a hoffman estates high-school teacher steps down from her job for allowing a male student to live with her. good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's randi belisomo has more details on her resignation ... >>the teacher noticed the student having behavioral problems and offered to tutor him after school off the sessions began in the classroom then move to a restaurant and soon he was living with her at home >>the school board removed the teacher from her classroom and

september when they learned the boy was living with her without their knowledge it came about through a freedom of information act filed by the chicago tribune ... officials will not disclose the boy's identity but he did attend hoffman estates haskell the relationship began last year with a tutoring session but even after his grades improved the two of them continue to meet throughout the summer going to movies and out to eat. the teacher suggested the boy moved in when the parents were talking about moving the area he told friends that he was living with his godmother when the school district learned about this a social worker intervened and moved him from home and the district went to higher authorities immediately police are investigating we expect to learn more about the story later on today after the district's

superintendent received clearance from the attorney to speak with the media >>a woman who claims that she was robbed and raped over the summer was killed in a hit-and- run accident 69 year-old patricia watts in was struck in gary and the 3900 block of broadway around 6:00 sunday night she died from her injuries on monday and an autopsy is set for today the car that struck her was a gray buick back in august she claimed that she was robbed and raped at a south shore station in gary here is surveillance video of that alleged attack she filed the lawsuit but her lawyer said that he is not sure if the case will move toward a 16 year-old is charged with raping and robbing her and he will be back in court next month >>and the murder case against drew peterson the illinois supreme court is ordering a lower court to reconsider your

say evidence that was previously banned peterson is charged with the 2004 drowning death of his third wife kathleen savio there are eight hearsay statements that have prosecutors appealing to be heard by jurors the trial was to begin in july of 2010 this new ruling could delay it for a least several more months his lawyers say they're disappointed in that ruling and drew peterson has been jailed since 2009 and $20 million bail he is also suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife stacy peterson >>federal prosecutors recommended today that rod blagojevich be sentenced to 15- 20 years in prison for corruption they said in their 21 page report he committed serious criminal acts and has refused to accept a responsibility his lawyers have said they wanted to get probation but the former governor will be sentenced next tuesday he was convicted back in june on several counts of

corruption including trying to sell the former senate seat of president barak obama >>mayor rahm emanuel has denied requests for public records that could show he came up with plans for a city fee increases and higher fees for water in city stickers and the cameras to target speeding motorists the chicago tribune is asking for internal city documents on this plans including e-mail's and memos and relevant contracts with outside companies so far no documents have been provided by the city except for a power point presentation on the need for water increases >>chicago's winter overnight parking ban begins tomorrow at 3 in the morning it will be enforced through april 1st of 2012 between 3 and 7:00 a.m. regardless of snow conditions the seasonal parking restriction spans over 100 mi. of the city's

most arterial streets if you decide to park anyway your car will be towed and you'll be ticketed $60 >>wrapped and ready for delivery christmas gifts intended for needy children will not make it under the tree after they were stolen by robbers and happen monday at a northwest suburban church julian crews has the story from antioch >>there's heard an outrage in this town a fief brazenly stole monday afternoon the donated gifts from st. stephen's church it was worth more than $700 worth of the nation's >>and empty boxes all that is left that stain steven lutheran church 1155 hillside avenue winter coats and boots and toys for the needy children are gone >>every time i walk past the

empty space i feel physically ill >>every year since steven it dobbs 20 needy children and our regional agency open arms mission is dedicated to helping these children the director commented that this is a troubling sign of how tough times are >>there are a lot of statistics out there to prove how desperate these people are in these tough economic times >>in the town people are rallying to replace the stolen goods >>we have to give back to this church and help the children >>to make things tougher in these difficult economic times st. stephens has just over one week to try to replace the stolen toys and distribute them to needy children here in the

northern suburbs of lake county if you like to help you can get a link to the open arms mission log onto the web site in the aegean tv.com/weblinks >> coming up at noon the usda clears the way for human consumption of course meet once again >>and the first sex abuse flustered is filed against expensed a football coach gerry sandusky and what the accuser is alleging sandusky did to keeping quiet about that abuse and it's the hottest smart phone on the

