at this hour: please continue their search for the person who stabbed a 14 year-old girl to death in southwest suburban indian head park. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>police in the southwest suburbs are looking for two people in the kidnapping and

robbery of an elderly woman that happened yesterday in oak lawn where judy wang has a live report >>detectives are in the process of following up many leads the victim was in a one year-old woman from the southwest side kidnappers took from the grocery parking lot forcing her across the street to an atm to try to withdraw $9,000 >>the ordeal started and ended in the grocery store parking lot after 3 wednesday afternoon the woman was so scared she did not report that until the following morning, she was physically shaken and extremely scared she felt that she was going to die they tried to killer they probably would have felt she had not turned over the money. she slept on a she want to go home to her comforts on but she did get up early in the morning in kelman to the station to report the crime she knew it was what she had to do she did not want

others to be victimized >>this man and this woman in surveillance video approached the woman loading groceries in her car. they tell the women they needed help with money they found when she said she was not interested the kidnappers held something in a paper bag to her head and forced her to drive to her back porch was forced to withdraw $9,000 the couple ordered the woman to drive to another standard bank to take out more cash but the branch denied the transaction. their return to the store parking lot and love the woman there. >> these are experienced criminal players there are predators and we want to get them stopped >>police say that a bank teller did raise an eyebrow when a woman wanted to withdraw $9,000

the kidnappers instructed her to say that she needed it for a family emergency police did not get reports of similar incidents happening in the suburbs here >>the seven people including an infant killed on the indiana toll road last night roll from chicago. police and release names but they're telling us the seven people related but from different families. passport's it to get some of the victims had come from ecuador. the accident occurred between bristol and middlebury near the michigan border after the van carrying 10 people hit a deer. when it slowed down a semi tractor-trailer crashed into it three people are hospitalized two are critical the driver of the semi was treated and released police said that he passed a preliminary sobriety test. >>chicago police looking for someone who shot a 17 year-old

boy on the south side police say the teen was on the street near 45th and st. lawrence last night when he heard a gunshot and realize that he had been hit. the victim was taken to northwestern memorial hospital where he is said to be in serious to critical condition police and not said what the motive for the shooting might be >>they year-old boy hit by cta bus is now hospitalized in serious but stable condition. the boy apparently ran in front of the bus said fullerton and lavern and the cragin neighborhood yesterday evening he injured as head but was able to walk and talk after the accident >>a gang member who was convicted of killing chicago police officer learns his fate today ... 22 year-old shawn gaston was found guilty of murdering offered alex valadez in 2009 prosecutors argue that he shot the officer because he is out for revenge >>the 14 year-old girl was found

in the family home by her mother paramedics transported her to hospital where she was pronounced dead sure of the after 5:00 p.m. yesterday she suffered multiple trauma indian head residents reacting to the news say it brings to mind a series of burglaries over the summer at which a suspect told investigators that he used google to target expensive homes near highways in the suburbs including indian head park. this home was east of interstate 294 it's an open question as to whether that suspect has any connection to the staff or if it's a copycat. choose a freshman at lyons township high school

>>i know how someone could do something like this what level with a goat to adjust to steal something from home and understand it. >>she was so is nice to everyone she was kind always would talk to people very sweet and very nice to be around. >>there are white bows being tied on fences in the neighborhood ... as a show of support to the family there are no words we want to show the family we are here for them alliance township high school was closed today for unrelated reasons

readers will be on hand to speak to students next week the brother of rod blagojevich wants to talk to a congressional ethics panel about congressman jesse jackson junior's effort to secure a senate appointment. robert blagojevich says that when he ran his brother is reelection campaign in 2008, to jackson's supporters offered millions of dollars in donations of blagojevich would appoint jesse jackson jr. to this u.s. senate the officer included a promise that jackson himself would raise a million dollars >>the house committee on ethics must decide by december 2nd whether to pursue an investigation of his involvement in the scheme and whether to call robert blagojevich as a witness for now neither the committee nor jesse jackson junior's office will comment

>>the new jury that will decide the fate of williamcellini is in the second day of deliberations today he's accused of trying to extort campaign contribution for former governor rod blagojevich's and a jury was created because one of the jurors told the judge on wednesday he had a conflict of interest the new panel consists of 10 women and two men they began a new round of deliberations yesterday morning >>three months after the deadly stage collapse in indiana the band that was set to take the stage at that fateful moment returns to honor those victims >>occupied oakland protesters makes plans for general citywide strike as the city's mayor makes an apology >>and was one of the most thrilling world series games ever find out about the fan who caught the david freese walk off ball and his buddy who probably wishes he had won a different shirt to that game

