visit, call, or go to ediblearrangements.com. good afternoon i'm steve sanders and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching a ceramic country on wgn america and on the web. >>funeral services are being held today for a chicago area servicemen killed in afghanistan ... lance corporal nick daniels grew up in elmwood park and attended high school on the northwest side muriel clair is live outside of st. patrick high-school where students are honoring the fall and marine

>>fall on marineen marine >>nick daniels hill only ban in afghanistan for two months ... on sunday friends and relatives turned out in large numbers for his wake. he had been an outstanding linebacker on the st. patrick's high school football team as well as a coach there ... already in memory the students of the high school are lining the sidewalks along the route to the cemetery holding american flags ... they prepared

to watch the passing funeral procession ... nick daniels returned to his, moderate to coach the football team ... and the school feels they really owe him a big debt of gratitude ... the students are waiting here to pay their respects ... the mother of a 6 year-old recovering from a gunshot wound said that she wants authorities to press charges against the boys uncles who pulled the trigger. marshawn means was at

his grandfather's, 1700 block of west steuben yesterday when the shooting happened police say that the boy was playing cops and robbers with his 14 year- old on call when the gun accidentally went off but relatives say that marshawn told them that he did not want to play the game with his uncle and that the teenager said " i hate you before shooting him ... a university of illinois football player and two others are recovering from wounds suffered in a shooting at a party near campus police say someone opened fire on a crowd at a house in champaign early yesterday morning the shooter took off and has not been caught a 22 year-old man from palos park in a 23 year-old man from park forest are being treated for non-life threatening wounds the third victim is illinois football player trulon henry he was shot in hand and will miss the rest of the season he said he showed up

after the trouble began to drive some other players home >>peoples gas is investigating an apparent natural gas explosion that injured four people including the chicago firefighter the explosion happened early yesterday morning your 66 than keating. it flattened a one-and-a-half story bungalow and damage to several other holmes a woman and a man who were inside that on suffered second-degree burns and another man was hurt he was able to drive himself to the hospital the house next door was destroyed and two other homes were severely damaged >>its plan to ease traffic in short commuter times on the stevenson expressway began today with rave reviews a federal grand as supporting a two-year pilot program for pace bosses the buses will be allowed to use the shoulder as a passing lane when traffic is heavy in moving under 35 mi. per hour this morning the first express bus arrived 15 minutes early elaine's run from kedzie to

cicero central to the try state and county line road 2355 a total of 14 mi. one pace writer said the new service will cut one hour and 20 minutes from her commute round-trip >>next at midday what one couple says they sought on an airplane that made them sick to their stomachs and the response they got from flight attendants for pointing that out plus the charitable link that is raising questions about the bail deal given to former penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky and

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ceo has not been accused of any crimes related to the penn state sex abuse scandal. sandusky is charged with molesting eight children over. 15 years judge leslie dutchcot freed him on $100,000 bail against the wishes of prosecutors and now has been learned that the judge has been a volunteer for second mile the program that jerry sandusky started for troubled children the sandusky case has led to the firing of legendary coach joe paterno and charges against two penn state administrators for failing to tell police that the abuse allegations >>sandusky has been ordered to stay away from children while he is out on bail but that may be difficult his backyard is next to the playground at lemont elementary school the school's principal said that he is taken steps to make sure that children are safe jerry sandusky's not accused of molesting random

children authorities say that he abused young boys after developing close relationships with them through his charity >>the former boyfriend of a chicago area woman accusing presidential candidate herman cain of sexual harassment plans to talk to the media today sharon bialek said that herman cain made inappropriate trances in the late 1990's when he was head of the national restaurant association and herman cain denies even knowing by alec but the man who was dating her at the time is expected to back up her claims that the couple had met herman cain at an event she also told her boyfriend that herman cain put his hand a per skirt when i met on a different occasion to discuss job opportunities meanwhile the wife of herman cain is defending her husband saying the man being described in the media is not the man she's been married to for 43 years >>... " he totally respects women "

