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hazardous material response team there is an unconfirmed reports that there was one explosion that injured one person we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you more as that becomes available. >>our other top story we are moments away with a verdict in the williamcellini trial the federal jury has reached a decision and it's being read in court. the prosecutors presented evidence for three weeks williamcellini the businessman and illinois power brokers facing charges of fraud and attempted extortion he's accused of conspiring to shake down a hollywood producer for one-and- a-half million dollars campaign contribution to former governor rod blagojevich's he has denied the charges jurors have decided on four counts will have the verdict on all four counts as soon as they come down >>and minority candidates who won a racial discrimination lawsuit against the chicago fire department are getting another

chance to become firefighters today nancy loo is live in the south loop with that story >>some arrived over one hour early for testing that 16 years late these are plaintiffs from the class-action suits finally nearing an end after twirling through the legal system since 1995. today many of those no older by past applicants will have to pass the fire department's rigorous examinations >>it's a lot later not exactly the same shape that you were 16 years ago he tried stay in shape and do your best to get ready for this test >>mayor emanuel had moved to resolve the case after being elected ... most of the 6000 plaintiffs are now in their late 30's and early '40's but many are still eager to join a department that is only 19

percent african-american. >>the city and plaintiffs agreed to $5,000 settlements for those no longer interested in joining the force and they will hire 111 african americans to join the department by next spring. the attorney for those bypassed candidates say that the resolution is bittersweet ... >>the integration we hope for in the fire department will be less because older class members will be retiring sooner and it will cost the city a tremendous amount of money >>mayor emanuel has not indicated where the estimated $30 million will come from to handle the settlement. the department now has an age cutoff of 38 years old but that is being waived for this group of

applicants hoping for an $80,000 a year job with the force >>hillary clinton is mother has died the clinton foundation released a statement saying dorothy rodham died in washington today surrounded by her family. the cause of death has not been released but yesterday secretary of state clinton canceled a scheduled trip to england and turkey because her mother was ill. dorothy rodham was born in chicago and raised children in park ridge. she kept a low profile while in the clinton white house but she has been seen campaigning with her daughter during the 2008 presidential race she was 92 years old >>police have a sketch of the person they're looking for in connection with the murder of a lion's township freshman last week and a reward for his capture his crown to $50,000. 14 year-old kelly o'laughlin was

stabbed to death in her home in the ned parker last thursday police said she walked in on a home invasion after-school a man arrested at the time of the murder is still being held in connection with a rash of burglaries some residents say they think there's a connection the police say the cases are not related to released this sketch of a suspect. >>police in glen ellyn believe the ex-husband of a woman found slain in her apartment two weeks ago may now be in mexico police say 3333 year-old 1 granados was last person to see nancy bustos alive and consider him their only person of interest he was less a driving a black four-door bmw 36 year-old nancy bustos was found in her apartment after family members called for well- being check the couple were married in 2000 and divorced last year they have to children who are staying with relatives >>their new charges against a

man from stater already charged with plotting the murder of his adopted daughter robert deja has been jailed since october 12th when his brother told police that he was trying to hire a hit man to kill his own daughter she accused her father of repeatedly raping her over four years and father and her first child now the man is charged with predatory sexual assault against another young woman >>the woman convicted of reselling burial sites at bur oak cemetery has now started serving her 12 year prison sentence 51 year-old carroll and towns pleaded guilty in july she was given a few months to make personal arrangements three other cemetery employees were also charged two years ago for reselling grayson dumping hundreds of old remains in an abandoned a lot their cases are still pending >>pink slips are in the mail to help cover a big shortfall in the cook county budget more than $300 million county board

president toni preckwinkle is planning hundreds of layoffs the first notices went out today robert jordan has a live report >>cook county board president toni preckwinkle had her office sent out first notices of layoffs to employees yesterday there are plans to lay off a thousand more people ... that leaves them $275 million short on the budget so she is asking the union to make some concessions to help in the budget so far the unions have rejected deals for furloughs the board is looking for more ways to develop revenue including additional layoffs >>we really don't want to lay anyone off the first round of layoff notices have gone out negotiations with labor unions continue and hopefully we will be able to arrive at some solutions but it's no fun it's

very difficult and insuring that there is quality of services to the most vulnerable people in cook county is really the most important thing we have to keep our eye on >>we think there were ways that the balanced budget could have come about instead of doing all of these nitpicking measures ... all of these new ideas about charging for services are not going to cut it >>there was a controversial 1 percent sales tax that prayer korngold's successor had implemented and toni preckwinkle got rid of that after getting elected they're just trying to make this as painless as

possible >>coming up next at noon gop presidential candidate herman cain is trying to set the record straight once again the new details cities getting to a allegations of sexual harassment a few years ago and the final witness could be called today and the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor conrad murray will he take the stand in his own defense? >>and the hope was that it was a done deal but now the prime minister of greece is throwing a monkey wrench into the bailout deal in throwing international markets into a tailspin

