wasn't much accumulation, it may have caused some deadly accidents ... good afternoon i am tom negovan for steve sanders and and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>nancy loo has our top report >>it is smooth sailing now but the morning commute was not a slick horse logo it was deadly in spite of 1 in. or less of snow when the sun broke through

this morning a little snow that fell overnight quickly melted away but ahead of that the thinnest of snow blankets was enough to create chaos on the roadways the first drive in these conditions this winter is a doozy of the time >>yes we weren't prepared we are still in summer driving mode >>icy patches were everywhere especially on the roads less traveled. even though there were sold trucks on the major roadways it did not prevent deadly accidents a passenger was killed on the eisenhower near cicero and on the interstate 80 there were two fatalities >>there were numerous accidents everywhere commuters were describing the conditions as ice rinks

>>the city streets were slippery ones i got onto the expressway it wasn't so bad >>the three fatal crashes are under investigation but state police say that ice and snow were clearly factors in those two will county cases reporting from the des plaines oasis i am nancy loo >>and man is killed in his apartment and woodridge the victim of a break-in judy wang is live with details on the homicide investigation >>good afternoon the homicide happened in a second-floor unit of this apartment building officers came here in response to report of a man pleading residents say received notices seeking information in the case woodridge police arrived at the emerald court apartment complex

they say there was a break-in and found a man dead in his home on the 2500 block of a meadow dale lane they do not have a good description of her they are looking for neighbors told us off camera that a man was shot and a seven year-old was home when it happened a police spokesperson will not confirm that the investigators whoever are confident that the public is not in danger >>this is an isolated incident and the public is not in danger in any way police are investigating thoroughly and we do feel at this time that it was an isolated incident we want to make that clear to these residents >>woodridge police say they do not believe there is public cause for alarm >>

police in northwest indiana are looking for three chicago men suspected of robbing elderly residents the men 40 year-old sandy ely 23 year-old tony ely and 39 year-old anthony miller are suspected of robberies in six indiana community is so far police said that the man often poses utility workers and tell homeowners that their house is on fire they then russia and and they rob them the victims ranged in age from 79-95 police say the suspects carry out the attacks during daylight hours usually between nine and three >>two men have been charged with burglary of a chicago firehouse firefighters on chicago's northwest side returned from a call to find a man stealing laptop from their headquarters it happened in the 4900 block of west belmont at about 930 last

night the firefighters from engine 7 held anthony and robert depietro while their commanding officer called police all manner of expected in court this morning >>offshore 3 southbend men involved in a six hour standoff this week now face charges the men barricaded themselves in a building near broadway and wilson and the uptown neighborhood monday police suspected that there were involved in a weapons related investigation after their arrest the men were linked to murder and south bend indiana that happened last month a fourth suspect is believed to have surrendered to police >>rod blagojevich is less than 70 days away from going into prison his brothers among those believed the 14 year sentence is too harsh robert blagojevich was a co-defendant in the first corruption trial but prosecutors dropped the charges against him before the second one robert blagojevich was home in tennessee when he learned the sentenced he said that he's cried despite their estranged

relationship the older brother plans to see the former governor before he goes to prison to be there for his family >>robert blagojevich said that he was shocked to hear his brother apologize to amend court during the sentencing rod blagojevich said " i apologize for getting him involved in this whole thing he had a happy quiet successful life in asheville he came up here to help his little brother a " >>there is a chance that blagojevich could delay his sentence if his appeal is approved while the former governor has been told to report to prison by february 16th his lawyers can ask for him to remain free on bond while they pursue an appeal and if that is denied they could then take their argument to the court of appeals but in order to be granted bond rod blagojevich would have to convince the court

that he has a chance at winning on appeal the key to that would be showing mistakes in the courtroom that would have led to another outcome >>pish congressman jesse jackson jr. speaking out for the first time since former gov. rod blagojevich's sentencing prosecutors say that jackson is the man that rod blagojevich was trying to sell the president obama senate seat to and there were allegations that jackson or one of his representatives offering to raise more than $1 million in campaign funds for blagojevich in exchange for the seat jackson has maintained his innocence and expressed regret for the blagojevich family >>he faces a house ethics investigation stemming from the senate seat allocation >>coming up next at noon police released new information on the virginia tech shooter who killed himself after gunning down a police officer and a wife of jerry sandusky is standing by her man dottie sandusky be