>>for women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment the gop representspresidential hopeful has repeatedly denied those allegations >>the occupy movement and portland police squared off yesterday police arrested more than 50 people after officers cleared up protester campsites officials say that some activists were arrested when they refuse to leave >>italy's new leader is working quickly to form a new government and win back confidence of international markets respected economist mary el monte was named to head the new government after the former prime minister resigned he will be holding separate talks today with political parties unions and employers as he gets ready to point his cabinet parliamentary leaders expect mario monti to seek a confidence vote by friday to confirm support for his new government

>>president obama's is making some headway in efforts to locking in the biggest international trade deal since nafta the president is in hawaii trying to win support from nine nations to reach a asian- pacific partnership agreement within one year japan and canada have just said that they will join in the talks the u.s. is hoping to regain economic influence in the far east now that china is dominating that region president obama says the asia-pacific region as vital to america's economic growth >>u.s. and russian astronauts are on their way to the international space station this morning late last night the soyuz spacecraft blasted off from a launch pad and cause the extent it is a big boost for the russian space program the crew consists of nasa astronaut dan burbank and two russian cosmonauts they will replace

those three astronauts who have been at the space station since june it's the first manned launch involving a nasa astronaut since the shuttle program was retired in july >>a couple is suing eric ran airways claiming their flight was infested with roaches harry marshawn and his fiancee caitlin rush of north carolina say they took pictures of cockroaches coming out of air vents and in storage areas during a recent flight they say when they alerted a flight attendant she responded by raising a finger to her lips as if to silence them ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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the supreme court at issue is the part where all americans are required to get insurance by 2014 or pay a fine the judges of the supreme court will decide whether or not that is permissible >>so far appeals courts have been divided over that issue so in march the supreme court will take up the case >>there is speculation that home prices will fall further perhaps and 6-8% drop before the housing market bottoms out ... when it comes to holiday shopping price wars are heating of ... choice on the wal-mart website where selling 5% cheaper

than its rivals and amazon is giving it a run for its money >>groupon it is beginning its epic deals tomorrow it is teaming up with many partners to offer specials on websites the stock just got its first sell rating today the dow is still holding at around 12,000 mark ... stocks are lower right now across the board however investors are still nervous about italy and

the rest of europe >>justice has been delayed for a man wrongfully convicted of a murder that happened 20 years ago. robert veal has already been released from prison but he left to wait to be fully exonerated. he was one of five men freed after being convicted of raping and killing a dixmoor woman in 19913 of the five have been fully exonerated prosecutors say that dna evidence cleared all five of the crimes robert veal had been locked up since he was 15 now at 34 years old his lawyer says that he just wants to move on with his life >>he has been very patient he has been complying with the proceedings and he will be very happy when the whole thing is over >>robert feel will be back in court next month and hopes of

finally getting the conviction vacated >>groups working to recall the governor of wisconsin are expected to launch a petition drive tomorrow. the push to recall gov. scott walker was sparked by passage of a law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees in wisconsin there were weeks of protests that drew thousands of people to the state capitol in madison democrats of been working with union leaders on the recall effort the need to gather 540,000 petition signatures by january 17th to force a recall election >>an investigation by cranes chicago business says that illinois house speaker mike madigan cost taxpayers half a billion dollars. crane's suggests that madigan intentionally blocked five bills that would allow mccormick place to refinance its debt at lower rates because he wanted to punish the expo center's chief

executive officer for firing a madigan allied madigan is office says that is real motivation was to prevent mccormick place from becoming another fund-raising tool for rod blagojevich. >>billionaire investor sam zell is reported getting into the luxury hotel business crain's chicago business reports that sam zell has agreed to pay $95 million for the deletion hotel room for a chicago hotel sources say that he plans to convert the gold coast hotel to into a waldorf-astoria which is a member of the hilton luxury lifestyle brand it cook county board committee is considering a proposed tax increase it would affect sales of liquor and tobacco robert jordan is live downtown with more on the story >>the cook county board is looking at many creative ways to

close at $315 million revenue shortfall after the board rescinded a 1 percent sales tax last year it is now looking at a tax on tobacco and alcohol. >>you are now using poor people taxes to close the deficit gap ... patti texas >>if we just had one tax to take care of all of this why bring in 15 different taxes to make up for this >>some commissioners say that the taxes are necessary >>we need some fiscal discipline and this is an opportunity to address public health concerns in the cook county population >>others are saying the tax of 3¢ on a six-pack of beer is tolerable >>i believe this tax is

necessary we have to find the funds somewhere >>when you hear from with the president and her financing committee have to say you have to think it's necessary >>just a moment ago the tax on alcohol passed by a vote of 12-5 so it will now go before the full county board where it's expected to be voted on tomorrow coming up next the legendary career of the white sox minnie minosa is being celebrated and later in the medical watch the alarming statistic about diabetes and and many adults could have that disease by the year 2030

