after a disappointing season jerry angelo is out as the bears general manager good afternoon i am steve sanders ... >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web. wgn's sports director dan ron is live at hallas hall with the details >>who do you think got those players for the bears it is jerry tangelos job

in the broader sense he is losing his job because the roster was just not deep enough ... there will be a press conference here at 4:00 today it begs the question what about head coach lovie smith a post on the web site for the bears said that lovie smith will be staying and he will be evaluating the coaching staff ... jerry angelo was hired in 2001 he hired lovie smith they got all the way to the super bowl together with the team has been plagued by injuries this season the fact remains that the bears did not have people in place to have that continuity laden this season ... they

finished with a record of 8-8 jerry angelo was not at that game in minneapolis perhaps he knew the handwriting was on the wall ... we presume we will not be hearing from him at the 4:00 press conference c ltv will be carrying the press conference live ... after 11 years jerry angelo is out and the bears need to be getting busy with replacements getting someone in here quickly you knows what he is doing ... >>chicago police of looking for four different men who are pursuit for shooting a driver and threw him into the trunk of his own car the victim managed to escape and seek help julian crews has the story

>>how the man managed to survive remains a mystery as the man recovers from his wounds and man sinai hospital the victim's family and police are reluctant to talk about the frightening incident but here is what we have learned: it began here in little village 930 last night on the 2500 block of south pulaski for a gunman wearing ski masks shot the driver of a 2000 nissan sedan hitting him at least three times in the chest the carjackers during the wounded victim in the trunk of his own car the chicago tribune reports that the victim was wearing a pepsi uniform but police refused to reveal details about this 24 year-old victim after driving around for a short while that bloody victim managed to escape from the trunk near arlington and pulaski but how he

eluded the carjackers is not something that the area for police are ready to discuss adding to the mystery is the fact that the carjackers let the stolen car on fire at a crotch on the 4100 block of west harriso garage near west harrison >>the victim 24 years of age is in critical condition at mount sinai hospital the honor of those two pitbulls that mauled a jogger in the south shore neighborhood is ticketed the dogs of jimmy johnson viciously attacked joseph family in rainbow beach park yesterday city officials say that johnson claims someone left the gate open at his house at 76 and coal allowing the dogs to escape a man tried to stop

the dog by hitting them with a baseball bat but that would not work chicago police officers ended up shooting and killing those pitbulls mr. family suffered bites all over his body and now is hospitalized in critical condition mr. johnson was ticketed for not restraining those dogs and not having licenses for them he is facing fines of more than $2,000 he will go before a hearing in march >>police continue to search for the offenders who sexually assaulted and beat an 18 year- old woman on new year's eve police are reviewing surveillance video from the logan square restaurant across the street from the congress theater that is where the victim tried to attend a concert but was turned away because she did not have an id it worker at the restaurant says that she was there with six or seven teenage boys and left with some of them shortly after their arrival she remains in critical condition. >>family and friends will gather thursday morning to remember a

chicago police officer killed during a robbery on the west side. officer clifton lewis died at a convenience store thursday night at austin and division he was working his second job as a security guard >>chicago police want cta commuters to be on alert after a string of armed robberies along the green line police said the suspected robbers may strike their victims or display handgun before demanding money electronic devices or other personal belongings 24 incidents have been reported between november 1st in late december people have been targeted while riding exiting or walking home from various green line stops victims have also been robbed while waiting at nearby bus stops >>somebody else might do something if i can't get to my phone >>you have to be alert >>police say the suspect very in

a tight and wait >> the republican presidential primary kicks off tonight with the iowa caucuses is expected to be a tight race tom negovan is live in the morning with the latest a big factor may be the reported 41 percent of iowa voters remain undecided the statistics may be low given what we know historically the candidates were up and out early getting out their messages ... mitt romney was rallying supporters and volunteers he saved his harshest words for president obama ... >>this election is about