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in northeastern states to still without power ... utility crews say they are making progress but snowy conditions are presenting challenges in some areas ... the weather is prompted emergency declarations from the governors of new york, new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts. president obama has already ordered federal aid for connecticut 13 deaths are now being credited to the storm. we could find out today if michael jackson's doctor will take the stand in his own defense conrad murray has yet to tell the judge whether or not he will testify in his involuntary manslaughter case this morning prosecutors say that conrad murray gave jackson a deadly dose of propofal and then didn't have the proper safety measures in place to save his life if a conrad murray does not testify the defense will likely wrap up its case today with closing

arguments set for thursday >>republican presidential candidate herman cain is offering more information about the sexual harassment allegations made against him and denying that he did anything inappropriate to female employees of the national restaurant association accused him of sexual harassment and late nineties herman cain was president of that organization at the time political reports that the women are barred from discussing the incidents after they signed agreements with the organization that included payouts herman cain first refused to respond to the report now says he remembers only one of those cases he initially said that he did not know about any financial settlements with those women later he admitted that one of the settlements was smaller than what the women wanted >>some are questioning presidential candidate rick perry and his behavior during a speech on friday he was more animated than usual ...

>>even tim geithner under 10 get his tax is done on time with my tax plan >>rick perry is also being ridiculed for cradling a bottle of maple syrup that he was given by the host of the event his campaign said that used as passionate about the issues during his speech. >>if the united states is cutting funding to the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization known as unesco now that the agency has accepted a palestinian membership bid unesco members voted 107-14 yesterday to grant

palestine full membership the united states planned to make a $60 million contribution to unesco during november but the state department said that won't be happening now u.s. contributions make up about one- fifth of unesco's budget >>the man just elected to be ireland's next president is also an alumni of indiana university michael d. higgins was elected last thursday he was born in limerick ireland and received a master's degree in sociology from indiana university in 1967 higgins also served as president of ireland's labor party and established an irish language television channel

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chicago ... here's a look at today's business headlines stocks are losing big once again today over the past two days that drapeau hashe dow has dropped over 500 points the reason being greece ... the prime minister is putting an the european union vote up in front for referendum to the greek people there's no word on when the vote is planned if this fails we roll back to square one >>me while bank of america dropped the $5 debit card monthly fee proposed it was after suntrust and some other banks scrapped that plan wells

fargo and chase are following suit ... they finally realized consumer concerns >>ms global is looking at a big mass regulators are investigating whether hundreds of millions of dollars are missing from client accounts ms global did not separate client money from firm money and the firm filed for bankruptcy yesterday losing date on investments tied to european sovereign debt. unfortunately the pace of manufacturing is slowing down according to latest numbers that's from the institute of supply management

>>your cellphone company may know more about you than you want it to know ... some of them are selling that information to the highest bidder your phone company knows where you live what websites you visit what applications you download what videos you watch and even where you are. just last month for rise and wireless changed its privacy policy to allow the company to record location data and web browsing history combine that with your age gender put it together with my hands of other customers in its information a company's would love to have in order to target cell all products >>if your new apple i phone 4 is running at a battery life sooner than you would like you are not alone some users are complaining on social network set the phone cannot make it through workday without needing to be recharged apple said that before us should get up to eight hours of talk

time and to six hours of time surfing the web before needing a charge so for apple has not commented on those complaints >>if you bought too much following kantian are stuck with those leftovers checkout halloween candy buy back .com you could find local businesses that will let you exchange candy for money or coupons or other prizes the candy is then sent to american troops stationed overseas but if your kids won't part with their hard-earned treats you don't have to eat them all at once the national confectioners association said they can be stored for very long time ... provided their role saved it unopened packages next the questionable way in which the chicago commissioner in charge of homeless services suggested people get to show after state funding has been

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chicago's commissioner of homeless services made an unfortunate remark when she was asked how a new round of city budget cuts will affect the homeless. the city will cut 24 staffers to drive homeless people to shelters on cold nights. commissioner evelyndiaz was asked how will the homeless get to the shelters know? her response was public transportation ... taxicab's she not have money for taxicabs. later the department family and support services clarify her remark ... saying that it will redeploy staff from other chefs to provide transportation to

homeless during times of extreme weather. >>and with the winter coming soon many chicagoans are worried about how they will afford to pay their heating bills today is the first day for families with young children to apply for heating assistance funds julian crews has this live report >>i am on a fixed income which is very hard and in the wintertime last winter it was very difficult to pay the bills >>the low-income home energy assistance program works to help subsidize energy bills for families and individuals living below the poverty line. but with the nation's financial troubles federal funds have been cut back and that's affecting funding in the state of illinois making it all the more difficult to get assistance. seniors and people with disabilities are also eligible but today is the first day however that households with young children can apply they're

lining up at the san lucas church in humboldt park to apply for life keep assistance assistance. >>they need to show us proof of in or unemployment along with their social security card and a utility bill ... >>people also need to practice energy conservation and learn about vampire power >>you can log onto our website to beachy and tv.comthe "puiji" and tv.com/weblinkwgntv.com/

we have an update now on the hazardous material situation had o'hare airport. we have learned that one baggage handler was injured and has been transported to the local hospital. alcohol tobacco and firearms department and the chicago fire department office of fire investigation run the scene now it's happening at united express gates terminal one of ... it is believed that hazardous materials were being transported and it was an accident ...

