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a rough this soldier field for the bears who lost to kansas city and met forte went down with an injury. >> the bears fall victim to the cheat but even worse than the loss to its team that they were expected to be to our running back matt forte goes down in the first quarter after getting a helmet to the knee. quarterback jay caller may be out for the rest of the season before take
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could be out several weeks with a damaged right knee, dan roan will have a complete recap of the game in fortes status. fans attending today's game at soldier field in counselor encountered some strict security measures that are soon to become the norm and that the stadium. >> this latest security pushup at soldier field is not in response to any specific threat it's part of recommendations from the nfl but that has embarrassed fans waiting an extremely long lines to get in for today's game. new security changes at soldier field for about 50% of people heading into the stadium today security personnel slicing fans down with hand-held metal detectors it was no problem for those who showed up early. but closer to
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kick off lines today and removing at a frustrating slow crawl, by 1130 stadium officials made the call to abandon the hand-held wands for fans to get into the game on time. >> it is a slower process if you have that change your left in your pocket or possibly a belt buckle it's a slower procedure. >> the enhanced security measures are coming down from the nfl this started in september with mandatory pat downs from the ankles up into the leak is recommending that stadiums eventually moved from pat downs to using hand-held metal detector screenings, today's long line officials say is part of working out the kinks in fans we talked to didn't seem to mind too much. >> it's not a concern for me if it makes people say that i'm ok. >> soldier field general manager says he will evaluate how things
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went today with his team but he does plan to use the once again at the next and final home game of the bears' season on december 18th because he wants to make sure soldier field is ready in case the nfl does make it mandatory at all stadiums in 2012. >> in other news is shooting has left one man dead and another wounded and the west would one neighborhood on chicago's south side it happened at about 5 this evening and the 6500 block of south st. lawrence avenue, the two men were on the street when the third man approached them after a conversation, a third man fired a gun and then ran from the same police have not identified the men and no one is in custody the shooting was just a few blocks away from the scene of another shooting that killed a 16 year-old last night. police are not saying if it is those shootings are related. chicago police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found today under a porch a
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resident discovered the body underneath the porch and the 1300 block of south christy hanna in the lawndale neighborhood. the man is believed to be in his '40's, officials at the cook county medical examiner's office suspect he may have died from a drug overdose, autopsy results are expected tomorrow. >> american requests officials are trying to find temporary housing for 10 people were displaced by a fire in the west suburban me what, the fire broke out about 10:00 a.m. this morning on the 1000 block of greenwood avenue the fire started in a rear stairwell of the building on the second and third floors, no one was injured but officials are trying to determine the cause of the fire weather was intentional or accidental. to chicago police officers escaped serious injuries after a caller paul plowed into their suv on the northwest side overnight, after a car plowed into their suv
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when the driver side swept the officer's car the officers were taken to a nearby hospital but least a short time later joseph mercado was driving the car that struck the officers into was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. i northwest side man has been charged with a hit and run that left an elderly woman dead, 51 year-old jose flores is being held on $50,000 bail, a 77 year- old was crossing the street at about 7:50 a.m. yesterday when she was hit. she died several hours later at advocate illinois medical center. charges filed in last month's beating of a postal worker, 26 rolled isaiah is being held on $75,000 bond charged with aggravated battery, him and another suspect brutally beat another postal
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service employee november 12th and attempted to rob him. while the victim was on duty in the 7200 block of lafayette the postal workers suffered a fractured his right eye and a severe swelling and bruising to his head. an indian man drowned in the illinois river at a state park, 25 year-old simmons was hiking with two other men yesterday afternoon when the group ventured off the trail into one of restricted area, officials say simmons slipped from a cliff and fell nearly 40 ft. into the river simmons brother and friend drove into the river after him, he was treated for hypothermia and charges are pending against the two surviving men for disregarding those warning signs. >> republican presidential hopefuls are hoping to pick up some of herman cain supporters now that the georgia businessman has dropped out of the race, cain announced this weekend that he is suspending his presidential bid he has been
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battling allegations of sexual harassment and the claim that he had a 13 year extramarital affair among those hoping to win new supporters from among keenes followers republican rep michele bachman and run paull. >> one thing that we have seen is a lot of herman cain supporters have been calling our office, and over to our side and i think part of that is because people see that i am the tea party candidate and the race. >> i think we continue to do what we're doing, we have had ups and down so far in this campaign. >> with the iowa caucuses just one month away to new campaign fults show former house speaker newt gingrich is now the front runner in the gop presidential race. republican congressman joe walls walsh is expected to announce tomorrow where he plans to run for congress, in st.
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charles yesterday he held a town meeting acknowledging that he may run against randy holt print in the newly redrawn redrawn 14th district, but the majority held democrats redrew those lines putting his home in the 14th district and he is not required to live in the district to represents, his decision will affect next year's gop primary in illinois. i knew tribune survey has found few sex assault cases on cook county college campuses lead to convictions in court and often they are downgraded to misdemeanor charges. the survey looked at 16 local colleges and out of the 109 reported sex crimes investigated since the fall of 2005 only 12 lead to arrest and only five were convicted in cook county in september the cook county state attorney's office began tracking all sex offenses on campuses to see if they
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should have been upgraded to felonies. the office has yet to receive many calls about sex crimes on campus. >> more unprecedented cuts to the postal service the latest plans to save big dollars at the post office and a florida grand mother says this psa went too far during a recent security screening in thousands of bikers were on a mission cruising for chicago streets today to make a special delivery. >> will make it a special delivery from nature this week in the form of a few snowflakes so far this season we only had a trace of snow fall, details and the full forecast ahead.
