma by the age of eight years old experts say that maternal obesity increases the child's risk of being overweight which can affect a child's amine system and its responses to allergens ... breast feeding can make your baby smarter. that's what health experts in the u.k. are saying at a conference this week they spent two years studying the impact of breast-feeding and say not only does it boosted child's iq and also lowers the chances of behavioral and weight problems britain has one of the lowest rates of breast feeding in the[7o@7@77o
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thank you! that's the cold truth! of the following heavyweight boxing champions did not win a gold medal at the olympic games? mike tyson george foreman or joe frazier the answer was mike tyson ... we are in the '70s and that includes much of the midwest that's after a five consecutive day run of 80 degree temperatures you can see we are starting to collapse this dome
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of warmth which is a slow process this week temperatures are retreating to the '70s ... we won't see a big amount of cloud cover. more clowns tomorrow there is a weather system approaching from the southeast that may bring us showers tomorrow night into thursday ... the hyatt temperatures tomorrow will be in theigh temperatures tomorrow will be in the '70s but we will see temperatures drop by thursday morning with wind. the
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purple areas on the map show a 40 mi. per hour went all that will be coming in from the northwest and from southern canada ... by wednesday morning we will see some showers from that southeastern storm front by thursday it could be running across the area. east central florida had nearly 10 in. of rain over the weekend and the carolinas will get more ... here in chicago we will be at 78 degrees with no rain better chance of showers for wednesday night into thursday ... it will only be 58 degrees by friday but
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it will get warmer for the weekend. autumn in the midwest has some up and down temperatures it's starting to look that way ... thank you so much for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon >>we will leave you now with more music from jon mclaughlin who has just released his first new album and three years " forever if ever " have a good afternoon everyone.. [musicb by jon mclaughlin]
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