dealing with sexual abuse claims. fifth syracuse assistant basketball coach bernie fine was fired after a third man accused of child molestation when he was a boy. frank holland it tells us what police never followed up on charges against him >>3 allegations of sexual abuse against bernie fine and rendered big changes at the university he was fired and campus police are saying they will revamp the policy >>in 2002 it appears we could have done more with this case >>a victim contacted police in 2002 but was told that it could not be investigated because the statute of limitations expired >>2 of the ball boy isys alleged

that the sexual abuse at the hands of the assistant coach bernie fine one even said he had a telephone conversation with his wife who acknowledged that her husband had a problem. >>last night syracuse played eastern michigan state and had a victory and after the game the coach had these comments >>in many ways i am looking forward to it time when we can talk and learn from what has happened there is an important investigation going on which i fully support >>investigation continues and so far no charges have been filed against bernie fine police are looking into the recording of the phone conversation with his wife >> the first lawsuit linked to the penn state child sex abuse scandal was filed today the alleged victim says former penn

state defensive football coordinator jerry sandusky sexually be system over 100 times. the lawsuit also claims the jury sandusky threatened to harm the victim and his family if taylor did anyone to the alleged to be useful sandusky is charged with 40 counts related to alleged sexual abuse of eight young boys that he met his nonprofit group the second mile he said is working with a private investigator to prove his own in a sense >>a federal judge will begin hearing arguments today on whether john hinckley jr. should be granted unlimited leave from a mental hospital he was declared insane when he shot and wounded president ronald reagan in 1981 he has been hospitalized in washington since that time over the years he has been allowed visits from his mother and some other freedoms lawyers say that his mental problems are in remission prosecutors say that he is still capable of great violence a decision on his release is likely to take weeks or even months

>>hodges of people began dismantling the occupy los angeles camps overnight after demonstrators ignored the city's midnight deadline to leave the mayor of los angeles said that cancer danger to public health protesters say that they're expressing their first amendment rights to several people have been arrested so far but there have been no reports of violence against police or protesters. horse slaughter plants are legal once again after congress lifted a five-year ban on processing horse meat president obama signed the bill on november 18th and slaughter plants supporters say that the plants could be opened within one month the usda says that steps will be taken to make sure federal laws are followed at these plants an estimated 120,000 to 2000 200,000 horses will be killed for human consumption each year supporters of the bill say that it will decrease neglect and

abuse of sick or unwanted horses >>next we have five tips on staying positive even when your life is throwing you a curve ball and later in the medical watch pfizer battles to keep

contender herman cain says the relationship was very casual. ginger white claims the affair was on and off for about 13 years. he is to nine of those accusations. in regards to ginger white herman cain acknowledges that he did help her financially as a friend his campaign manager says the gop presidential candidate will not drop out from the race >>republican presidential

candidate rick perry have an oops moment on the campaign trail. addressing college students in new hampshire he flubbed both the voting age and the election date the voting age is actually 18 and the election will be held on november 6th a few of the students in the audience chuckled but perry did not appear to notice his mistake >>and i phone suddenly burst into flames aboard a plane in australia the passenger jet was landing in sydney friday night when the phones back panel glowed bright red then cracked and sent the smoke through the cabin nobody got hurt investigators say that the phone's battery may have overheated it's possible it was a counterfeit i phone >>i'm beejal patel of bloomberg news live from the cme group in chicago the dow is surging 400 points at this hour central banks around the world are

making more cash available to struggling european banks in an effort to prevent a lehman brothers style blow up in the markets >>this is just a short fix not a permanent solution designed to keep zombi banks in europe and bankrupt nations there afloat >>the new money that is being printed to help europe will spark greater inflation here in the united states adding to today's spike in stocks a big surprise on the jobs front employment reports say that 260,000 jobs were added in october more than economists were predicting better news on the housing front ... the number of americans signing contracts