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he was one of the top hitters in the american league in the 1950's. and now white sox legend minnie minosa is candidate for baseball's hall of fame class of 2012 this thursday the white sox will be held in a forum to discuss the case to have him enshrined in the hall of fame turning me with more is adrian burke goesan burgos... associate professor of history at the university of illinois as well as an author he also served as a member of the baseball hall of fame's negro leagues committee >>and we have john dewan honor

of baseball info solutions which delivers baseball statistical data and analysis to a host of customers welcome to the bulk of the >>a case can be made ... >>he has had such a long career ... seven different decades of professional baseball >>before he played for the white sox his first full year 1951 he had already played eight years of professional baseball had not been for the color of his skin he would already be inducted into the hall of fame ... he was latino and african-american. he began playing professionally in 1945 but he had to go to the negro leagues he was an all-star twice in two of those three

seasons then he was sold to the cleveland indians and that began a major leak travail most major league teams did not sign black players he went to the one team and the american league that stockpiled african-american players and he was traded in made his 1951 debut with the white sox ... he is very important to the story of black latino players he was really the first to make it big in the major leagues. what's amazing about him is that he excelled he wasn't just good in that first decade in the major

leagues he excelled ... what people have lost on them is that unlike roberto clemente he proved his worth with his bat on the field. >>his debut in baseball was later than most players but if you look at all of those in the hall of fame after the age of 24 he has more hits more rbis more runs and more home runs than the average hall of fame inductees he is through and through worthy of this honor. i am into the

statistics but until i research tam specifically i did not appreciate just how good he was you have to take a closer look at his record ... he had a lot of second place statistical feats as well 23 years after he finished his career in the majors we had a special election and he's got a real shot. >>cooperstown are you listening! listen to these guys! the hall of fame forum takes place this thursday at the conference and learning center

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>>it is a whole different ball game today we are cloudy. we have showers and thunderstorms moving across the southern suburbs. and a tornado warning is in effect in iroquois county. that's part of a disturbance that began on the west coast friday and is now riding through the down state area and southern suburbs. the tornado watch will be in effect until 8:00 tonight it is in the purple area on the map in iroquois county it is a radar detection ...

we have winter weather advisories on the high plains. by wednesday and thursday we will begin to feel the cold air year.here >>tonight will remain partly cloudy the same thing for tamaratomorrow. the area lee will be watching with great interest is to the northwest we are on the frontage of a cold snap the real chill currently is well above the canadian border. it

will hit hard wednesday thursday with the low temperatures in the mid-40s but we will get back to mild temperatures for the weekend >>it is currently 50 degrees at o'hare ... we are about 14 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. temperatures are dropping. the wind today is very mild. yesterday we had gusts 47 mi. per hour at the airport it was very windy.

we are on the cool side of the strong winds that are blowing through the southern half of the united states. here is the big high-pressure system of canadian origin. we may even see snow flurries and parts of the midwest. temperatures will continue to drop will be in the 40's by the evening dropping overnight into the thirties we will be back in the '50s tomorrow but will go down into the 20s tomorrow night into the 30's in the city ... and in the 40's on wednesday and will be very chilly going into thursday morning that's that

shot of cold air coming in later in the week ... and showers and thunderstorms are continuing in the southern suburbs and western indiana. here are some other reyna accumulation totals it is 50 degrees at 0 hera 51 degrees at midway currently the forecast for this afternoon we had to tornado watch until 8:00 p.m. in the ford and iroquois counties.