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country music duo sugarland will perform a benefit concert tonight for victims of the stage collapsed at the indiana state fair this summer back in august which killed several people leaving others injured ... >>tonight's concert will be held at the canseco field house in downtown indianapolis the relief fund has already raised $1 million and for their donations will come from this concert >>a soldier from north suburban winthrop harbor has died while on duty in saudi arabia. 28 year-old sergeant first class david robinson died on tuesday. his cause of death is not known. an army spokesman says robinson's death was not combat

related and is under investigation. he was described as a fun-loving family man dedicated to the army and an avid fan of the bears and the cubs he loved to play golf. he leaves behind a wife and two young sons seven and four years old >>one of the sons of muammar gadhafi may be getting ready to turn himself in. the chief prosecutor for the international criminal courts as the court is having informal conversations about saif al-islam surrendering he is wanted for crimes against humanity and libya stemming from the murder of persecution of anti-government demonstrators this year the criminal court prosecutor says that there will be no deals for his surrender ... the death toll from turkey's massive earthquake is rising but so is the number of people being pulled out alive from the rubble of. and 80 year-old man was rescued after being buried for more than 100 hours. at 13 year-

old was taken out alive from the wreckage of an apartment building early this morning. so far rescue workers to save nearly 190 people from the devastation of sunday's earthquake 500 people have been killed and more than two on 2500 people have been injured detectives in missouri are using cadaver dogs to search for a 11 month old lisa irwin in kansas city the baby's parents canceled an interview between police and the baby's two older brothers the 68 year-old boys were home the night 11 months old lisa irwin disappeared yesterday detectives and police dogs searched a pond they did not say what led them to that area only that they're expanding their search for the baby earlier this week a cadaver dog indicated a positive head for the scent of a body near the home occupy wall street protesters in new york are taking their demonstration to five banks in new york city they plan to

deliver thousands of letters to the big banks in the form of paper airplanes and oakland mayor is apologizing for the violence that erupted earlier this week that led to several injuries and 80 arrests and iraq war veteran was injured during the raid and taken to the hospital for a fractured skull occupy movements across the country have voiced their concern about scott bolzan and they held vigils last night the war veteran is still in intensive care but is expected to make a full recovery occupy chicago protesters may have had to find a new site in the city to call home base city officials turned down a request yesterday to let protesters a permanent location to assemble in recent weeks thousands of people have matched on grant park trying to clean the park is the main hub for protests and separate suites police have arrested 300 people for being in grant park after closing city

officials also refused to drop charges against those protesters who were arrested. >>one of america's greatest symbols of hope and democracy the statue of liberty turns 125 years old today. to celebrate there will be major museum exhibits exhibitions new citizens will be sworn in and will be a 12 minute fireworks display with a 12 million immigrants passed by this 305 ft roman goddess as they complete their dangerous journey to ellis island frederick bartholdi sculpted the statue his mission was to pay tribute to american freedom and the emancipation of slavery. the day's top business part of my

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chicago. here's a look at today's business headlines: you will not find deep discounts on toys this holiday season there are tight inventories and imports have dropped 9% it's the eighth straight quarterly decline. and don't expect special promotions on whirlpool appliances it is cutting 5000 jobs because of lackluster demand and the cost of steel and raw materials it will now cost more to rent a dvd from red box a $20 pus taxdollar twenty pklus tax

new data shows that overall spending grew at an september less than 1% sluggish growth but it is helping the economy against a recession. markets are taking a breather after yesterday's massive rally. the s&p 500 is back into positive territory for this year with it 20% jump in october alone >> howe snakes can hold the answers to treating cardiac disease in humans that story is still ahead ... but first collet button gate. governor quinn calls for an investigation into who voted for several absentee lawmakers on the smart grid legislation and music this midday from

singer-songwriter and folk musician paul ellis his most recent album is titled " the day after everything changed:" [music by paul

controversial tactic, that resurface during the vote that rescued the commonwealth edison smart grid plan. several house members stepped out during the debate and the voting, and let their colleagues vote for them on their behalf ... the practices officially prohibited, but occasionally use anyway. the

governor calls it shameful. in this case the vote was overwhelmingly for a smart grid and it overrode the veto by the governor >>illinois house lawmakers have moved forward a bill to stop pension abuses by labor leaders lawmakers overwhelmingly voted 113-3 in favor of the measure. this legislation comes following a wgn tribune investigation into labor leaders who were double dipping on pensions. they collected city and union pension simultaneously, for getting pensions higher than their city salaries dictated republican house minority leader tom cross was sponsored the legislation spoke about what the bill is intended to prevent on our evening newscast yesterday ... >>we had people retiring on the

city pension based on the union's salary and we would stop that as well ... >>the legislation now moves to the illinois state senate >>former cicero mayor betty loren maltese said that she is still waiting for answers nearly two years after federal agents found an unregistered gun in her las vegas home. she had hoped to retire to las vegas after spending eight years in prison but her home was seized by the federal government. while preparing to move her belongings out fbi agents found a glock automatic which betty loren maltese thinks was planted in an effort to get her sent back to prison. >>the police the think or said that they know i did not do that and was not my gun and want to find out who the owner is