to buy homes jumped in october according to the national association of realtors people are taking advantage of low mortgage rates and home prices >>people without health insurance pay attention walgreen's is offering free flu shot vouchers for those lacking coverage you need to contact your local health department to determine if you qualify and instructions on how to obtain a voucher >>this is the time of year when everybody is supposed to be feeling jolly but what if things in your life just not going right ... jennifer weigel of trib-u is here to help us see if the glass is half full even when you are feeling that it's half- empty >>i spoke to the panic anxiety

recovery center in chicago who told me about a 57 year-old woman who had to move back in with their parents it is very challenging to be hopeful ... >>i guess you need to try to take stock of what is good in your life >>that's right in need to even reach back to the past two determine what's good in your life and your past successes to help you get through and not beat yourself up. >>some suggestions include: putting $5 in a bucket every time you blame yourself you could always donated later to a

political party that you opposed to bring about change. also try to do something productive during a panic session. one woman cleared her junk drawer and said it was very cathartic. another tactic is to get dressed and get out. don't mope around the house for more than a week or two go out and tried to get social you may even get some networking that will lead to somewhere. schedule self

intervention ask three of your closest friends what you need to work on to get out of our routea rut.. and do something scary every day seek out uncertainty make a few difficult calls or take a challenging class like performance public speaking or even comic improvisation. it helps you build hope if you succeed. invert's to look in the maramirror

and recite a positive affirmation >>to read more on this topic or for other life lessons head over to chicago tribune .com/trib-u

to underperforming schools here in chicago. muriel clair is live in hyde park with the latest >>there are a number of chicago public schools not getting the job done not preparing students for college or for the work force and that is fueling the cps leadership decision to prepare schools for the turnaround >>many schools a ban on hack >>probation and the goal here is

to boost student achievement and change the academic environment inside the school building. >>we want to look at the ripple effect and create quality for kids and results for the parents across the board >>the students will stay in the building but all of the administrators and teachers will be asked to reapply for their positions >>union leader karen lewis has some reservations on the process that she says lack some transparency >> >>what we have seen with the turnaround model is that it has a disparate impact on african- americans and older teachers that number is huge off the

charts we are very concerned about that aspect and we are not sure why that is there is nothing behind the data that explains it quite well enough >>several schools will be affected by the turnaround project the good expected out of this cannot come a minute too soon >>the team will make no excuses for poverty or why the children can't learn it will work hard to get the job done. school officials say that parents have ample time to provide feedback at school board meetings scheduled for january and december and february as well >>please stay with us tom

skilling will be back with the full forecast

hi went to the lake front yesterday tom and the wave action was amazing. >>there is davit to support the notion that it's the strongest wave action we've ever seen here on like michigan. we've had lots of days with over 40 mi. per hour wind gusts this

november and when averaged over an entire month like we had in november it's up there in the record books. but that wind is all over today we're looking at beautiful sunny skies with some wisps of cirrus clouds and low- end. wind do you see this area here on the map this is yesterday's snowstorm to the east of us. peru indiana had 10 in. of snow that's 116 mi. southeast of the

chicago loop! akron indiana was one of the hardest hit locations as well ... temperatures are warming their fortunately melting the snow ... low temperatures hit the suburbs of chicago overnight one of the coldest of the season so far. wind speeds today are one-quarter of what they were yesterday ... we are bright and sunny today with a modest temperature

increase. tomorrow we may have snow showers overnight. there is another storm coming but it is a rain producer for the weekend hitting us saturday night and perhaps early sunday. the cold arctic air is staying put to the north of us. this is a very different scenario opening the winter season this year. we will get plunges of cool air that will come and go. we are three degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. we will also be warmer tomorrow. it's also very dry with 29 percent relative humidity. here

is the 10 day forecast: we have some warmer air coming tomorrow and then modest cooling takes place friday saturday will warm up again as the storm approaches we will be on the rainy side of the system overnight cool air will we back sunday and we expect some snow flurries monday of next week another cold front will visit us later in the week next week. we're talking about some areas of plunging down to single digits or maybe even subzero temperatures way to the north. weather system #one ... will