tonight we will be clear and cooler. 55 degrees for tomorrow it will get windy getting cooler tomorrow night and wednesday will have a high of 42 degrees ... thursday will start cool but we will warmup for the weekend. it's time now for today's trivia question: on this day in 1906, theodore roosevelt became the first united states president to visit a foreign country which country was it?

the detroit lions but left guard chris williams needed emergency wrist surgery after the game and is likely out for the year. the bears honoring veterans at soldier field. the lead early and devin hester plan with a sore ankle and strep throat he returned a punt 82 yds for his 12th career punt return for a touchdown the lions fell apart in the second half matt stafford through back-to-back pick sixes to major right and charles stillman bears forced six turnovers after another deception in the fourth quarter stafford drew a dj more to the ground by his helmet in brawl ensued and the jay mohr was ejected the bears won 37-13 that

is four consecutive victories >>the blackhawks honoring veterans with warmups' waters. scoreless against the edmonton oilers in the first period when jonathan toews skates from behind the net and scored his first of two goals still up later in the period the blackhawks on the power play steve montemayor's scored his second goal of the redirect his first career multi goal game the blackhawks 16-3 it is their final home game before the circus trip that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is next

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is on the rise. a new report by the international diabetes federation says that right now 366 million people have diabetes worldwide officials expect that number to jump to 552 million by 2030 with three new cases every 10 seconds. the report was released in honor of world diabetes day. >>testing children for high cholesterol new guidelines recommended screening children between 9 and 11 regardless of their family history the

national institutes of health and the american academy of pediatrics said that they want to fight cardiovascular disease before it begins the new recommendations also said that people should be retested between 17-21 years old and the guidelines on the screen children who had a family history of i cholesterol and heart disease the panel also suggests that pediatricians use the type of test that doesn't require the children too fast >>getting your teeth cleaned regularly could do a lot more than just britain your smile researchers followed more than 100,000 people for an average of seven years there report those who had their teeth scraped and cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist had a 24 percent lower risk of heart attack and a 13 percent lower risk of stroke the researchers say professional to the skilling appears to reduce inflammation causing bacteria that can lead to heart disease or stroke

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meat markets in the nation ... the owner david zier is back with us today to show us how to make a "turducken" >>banks traditionally it is a

whole turkey boneless duck boneless and a boneless chicken laird together with stuffing in between and trustssed ... >>this is the southern tradition ... your original recipe calls for it servings for 30 people ... >>we're gonna modify that ... here i am mixing a staffing that is cajun in flavor with andouille sausage and spice ... it also has some pepper ... so we have our meat we layer the

stuffing on it we are going to roll this over with the skin on the top we have the duck the stuffing some boneless chicken the i more stuffing and boneless turkey thighs and you tie this up and you bake it in the oven

so you don't need to take a huge three birds you can't take select parts and labor them and tie it up like a roast. our market sells wild game as well if you like that alternative for this thanksgiving feast ... we also have buffalo and venison very popular around the christmas holiday. >>you have an interesting way of cooking a turkey i have read about this tell us about that >>you like to ice the breast with a couple of ice packs over

the turkey breast to cool that down it comes out much juicier ellipse suspect we makewe make full-size and boneless "turducken" at our market all prepared ... if you can give us 1 weeks lead time when you order >>the market is located at 813 ridge road in wilmettte ... you

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first u.s. president to visit a foreign country. which country was this? the answer is panama. >>we're coming off an amazing weekend with a beautiful sunday. >>but temperatures are on the way down they will be in the 40's later this week that it will be mild tomorrow once again we are waiting for the cold air ... 56 degrees today 55 degrees tomorrow we will get into the 40's on thursday the

cold air is backed up to the northwest ... but the air will warm again before the weekend warming that up for friday and saturday and then sunday and monday the cool air will be back ... we have some rain down state and in the southern suburbs and there is a tornado warning in effect until 8:00 tonight for iroquois and four countiesrd counties.. again it will warm up toward the end of the week 54 degrees for friday and saturday and then we

will turn over to cooler temperatures for monday ... everything is in a progressive state with these moving air masses. but we are grateful for that 70 degree temperature we had yesterday. thank you for joining us today have a great afternoon remember we will be back at 5 and again at 9 this evening