stopping a president of the united states and is a ministration he is abusing the constitution of this country putting america on a track to bankruptcy >>we're going to take america back that is what this is about >>that was rick perry and at a rally for mitt romney several arrests were made ... his messages were about debt reduction fiscal restraint not everyone in the crowd was cheering him ... >>stop the war on the poor! >>is in it great to live in a country where we have this

freedom of expression ... i love this >>all the candidates are holding back to back campaign events here this morning ... mitt romney has a major event planned for tonight and there is a more subdued tone from newt gingrich who does not believe he will be winning this caucus probably not even placing in the top three but just betting can happen here it remains unpredictable we will bring you coverage live tonight on the news at 5 and again at 9. coming up at noon a suspect is being held without bail in l.a. on those arson attacks >>and a hostile mubarak is back in court ... and the spring

protest organizers are gathering at city hall to get demonstration permits for the upcoming g-8 and nato summits ...

a man suspected in a string of arson fires in ann.lay is jailed without bail ... harry burkhart was arrested early yesterday charged with one count of arson and likely to face more charges he is due to appear in court tomorrow harry burkhart was taken into custody by a part- time sheriff's deputy who notice to resemble the man shown on surveillance video u.n. fire scene arson investigators count more than 50 suspicious fires in the l.a. area since friday

morning the man suspected in the shooting death of a park ranger at west may have died due to the cold police in washington state say a body found in a national park blancs to 24 year-old benjamin barnes he is an iraq war veteran who was believed to be heavily armed. off he is suspected of shooting mark anderson on sunday during a traffic stop in mount rainier national park his body was found in the park monday afternoon authorities say he was found wearing a t-shirt jeans and only one shoe >>florida a&m university is taking several new steps to fight hazing the new measures, after one of its students robert champion died from his in nearly two months ago those steps called for creating a memorial on campus for robert champion setting up a scholarship in his name and organizing an independent panel of experts to examine hazing robert champion was a drum major in collapsed on a bus ride in front of his band

mates coming back from a football game some band members have said he died after taking part in a rite of passage where he was badly beaten >>another lawsuit is filed in the bp oil spill that killed 11 workers and dumped 11 million bar. of oil into the gulf of mexico this is the second lawsuit that bp filed against halliburton and a first one bp said halliburton should pay all costs and expenses related to the cleanup of the 2010 disaster $42 billion. if the declaims that halliburton destroyed evidence on cement testing and violated court orders but not producing computer modeling results hubbard says that the suit is no merit the federal report said that bp halliburton and another company transocean share responsibility for the biggest oil spill in united states history >>british police are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found on the country estate of queen elizabeth in eastern england

some walking in the 600 not acre public park that is part of the queens estate in sandringham discovered the body on sunday shortly after the queen and prince philip attended in years to a church service nearby police have sealed off the area while forensic investigations are being carried out an autopsy is expected to be done today >>and aggressive statement from iran today as u.s. and european union economic sanctions take their toll i ran said that it will take action if the united states navy moves an aircraft carrier into the persian gulf where iranian naval exercises are underway that country's currency has fallen 40 percent against the dollar this past month many iranians are scrambling to buy dollars to protect their savings and iranian army chief said the u.s. aircraft carrier has moved to the sea of oman out of the persian gulf and not recommending it will not return western countries are concerned

about iran's nuclear program tehran said its peaceful but the west claims it wants to build an atomic bomb >>negotiators for israel and the palestinians plan to meet today in jordan to once again try to jump-start new peace talks those talks collapsed more than one year ago because of continuing disagreements over israel's right to keep building new housing in the west bank the u.s. says it supports the new peace effort but hamas says the new talks will not accomplish anything and it's calling upon the palestinian authority to back out >>egyptian prosecutors opened their case today against former president hosni mubarak he is accused of ordering his military to kill protesters during the major uprisings last year >>occupy wall street protesters took their message to the rose bowl hundreds of occupy demonstrators marched at the tail end of the rose parade bags

