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and man accused of killing a teenage woman returns to court. good morning i am good morning i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us... good afternoon a grand jury indictment for first-degree murder and home invasion as well as other felony charges. 38 year-old wilson made only a
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brief appearance in court today the indictment returned. he returned a plea of it not guilty he does face some serious charges. wilson into a home and while during the process of a 14 year-old girl came home from school and it startled him he then the grabs a butcher knife and stabbed her repeatedly leaving her to die on the floor. wilson left the scene with gold coins and the teenagers to sell phone in key used her cellphone to send a taunting text messages to the victim's mother. .
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>> 22 year-old was shot during an demand last week. the visitation will be held from 6-9 at the funeral home on counrty club hills he was a senior. police say the relationship between a teacher and male student began after she had needed tutoring. when the boy learned his mother was moving the teacher suggested the boy moved in with her. state officials said they have good reason to believe she sexually exploited him an accusation she denies. >> lawyers for robert waive its asking a judge to show compassion when he sentences to
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the ex governor next week. in court filings the defense lawyers asked the judge to sentence him to about four years in prison for his corruption convictions. they asked the judge to remember that he has two daughters. prosecutors say the ex governor deserves a stiff sentence because he repeatedly committed serious crimes to damage the public's faith in state government and refused to accept any responsibility for his conduct a pi. the city of chicago plans to resume overnight services for the homeless. now that the state has to restore funding for the program. early this year the city lost more than $2 million in state funding. >> tonight please be careful where you park your vehicle the
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winter parking abn is in defect ban ban is in defect . >> many people woke up this morning and thought their vehicle had been stolen. >> this messed my whole day up. >> some vehicles were brought here to this city's auto bound with a $150 to win heftywing fee. there is also affected other ticket and storage fees. >> there is nothing i can do about it. >> this ban covers 107 mi. of the city's streets. it went into effect at 3:00 a.m.. the
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vehicles on both sides of the road prevent snow plows from clearing the roads. she works as a cashier at the auto bond and says this is the busiest day of the year. >> they come in and tell you their life story. >> they give us a attitude like it is our fault it is really not is barest date did not read this time. >> we cannot stress the enough's please read the signs. over 120 vehicles were towed in last year's second day.
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they're trying to knock me out of the race with character assassination. >> for women have accused herman cain of sexual harassment and earlier this week and other woman claimed she had a love affair with him for about 13 years. herman cain has denied all allegations. one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment is facing eviction from her town home in north suburban and glenview. cook county sheriff's deputies served eviction papers to her 13 year-old son to stay even in. bialek was the first to put her name on a sexual-harassment allegation against herman cain. >> penn state sent out letters to to prospective students who
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apply to this college thanking them. former assistant football coach gerry sandusky is accused of molesting eight children over a 15 year period. students still have questions about allegations and how the university and the situation. >>our hearts continue to go out to the victims of this tragedy i am also very proud of the way our students and members of the penn state community responded. >> another development a ninth victim has filed a civil lawsuit against jerry sandusky and the charity he founded. jerry sandusky claims his innocence and has hired a private investigator to prove himself. >> owning possessing or selling
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a handgun used to be a legal and oakpark. there's nothing village officials can do after the law was overturned. >> it is bad that they could just put this in here without the community know when it is ridiculous. >> people were pointing out schools were just blocks away and how an owner would be able to open his doors. >> how are you going to sell weapons where their children are around. >> i do not feel comfortable with a gun shop around here with a school one block north of here. >> the shop owner says he will
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sell only handguns to police officers. people who want to buy rifles or shotguns have to fill out the appropriate paperwork online. other people recognize law- abiding retailers have the right to run a business. >> people have the right to open a store where ever they want to this is america you are supposed to be able to have that freedom. >> on a weekly basis to the gun shop owner will report all sales to the oak park police department. the multimillion-dollar offer made to sears to get them out.
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in the meantime ohio is a throw in a lot of money at sears hopes that they will relocate to ohio. on the job front the number of americans filing for unemployment unexpectedly jumped. the big debate is over how to pay for it all. republicans want to freeze federal pay for the next four years and cutting the
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government work force by 10 percent. the market put a tax on people making over 1million dollars. the dow is losing just a little. the irs says it is sitting on $153 million of unclaimed refund checks that means 99,000 americans could get a nice check right before christmas. irs officials say most people do not receive their refund checks because they failed to update their men and address. >> occupy protesters and l.a.
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may have been effected but that will not stop them from protesting. the lapd mantled be camp been living in for the past two months due to the sanitary issues. officials say over 30 t of garbage had been left there. mcdonald's restaurants in san francisco have found a way to keepyto toys in that they're happy meals. the city recently voted to ban macdonell from including toys and they're happy meals at least until the company complied with healthier food regulations. it goes into effected today but mcdonald's has found a loophole in the law. they will include the tollway
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for a 10¢ charitable donation to the ronald mcdonald house. mcdonald's says it is including smaller fries and apples in every happy meal in an effort to bring healthier food to children. we have live music this midday from country music duo the secret sisters they are performing tonight with brandi carlie at the park west.