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know who shot and killed a university police officer then took his own life. >>the man shot officer derek crowds escrows carry out a traffic stop in a parking lot at the university the gunman was later found dead and another parking lot. the man was not a student at virginia tech and are authorities there say the was no connection between him and the

university police officer the virginia tech community is mourning the fallen officer >>derrick was a father a son of a good police officer we ask that you keep his family in your prayers and your thoughts >>yesterday's murder happened on the same day that university leaders were in washington d.c. fighting a fine over their handling of the shooting massacre that killed 33 people in 2007. >>the wife of jerry sandusky's speaking out after her husband was arrested on new sex abuse charges sandusky arrived home yesterday after he posted bail. he now faces charges of sexually abusing teen boys fit one of the new accusers says the bees happened in the sandusky basement he said that he screamed for help hoping that his wife would hear him but nobody came dottie sandusky said that nobody was ever used in their home now it is possible that she could also be charged with a crime as well >>you have responsibilities to

children in your home and you may be charged it is not an easy case to prove in court >>dottie sandusky said the allegations of sexual abuse in her home are not true she said that she still believes in his innocence and the good work that her husband has done >>the death toll keeps climbing this morning from a hospital fire and india at least 89 people died after fire raced through the five story hospital most of them from smoke inhalation police arrested six workers for negligence the cause of the fire is not yet known but officials say it began in the basement this is the second fire that hospital in three years they also say the hospital has been cited for violations in the past >>the year forced acknowledges that it dumped more remains of u.s. service members in a landfill than initially stated the military branch said it cremated the body parts of 274 troops and sent them into a

landfill in virginia before its it only did in a few cases their force also said that there were 1700 body parts that were never identified and were also burned and put in that land fill the families of affected service members were never told that happened and officials say that their new no plans to notify them >>molotov mitchell is a warning the christian voters in his state had to trust newt gingrich comparing him to the kim kardashian of the gop >> nearly 4000 gay couples in illinois have entered into civil unions thus far civil unions became legal in the state on june 1st the gay-rights group the quality illinois said about 3700 couples have taken advantage of the benefits since

then nearly half received their licenses in cook county while another 650 get theirs in the five collar counties illinois also gives civil unions status to gay couples to marry in other states >>the day's business stories up next and to veterans to the chicago airwaves' said goodbye to listeners in today's lunch break we're adding another pipe to the holiday

chicago with today's top business stories ... stocks are gaining at this hour to end the week on a positive note the dow was up about 162 points well above the 12,000 mark thanks to a jump in consumer confidence

numbers coming in and a six month high there's also better news out of europe where they're holding a today's summit the news is getting better about saving the eurocurrency ... investors may also be off the hook in sharing most of the bailout costs ... if you are shopping for diamond's lately he may want to think of it getting them sooner than later they are poised to go higher there is demand from the booming middle- class is in china and in india to beers says diamond sales in the united states are growing in spite of this tough economy >>coca-cola said it will raise

prices slowly in 2012 prices have already increased 4% there's higher commodity costs for packaging and ingredients >>talking toy istarget had a big torres sale last weeky sale last week very competitive with wal-mart ... that's a look at the business headlines back to you in the studio >>a chicago radio legend returned to the airwaves today after several years off the air jonathon brandmeier debuted this morning as the new morning host of wgn radio 7-20 a.m. johnny b.

was one of the top-rated radio personalities in chicago for 14 years at the old w l u p loop wgn is hoping for the same ratings magic with its new show on the station he used to make fun of also and radio news today married couple steve king and johnny putman wrapped up their 26 year run as the top-rated overnight posts on wgn's this morning an early morning visit with wgn's dean richards they said they look for it to taking on new broadcast challenges beginning monday wgn radio listeners will hear bill leff on the overnight shift >>it has been a decade since the death of george harrison next we're going to look back at the spiritual life of the beetle, according to a new biography and you may have seen him at letting

the smoke of jazz stage at this year's chicago jazz festival live music this midday from saxophonist skinny williams and his band just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health.

it was 10 years ago last month that cancer claimed the life of a beetle george harrison ... and now a new book is looking back at the spiritual life of the lead guitarist for the beatles gary tillery the author of working-class mystic joins us now >>this is a great title why

george harrison and why this book? >>i recently did a book about john lennon called the cynical idealist and in a spiritual way i realized that george harrison was more of a leader of the group >>the spiritual beginnings for george began an unconventional way perhaps with the introduction of lsd into his life but he was not aware when that happened to >>that's right he and john and their ladies went to dinner with a dentist and after the meal he slipped to sugar cubes with lsd and their coffee without telling them and after that trip they

were convinced that there was something beyond this earth and there was more to god >>and shortly after that he found his way to india ... where he also heard of the sitar and fell in love with an instrument and he sought lessons from virtuoso raw fish on carraavi shankar and a friendship blossomed to their ... >>he was a life time student of the guitar and pioneered a number of things that got

incorporated into rock music like the slide guitar and the indian themes >>the death of john lennon had him particularly hard because he was in a strange relationship with him at that time ... this is a effortless reading you are very involved in the subject matter as the author and a great way >>i related to john lennon when i did that book and that was very appealing also writing about george easy to research

really >>initially his body resisted the cancer pretty well they found notes in his neck but they had found years later that it had spread to his lungs ... >>working class mistake is a reference to his blue-collar roots in liverpool and his incredible spiritual transformation. >>he never lost his roots he was one of the world's most famous man and very influential in music and in his spirituality you have to more books to go gary tillery ... there's a lot more on wgntv.com ...