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chicago. here are today's business headlines: checking the markets we had big gains for stocks the dow is up nearly 200 points right now thanks in part to better than expected manufacturing data out this morning there was a jump in december to the highest level in six months showing the economy is still expanding at a decent pace investors are more optimistic that this year's prospects for the u.s. economy it's a different story at the bank of america the l.a. times reports that is forcing small business owners to pay back loans sought once have businesses cannot do this they are facing higher interest rates some up to 12% this pressure is coming from requirements to raise capital

... >>sears makes another bold move to boost sales by naming a new executive to oversee store formatting and new technology projects there will be a new head for merchandising for sears and kmart combining technology ... blackberry's has a massive price cut on the play book tablet. there's a $400 discount and a $200 discount on various versions ... >>companies that want to advertise during the super bowl will have to wait until next year this year's game is sold

out nbc sports says all of the 32nd spots sold out by thanksgiving for a record three and half million dollars on average for each commercial this year's game will also feature more 62nd advertisements including one from volkswagen promoting its 2012 beetle you'll also be able to rake in share commercials during the game on facebook >>and demand are packing more jobs traditionally held by women one of the largest showings is the retail industry last year retailers added more than 200,000 men compared with 9000 women manufacturers have also added a quarter million men and cut 33,000 women analysts say that men are not returning to their failing construction businesses and entering new fields >>being a prisoner does not necessarily limit your employment prospects the treasury department confirms the more than 300 inmates registered with the irs says tax preparers

wouldn't three-fourths of them did not bother to mention their criminal convictions on their applications during people's tax returns so all of those licenses will be revoked >>apple co-founder steve jobs as being the immortalized in a new way a chinese company plans to market a steve jobs action figure doll the 12 in. figure features jobs wearing his trademark black turtleneck jeans and glasses the company hopes to begin selling it at the end of february the action figure will cost about $9 if it makes it to market at all in the past apple has taken legal action to stop the release of steve jobs models steve jobs

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15 people are homeless after an apartment fire on the city's west side ... flames ripped through this two-story building less than 400 block of north central ave. the fire began in the attic and intensified within minutes it took fire crews about one hour to put out those flames one firefighter suffered a minor shoulder injury during that fire there's no word yet on what sparked this fire >>a woman was killed and house fire in the south suburbs the fire began inside the woman's home yesterday afternoon on the foreign to block a buffalo grove in calumet city 66 year-old elizabeth klimczak was pronounced dead on the scene a man was rescued from home no word on his condition calumet city officials are investigating the cause of the fire >>a man from lakeview has been arrested for trying to take part of wrigley field on with him police said michael vite case

not into the city instadium to a construction area early sunday morning he then grabbed some ivy off of the wall but cubs security card before he could escape he is charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass >>the first married couple of 2012 was introduced in cook county today diana and jeremy nichols lined up at 230 this morning said they could be the first couple to marry in chicago this new year every year since 1991 cook county clark david or has married the couple who attends the first marriage license of the year 27 year-old bride and the 26 year-old groom had been engaged for five years the newlyweds were showered with donated gifts including a weekend for two at a local hotel tickets to a downtown show and dinner for two with four hours >>and if you want to know when

you're street will be plowed the next time a large snowstorm hit chicago there's a new way to track that nancy loo has that report >>the sidewalks are walkable today but the snow is sure to pile on soon this year than neighborly practice of calling for others is going high-tech. adopt the sidewalk as part of chicago shovel's .org where residents can track snow plowing check on parking restrictions and more >>it is a one-stop shop for winter readiness for city resources and other social media connections for assistance from community groups and neighbors here in chicago the city wants to prevent a repeat of last

february when an bus accident and freak fast-moving snowstorm trapped people on lake shore drive >>i have a front wheel vehicle with a need to get to work so knowing the streets are plowed and where will be very helpful >>we as individuals need to get more involved we just don't have the tax money to continually pay for emergency snow management indefinitely ... >>there's lots of readily available inc. data that's aggregated on this web site now more powerful as it is more helpful >>jim ramsey is coming up to tell us more about when we can expect a warm up in the weather