and that two-thirds of the normal rainfall in october it was a dry month. feast your eyes on this sky this opening day of november it's typically the month that cools down the fastest ... to have a 65 degree day like this one we are in bonus territory ... we a big storms out in the western states producing snow in wyoming and in colorado. that will bring strong southerly wind to this area that produces rain to the

north in wisconsin michigan and minnesota. if we see any rain it will be tomorrow night and light. look at this dome of warm air surging northward into the center of the country it's 63 degrees in omaha nebraska and we're headed toward the mid '60s here in chicago. temperatures are below zero in the northwest territories and interior alaska. no sign of that working its way here in the immediate future. we have a gorgeous day it is beginning to get windy there will gust to 30 mi. per hour at

by this afternoon. the water temperature is 52 degrees. we have over 20 mi. per hour wind going in the northern suburbs. it's 54 degrees at the airports at this hour. and we are talking about the remnants of that terrible northeastern storm in new england the snow fell on a full

fall foliage and all this snow wait on those trees brought all the limbs branches and poultry is down falling all over power lines wreaking havoc in several states. we are following a mild and dry october here in chicago with a beautiful day this first of november >>looking elsewhere we see a complex of winter storm advisory's in the western and plains states. there are a red flag warnings in san francisco and l.a. it's the anniversary

of some of those wild fires that occurred there almost 10 years ago. clouds will be increasing tomorrow the rain will stay to the north by tomorrow night we will see some showers we could get about half an inch to an in joke and a quarter of rain here in chicago and things will dry out. we will have a wind gusts here thursday of 30 m.p.h. wering

from the northeast up past the lake. and we will get windy once again on saturday we will have another day in the '60s however. we very well could be looking at six days of 60 degree weather ... generous sum this afternoonsunshine this afternoon with no precipitation. partly cloudy windy and milder 47 degrees tonight partly sunny and breezy mild 61 degrees tomorrow rain will be coming tomorrow night we will have a cooler day

thursday with 49 degrees with some overcast skies. it will warm up again for the weekend. we have more breaking news there is a split verdict in the williamcellini extortion trial jurors have decided on four charges they found him guilty of conspiracy to conceal it extortion and aiding and abetting the solicitation of a bribe but they acquitted him on conspiracy to commit attempted extortion mail and wire fraud ... he was accused of plotting to squeeze a hollywood executive thomas rosenberg for a $1 million plus campaign contribution to former governor rod blagojevich's gubernatorial campaign [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills.

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time for sports the blackhawks are off to their best start at home in four years scoring at least a point in all seven home games the predator is visiting the united center on halloween ... the hawks play from behind all night but it's tied in the third when brian dekalb gives the hawks their first lead of the game the predators would send it into overtime and two minutes into overtime viktor stahlberg scored the game- winner the blackhawks 15-4 patrick kane had two goals and one assist >>he was great lot of ways and will lucky he's having a good start to this season ... >>duncan keith left the game with an upper body injury coach

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it's time now for lunch break: he is the chef and partner of the newly opened it nuevo latino restaurant libertad in skokie. chef armando gonzales joins us

today welcome ... >>i did not trim off the fat from this pork belly i just add some soldalt.. we want to keep it moist ... and we add pepper. we put this in a hot pan. here i am taking spaghetti squash i am cutting

it in half scraping the seeds out from the center. i love spaghetti squash ... this recipe is dedicated to her she passed away my grandmother she loved this that's what the day of the dead is about in mexico.

we also put salt and pepper on the spaghetti squash you put it face down each path face down on a baking sheet in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 or 30 minutes ... when that's done you just take a fork and scrape out the stringy pulp. it has a beautiful taste. a lot of people

like to service just like spaghetti ... we are going to make the marinade with an show chilipepper isncho chili peppers ...

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>>in the whether we will have a cool down thursday and friday and another warmup on saturday we have a gorgeous day to day but the wind is picking up 30 mi. an hour we should expect those costs later this afternoon we may get a little bit of rain tomorrow night early in the day on thursday as well but it will be dry with some sun breaks for the most part over the next several days. notice on the 2 day forecast how progressive everything is there is a big dip in the jet stream out west forming another winter storm in those western and plains states. that will affect

us with little bit of rain here tomorrow night into thursday and we will follow that up with a window of the next several days 30 mi. per hour gusts those are warm southerly winds that will make it here again by saturday ... we will be in the upper 50s to the low 60s. over the next 10 days we will get a small pond of coolx air but nothing will stick around ... temperature will be in the '60s for several days. however we will get more cool air within the next two weeks. but until thursday of next week we have pretty mild weather. we

have been very lucky missing storms to the east and west. 61 degrees tomorrow 49 on thursday friday and saturday will worked into the low 60s and then we turn the clock back overnight saturday ... we also have more breaking news doctor conrad murray has decided not to take the stand in his trial in los angeles there will be more details on the wgn news at 5 and again at 9 tonight thank you for joining us