>>the gun was traced to the metropolitan water reclamation district which issues clocks to its police officers the department says that it is not missing any weapons and federal authorities are investigating. >>chicago's oldest music event will make a comeback next year as a stand-alone event gospel fest has traditionally been a two-three day festival that celebrates the city's history of gospel music last year it was folded into musical events during the taste of chicago and shortened it to just one day but the city council announced that it will return to its normal length next year and it will be held in one of the south side neighborhoods known for gospel such as bronzeville it will remain a free event. and we have a contest to tell you about enter now to win a pair of tickets to next week's chicago live performance is a live stage and radio show from chicago

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tim mcgill is in for tom skilling with the forecast ... >>it might be a little bit on the cool side this halloween ... today will be dry. we may get a sprinkle toward the evening. it's not a bad afternoon shaping up for us.

right now it's 53 degrees 54 degrees and kankakee it's been one of the coldest mornings of the season so far. here are some local temperatures: at o'hare its 52 degrees ... we are just shy of the average temperature. we have a light wind. there are a few patchy clouds out there and some lake effect showers near michigan.

most of those anticipated light showers will stay north of the border. there will be the first significant snow for the northeast and mid-atlantic. the major cities will miss the brunt of further inland there will be heavy snow up to 1 ft. of snow ... that will happen over the weekend. we have a chance for a few flurries the middle part of next week ... the first snows of an inch or more typically come around the first of december in these parts. it's now 52 degrees in downtown chicago a

bit cooler up in marquette. tonight we should dip down to the 30's with some frost in the morning it may be a few degrees cooler tomorrow. here's what it looks like on the weather map ... we could get some scattered showers on sunday but for the most part we have a dry weekend coming up. for tonight we have a

cold night. tomorrow mostly sunny cool and dry 53 the high temperature. sunday will be mainly dry until late afternoon possibility of a scattered showers the high temperature 55 degrees. i will return with the 7 day forecast ... if you are headed to the movies this weekend dean richards has a sneak peek ... >>from the shrek series the

legendary let love her and feline swordsman now has his own story in "puss n' boots". antonio banderas and salma hayek star as the main voices in the cute story of right and wrong sprinkled with some grown up jokes. don't expect pixar quality or the warmth of any of the original shrek movies but it is well done and i give it a grade of b + >>there is also the johnny depp homage to hunter thompson ...

the rum diaries takes place in 1950's pruerto rico.. this tribute to hunter thompson is good but not great by give this a grade of theb and justin timberlake stars and " in time " he continues to impress with his on screen acting talent as this is his first leading role i give it a b + " anonymous " is about

shakespeare and i give it a grade of a b minus ... please go to wgntv.com/dean's list ... you can't text the word dean 297999 to receive my text messages time for today's trivia: the question comes from the thomas halloween cartoon " it's the great pumpkin charlie brown " according to linus the great pumpkin comes every halloween to the most what pumpkin patch in the world? the

one-run games and last night's game 6 is already being called one of the best world series games ever. the texas rangers trying to win their first championship in st. louis. there were just one strike away in the ninth inning ... but two men on for david freese who triples and the tying runs. the rangers go up in the 10th inning the cardinals down to their final strike again and this time lance purple and ties it with an rbi single. for it is still tied in the bottom of the 11th inning first batter is david freese who hits a home run to center the first walk off homer of his career the cardinals won 10-9 to force a game 7 tonight first game 7 in the series since 2002

>>and while the cardinals 0 david freese had the game of his life last night he made it memorable for one cardinals fan as well his walk off home run gave cardinals fan dave huyette a great souvenir. this video shows him grabbing the game clinching home run the boys said he stuffed the ball down his pants to keep other fans from stealing it. off-duty police escorted him and a friend down to the cardinals club house to offer the ball to david freese he said that he did want any money but he accepted assigned bat and ball from the whole cardinals team he city had the game of his life even though he was little embarrassed by the shirt being worn by his friend, the 120 day nba lockout could finally be coming to an end. commissioner david stern said will be a failure if they don't get a deal done in the next

today's owners and players will meet again today after seven hours of negotiations yesterday and 15 on wednesday they say they're still hoping the full 82 game season can be played >>the bears are relying on young safeties to replace veteran chris harris major wright and chris conte will get their start against the eagles after the by the bears have already filled harris's roster spot by claiming linebacker joe bar williams off waivers from the rams the blackhawks have a busy weekend two games in two nights there skating carolina against arrogance tonight to mar their back come against the columbus bluejackets and it's also hockey fights cancer night at the uc the purchase of special apparel will benefit cancer research and charities you can watch the game right here on wgn ... that's a look at sports the live illinois lottery drawing is now ... >>here are the winning pick

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answer of course is sincere.. how does the weather looked him mchale tim mcgill >>it looks pretty good. we start off today with sunshine there may be a sprinkel or a shower later this afternoon. overall and looks like a fairly dry day and a dry weekend 55 today's sunny skies saturday 53 degrees sunny to partly cloudy sunday with a chance of a light shower later in the afternoon about 55 degrees and that's the same for halloween 55 degrees tuesday will be dry but the

chance for some snow flurries come wednesday afternoon by thursday we will have a high temperature of only 43 degrees ... most of the overnights will be 30 degrees ... let you so much for joining us today. we hope to have a great weekend. we leave you now with more music from paul ellis.