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the center of all this jack. >> he is a great teacher he interacts with less. >> he is a great teacher he inspires us to think about these subjects. >> on this particular morning the topic was black bird by edgar allen poe. >> the questions he asks our great, we ask a question and he responds back with a question to make us think deeper. >> it encourages us to work beyond the classroom. >> he makes class enjoyable we have great discussions in class. >> jack academically speaking a
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jack of all trades it teaches american literature right and an act he has been teaching for 33 years. >> he does not just cover the basic things he goes deep into detail. >> all of his students told him in high regards and think they are very lucky to have him as a teacher. what they do not know is he considers himself lucky to have them as students. >> we get kids who love to learn the love doing new things i tried to relate it to them i tried to relate what we read and literature to science. it is all about making those links and the transitions from what they learned in school to real life experience. >> i congratulate you and am
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happy to give this check of $1,000. congratulations on being wgn's teacher of the month! he says his students produce a morning news show and the $1,000 reward money will be used to enhance the deprogram. you can nominate your favorite teacher by going to our web site. >> chicago public schools plan to shutter two elementary schools and phase out too high schools. it is part of a plan to turn around 10 underperforming schools this year. under the proposal guggenheim and price
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striking distance of 50 degrees in some areas. we may have day snow showe later it is going to turn cloudy this evening we may have some snow showers and a mix of rain by midnight it will start particularly in the northern suburbs. they will blow out overnight and then tomorrow will be a beautiful sunny day. but look at what's going on out west they have a winter advisory warning and out there and santa anna they have that wind warning. they had 80 m.p.h. winds and if
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as this goes in north word we could get temperatures in the 50 degree range onwe will most likely wake up to a wet sunday morning. but the snow will accumulate out to the west the boss by the way here is the santa anna set up those are strong winds. here is a close look at the weekend weather system, we will have a beautiful day tomorrow
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after the snow showers tonight and then the storm will travel north into wisconsin and a saturday night here comes our weekend rain. look how the temperatures are dropping in the western part of the country as they warm up here it is a perfect set up for a storm. for now there is no storm it is 45 degrees in chicago. it is pretty nice today the normal high temperature for this time of year is 40 degrees.
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coverage move began a later tonight and then a slight chance of a snow shower at midnight. the low temperature for tonight will be 31 degrees. tomorrow we will be a few degrees cooler but we are still above average for temperatures. it will not rain all day tomorrow son will move in into the afternoon. we are just tiptoeing into winter. >> i guess we are but it does not mean we will now have this snow storm. this winter hopefully will not be barbaric
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the bulls do not start official practice until next week but nba practice facilities open today for the first time since in the lockout in july. teams can hosts voluntary workouts in physicals and also speak to players' agents but no team employs can have contact with players. the head coach was the first one to the door of the deepn berto center this morning
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he says he's ready to see how the strike shortened season will play out. >> this gave us extra time, it comes back to how ready the team has and the big thing is for everyone to understand what happened last year happened last year there is no carryover we have to start over we have to be ready for the challenge. >> jay cutler could have more time for wedding planning he admits that he sees in it may be over. he met the media yesterday for the first time since he broke his right thumb against the chargers. he had three screws and to pins inserted into his thumb. he says his return depends on how comfortable he is with the permit screws and how
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health is handing out 20,000 free condoms today at 5 cta el stops. it is part of the city's eight commemoration of world aids day. it world aids date banner hangs outside the white house today and president obama will be taking part in a panel discussion on aids at george washington university. >> front row produce is recalling a great tomatoes sold in illinois because they could be contaminated with salmonella. the greek tomato were supplied by rio queen citrus of mission the texas and distributed to
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stores in missouri and illinois. the company is recalling 10 oz pines and 10 lb. bull grapes. there has been that no reports of illnesses yet. aand investigation by consumer reports found 10 percent of juices tested had higher levels of arsenic bandy fda's standard for drinking water. 25 percent of samples had higher levels of lead in water. while the fda has previously said the lead and arsenic in juice pose no health concerns officials are reported the gathering for their information on the risk. a possible new weapon to treat people who have type 2 diabetes. in the study shows an extreme a
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this is it that storm that is producing winds californiain california. that will be the weekend at system for us it will be rain we could have up to an inch of rain. it will be very windy on saturday that is what is going to drive this saturday's temperature up to 50 degrees. 50 degrees again on sunday and
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then the cold weather really hits. the storm moves right up the corridor it will turn rain into snow than a good chunk of cold air moves up on monday and tuesday and then breaks on wednesday. here is the total snowfall for the next 10 days. we are moving into a culture pattern a will be in a wave this over the next couple of weeks it will become more like winter unfortunately. 50 degrees on saturday 47
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