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that snow fell right on schedule last night tom skilling ... >>that's right we had nearly 2 in. of snow in the southern suburbs and nothing of north ... we are left in the wake of that snow with lots of sunshine ... there's a highly reflective snowpack on the ground now that is melting the snow began in nebraska with 3 in. of snow fell

their and it made its way to our area overnight but our skies are clearing we're headed into a sunny weekend but we will see a sharp temperature at increase on sunday after the coldest weather arrives tonight. we had over 100 reports from all across the metro area of snowfall ... o'hare airport at five tenths of an inch. first time there we've had measurable snow this season. midway had three tenths of an inch. 37 percent of the country

has snow ... but it has been a mild december here in chicago. we are starting to carve away at this with the sudden appearance of cool air the we have sunny skies for the next three days. the temperatures will rebound on sunday into the low 40's. it will go down to nine degrees tonight in the coldest western suburbs 20 degrees in the loop. there is a bait precipitation system on the way next week we will see that wednesday night possibly a couple of inches of rain will come to our area.

here's a closer look at the midwest temperatures ... the warmer pacific air will make its way across the country we will feel that sunday. right now we are getting the cold wind coming down from the canadian rockies >>there are wind chills that are really bringing things down. humidity is only 14 degrees60% with

a 14 degree to point. that means it's pretty dry. 26 degrees right now is the air temperature at o'hare airport the wind gusts are about 22 mi. per hour ... the wind chill has things feeling like 16 degrees at o'hare. and we're looking at the wind chills in the north dakota and minnesota temperatures ...

the high pressure will close down but it will quickly and expeditiously moved out of the area. the gulf moisture will get tangled up by monday bringing a shower on monday night. there are no signs of any snowstorm in the next couple of weeks for the moment we don't see one anyway ... this is the first daytime 20 degree temperatures since february tonight will be the coldest it's been in 10 months we will be 20 degrees overnight mostly sunny and cold tomorrow

... sunday as a whole different story 43 sunny and windy that's above normal ... we are living here and a bit of meteorological nerveirvana! it's time now for today's trivia which one is the correct ticker symbol for starbucks at the nasdaq?

the university of illinois and has hired tim beckman as its new

coach ... he will be formally introduced this afternoon ... and the blackhawks visiting the new york islanders in the first. marian hossa scored the first zero of the game and the 400th goal of his career the blackhawks with khloe to goal lead but an overtime he shoots and patrick sharp got the rebound for the game winner his second goal of the game of the hawks 13-2 ray adam murray stopped 31 shots and could start again on sunday and the cubs have replaced aramis ramirez in their first and only trait of the winter meetings they traded tyler colvin and d.j. lemahieu to the rockies for third based in the in stewartemn in store he is

only a career 236 hitter but he plays good defense and showed some power in colorado stewart was injured a lot last year but the cubs say that the 26 year-old will bounce back this year the bears tried to stop tim tebow and the broncos this sunday denver a 6-1 with tivo as the starter but the bears' defense is confident that they can stop him linebacker lance briggs says that tim tebow is a great football player but the defense is disciplined enough to stop his unconventional style the bears' defense could be without safety major right he missed practice yesterday with a sprained shoulder that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing as nextis next

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she is the author of homegrown and handmade ... welcome debra ... it is super easy to make and very tasty ... >>all you need is to increase your pie plate i'd like to use butter put everything in a blender poured into the pie plate and take it. >>everyone loves this pie. 2 c. of milk use whole milk. for eggs4 eggs, 1/2 cup flour 3/4 cup

of sugar 1 tbsp brandy or more to tase but lessen the milk if you use more brandy... blend in a blender and pour into your greased pie plate do not flour the pie plate! that use of flour

makes bubbles on the bottom of this pie sprinkle nutmeg on top bake for 40 minutes.. it's all

in the cookbok it's alot like the creme brulee pie recipe this comes out looking really nice it has the consistency of a cheesecake you can also cut this into cubes or make in a little tart let forms and you should talk about the cookbook you have wonderful ideas in this book what is your favorite recipe? >>probably this one the eggnog pie but i like the stroganoff there's a good recipe for the

homemade noodles their richer they are hardier and they're not difficult ... this has a wonderful consistency it is creamy yet but not overly smithootth if you like more information on this recipe so tasty and easy to make you can go to wgntv.com/midday and the book homegrown and handmade also has the recipe as well as several others

and now the answer to today's

trivia question: which one is the correct ticker symbol for starbucks at the nasdaq the answer: sbux we have a jet stream blowing in from the northwest but it will flatten out ... that will drag the mild pacific air across the country to give us a warm temperature for sunday but right now we have the high 28 degrees today. that cold front is coming down from the north and will stay with us through tomorrow when it will be 25 degrees and a

warm-up will happen into the low 40's for sunday afternoon ... this is all moving eastward ... here's the long term forecast: 29 degrees tomorrow 43 sunday 42 monday ... maybe some showers overnight monday or tuesday morning tuesday's ok wednesday looks great 50 degrees on thursday and there's a storm coming of that will drag cold air and for next weekend ... not a bad mild week ahead ... >>into your weekend to tom

skilling and we hope you have a great weekend as well thank you for joining us today ... we leave you with more music from scanning williams and his banskinny williams and his band. they will be performing at the pinstripes new year's eve celebration in northbrook. ["let's get it on" performed by skinny williams band]