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powered by verizon this droid is too powerful to fall in the wrong hands. u.s. postal service is pushing ahead with severe cuts to first- class mail next spring, there will slow delivery and for the first time in 40 years eliminate next day delivery of stamped letters, service cuts will save the system $3 billion and that's because there is no help from congress expected about half of the nation's 500 mail process will close and 3700 local post offices may be shut down a long term about 100,000 postal workers could lose their jobs and six and half billion dollars a year in savings, 31 protesters from the occupied d.c. movement
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were arrested today during a standoff with police in the nation's capital occupied dc set up a wooden structure where protesters could stay to be warm but police surrounded the structure today and ordered it taken down, a standoff followed some people were forcibly removed from the structure and are rest were made, the occupy wall street movement began in new york in september, since then it has spread to major cities worldwide with protesters speaking out against what they consider the unequal distribution of wealth. and your grandmother wants an apology from the transportation security administration who says she was stripped searched by t. asay agents at jfk airport while waiting to board a flight to florida, the 84 year-old has a defibrillator so she cannot go through a machine she asked for a pat down or for the tse agents to use the ones in the instead
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she says she was taken away in her wheelchair to a private room and strip search, she also heard herself in started to bleed when she tried to lift a light weight walker of her lap the tse called the magic but it took so long that zimmerman mr. flight. >> to look like a terrorist, i'm 85 years old and i weigh on hundred and 3 lbs. and a strip search me. >> the t asay says no strip search was conducted and proper procedures were followed. president barack obama express condolences today to pakistan's president, the conversation comes more than a week after a nato air strike killed 24 pakistani soldiers near the afghanistan border, white house officials say he made it clear that the tragedy was an accident and not a deliberate attack on pakistan a pakistan military official claims nato pilots
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fired even after they were told that they were hitting pakistan in camas. in germany explosives experts were called in and an entire town was evacuated after a 4,000 lb. bomb from world war two was discovered. that was the detonation of the bomb, the blast was much smaller than what could have been had it been set off but just in case scores of emergency vehicles for standing by this was the biggest operation since the second world war, 45,000 people in the town of koblenz and evacuate, the bomb was found after water levels in a river dropped. it has been lying there submerged for nearly 70 years another in the smaller american bomb lying nearby it also were defused. >> more than two weeks and
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counting a south side pastor is still campaigning or camping out on top of an old abandoned hotel and we will tell you why he is not coming down. another sign of the holidays as inspiring ballerinas are doing their best nutcracker performance.
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seen jackie bang on her big harley. it was really the son of giving the annual toys for tots motorcycle parade led out thousands of gifts bering bikers. >> was started in 1978 as a tour ride with six bikers is now known as the world's largest toy for tots motorcycle parade a revved up this morning at 85 and western with some 5000 participants. most terror come here year after year to help the marine corps toys for tots program this drop the gifts on the backs of their bikes in the true spirit of the season. i got a trach for all located. weather was unusually mild for these tough guys. >> it's not raining or snowing and there's no ice on the ground. >> who are prepared for whatever may have come their way.
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they wouldn't think of letting the elements stop them. >> exciting, joyful. >> seen all the kids yelling and sharing and screaming, it's a good feeling. >> over the past seven years he has led the parade of donations totaling more than $900,000 with toys for kids who may not have otherwise had a christmas. >> it makes my heartfelt good. >> some occupy chicago protesters plan to camp out on the south side tonight lending support to a pastor who is occupying a vacant motel across the street from his church,
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reverend curry brooks has been living in a tent on the roof of the shattered motel at 66 and can drive for nearly three weeks he says the building has been a magnet for crime in an area trouble with gun violence, he needs to raise four-$50,000 by the end of this week to buy that motel he wants to turn into a community development center that will give young people on alternative to the streets so far about $50,000 in donations have common vowing to continue until he reaches his goal. i want to get off this roof but at the same time i am committed so if we don't get it i will be here until we get it brooks says the mayor emanuel called him last week to show some support for the cause the pastor is logging about his rooftop experience, you can read his entries in to make donations at project could.org.
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just as we were saying that mild temperatures we had early this morning have just about already come to an end. more on the chilly weather heading our way. >> the bears rode to the post- season took a sour tressed twist at soldier field, also the packers historic mark on perfection continues but barely and in college football double parents are on the board, those stories sunday college basketball to and after more hnthan two years look who is holding a trophy, instant replay at it's that time of year. give gifts that spread good cheer. your friends and family gather all
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can see the clouds pushing overhead and 207 in. came down in a lawyer today. . in o'hare today. temperatures will be in the third is for much of this week winds right now not a very strong. wind speeds less than 10 mi. per hour, what about the wind chill. by wednesday we will be in some very cold there but that is nothing the worst is still to come this is next friday afternoon extremely chillier dropping south from @gcanada that will keep our daytime high temperatures on friday only in the mid-20s or sell a very chilly air expected, it should be a short blast of cold air, we're watching a
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disturbance that will be taking shape up in wisconsin tomorrow and that will bring some snow showers as you see in our computer animation down into the chicago area how much of this stuff will hit the ground, probably not much. in any event it will not be a major snowstorm, but the wind plot here over the next week you can see a little bit of windy conditions from time to time but generally it's not going to be our issue our issue is going to be cold there. it will be ok this evening snow showers developing in the middle of the night probably low temperature
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is 33-37 for tomorrow cloudy skies. by tuesday we could see a passing flurry high-temperature 35-38 degrees. by next sunday temperatures will try to recover a bit in fact some of the forecast models are suggesting temperatures even warmer than that i'm a little suspicious. 45 is the call for the moment for next sunday just a little short burst of very cold there. this has been an unusual winter. going good so far.
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the 11th annual dance along nutcracker and then, the interactive polity event was held today at the chicago cultural center, audience members old and young came alongside professional dancers. that's the news for the sunday night i'm robert jordan.
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