settle south and then turn in our direction and bring rain saturday until then the weather will be quiet for the next couple of days. the system in the northwest of the united states is a storm in waiting ... there are freezing temperatures all the way down to northern florida. and lots of weather advisories for snow and wintry weather in the western united states. you may see a slight

snow shower tomorrow night with the cooler temperatures but friday will warm up before the rainshowers on saturday. we have no snow no 17 ft. waves or 40 mi. per hour plus wind gusts that's gone ... partly cloudy and chile tonight 25 degrees with the upper teens inland illinois.

partly sunny breezy warmer tomorrow a high 47 degrees may be snow shower overnight with a flurry lingering into friday morning it will be sunny once again friday as 48 degrees the high-temperature. it's time now for today's trivia: what was the name of the plane had completed the first transatlanti

it's good to be home ... the first home game after a long road trip can be a tough one.

and it was against the coyotes at the united center. already down in the first. viktor stahlberg steals the puck and centers to jonathan toews but his shot goes off the crossbar. 30 seconds later the coyotes and shane doan hits a one timer off of corey crawford and and for that score crawford was pulled in the third period after giving up four goals on 21 shots the hawks lost 4-1 >>the cubs say goodbye to a legend but welcome to new additions to the ball club former cubs pitcher greg maddux is leaving the organization to join his brother in texas greg maddux spent the past two seasons as a special assistant and part-time pitching instructor meanwhile the cubs have added former kansas city and oakland a's outfielder david to jesus the jesus set career

highs with a 3-18 battlinbatting average before injuring his thumb during the 2010 season the cubs also announced their new bench coach will be former big league catcher jamie quirk >>looking back there are lots of great things that came out >>twitter is exploding with the news that jay cutler and kristin cavallari are engaged once again ... >>ceviche tweeted at this time it's official jay cutler and hyatt are engaged once again >>

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taste of home magazine is back with us today and she has brought along some great holiday baking recipes. it all looks so

beautiful ... >>that's what this book is all about ... everyone is ready to do all of this baking we have over 780 recipes in this new baking book. and it has lots of great photographs >>we have a chapter called almost homemade ... this is a chocolate strawberry celebration cake. it's all about what people can do with the everyday things and things that are at their reach. the novice baker or the

experience baker will enjoy this book. this is a chocolate buttercream frosting ... you can use any fruit. i like strawberries but you can use raspberries or star fruit ... we have made a panacheganache.. and i am drizzling as over the strawberries i have the top my chocolate layer cake.

you can really do it any type of decorating you want to with this mixture you can even write some words. using a pastry bag you make with a simple plastic bedag.

over there you see we have a braid made of three different types of bread all from the same dough with different additives ... the book also has some great homemade gift ideas for the holidays. these cookies are very easy it's a butter cookie ... you make a

big batch of dough and separate them and your food colorings and decorate them and take thembake them they are by its size and the doe freezes beautifully we have lots of great easy step- by-step procedures in the book. and we have an extensive test kitchen that has tested all of these recipes if you like information on the

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completed the first transit antarctic flight in november 1935. >>and dr. gotcha has the highest elevation any continent on her if antarctic has the highest mean average elevation of any continent ... >>we have high pressure in place it will produce lots of

weather in the plains states. it will stay there and move up on us over the weekend we will get some rain as a result. we also spoke before about frost and freeze advisories' in florida and lots of a winter advisories' for storms in the western states. ultimately it will reach the midwest bringing snow to the upper midwest but for chicago it will be a rain producer. that's going to happen over the weekend. we are looking at a white band on the manp.. that will affect us

for the weekend with rain but after that we will head for colder temperatures but today we are in the 40's tomorrow will be up to 47 degrees it will be modestly cooler and sunny friday in the mid-40s saturday will have afternoon rainshowers broadening overnight saturday there will be some snow showers or forays for monday and tuesday of next week. >>thank you so much for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon we are back here tonight at 5 and again innine9