i hate to complain but it was quite cold this morning ... >>in central and southern florida they expect temperatures to drop into the mid-20s and the citrus growers already have their irrigation systems out spraying those groves to force some icy protection on the crops ... here in chicago we have some bright sunshine but clouds are approaching the city ... we have temperatures in the low 20s but it does not feel quite as cold as it did

yesterday the wind has died down just a little bit about 5- 15 mi. per hour we expected to remain in that range throughout the day today it does not have a huge impact on the wind chill as we saw yesterday but it is plenty cold up there wind chill is bringing things into the mid to low teens ... looking at kansas and oklahoma temperatures are in the 40's it will take few more days before that reaches us and in florida thereunder a hard freeze warning as you see in the purple section of this map ... a freeze warning is also in effect for all but

the coastal areas of south florida the hard freeze warning goes all the way to southeast alabama ... we're watching fairly mild air approaching this area by midweek but we will get some chilly temperatures over the weekend. there's a chance for a storm between the 17th and the 18th of next week but we expect that will be light snow or rain for chicago. and there are some cold fronts out to the west and northwest should pass through here relatively quietly no precipitation expected it's just one of several systems that we're watching ... we will make

it 546 degrees warmer tomorrow than we have it today here is the forecast for the remaining hours of the afternoon we are looking at some clouds increasing the high-temperature 24-28 tonight there will be a few clouds continue colt 19-24 degrees by morning the wind will come from the southwest between 10-18 mi. per hour the wind may kick up just a bit as partly cloudy skies approach the area. this will be uncomfortably chile at times. wednesday mostly sunny skies not as cold with seasonal temperatures ranging generally around 30 degrees some areas may make it into the low '30's that's what we're all hoping for

... the warm-up begins in earnest on thursday with a temperature 40 degrees i will update you later in the broadcast ... >>time for today's trivia: which rock star writes a health advice column for rolling stone magazine? the answer is still ahead3q

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bring in jay cutler and julius peppers he has been criticized for poor drafting the bears have announced that lovie smith will remain the head coach and will continue to evaluate his coaching staff the bears will hold a press conference at hallas hall at 4 this afternoon wgn will cover that live >>the blackhawks looking to avenge their 9-2 loss to the oilers the hawks were up a goal in the second when daniel carcillo boards the oilers tom gilbert both men were hurt and the oilers scored two goals during the five minute power play later in the second andrew brunette scores of the redirect to tie it at 2 his ninth of the year four minutes later jordan enderle finds a wide-open andy sutton to put the oilers up for good the hawks lost 4-3-the bulls face the blackhawks denied that the likely to without backup point guard c.j. watson

he sprained his elbow against the grizzlies and even though swelling's gone down it is doubtful that he will play john lucas the third will take his spot in the rotation is still unclear if rip hamilton will return from his groin strain tonight wisconsin returning to the rose bowl against oregon it was tied at halftime and late in the third russell wilson finds nick tune to give the badgers a 38-35 lead but early in the fourth the docks but regained the lead with a touchdown and held onto when the highest scoring rose bowl ever 45-38 michigan state is the only big 10 team to a ball game yesterday ohio state penn state and nebraska all lost that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is now ... >>here are the winning pick three numbers: 2 8 5

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the robotic probes for nasa have entered the lunar orbit and on now ready to mount lunar gravity after a 2.6 mi. journey the probes began orbiting the moon on sunday over the next two months there will measure the pushes and pulls of the month gravity the data gathered will be used to model the month interior a key piece of information that still missing despite more than 100 previous missions to the mound >>and a medical watch women diagnosed with diabetes while pregnant may be exposing their children to hidden dangers will afterbirth a study published this week in the archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine found that children whose mothers were diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy will twice as likely as their peers to develop a d h d at age 6 the study also found that if the children are also born into

a poor or lower middle-class household therefore more likely to develop the disorder diabetes is diagnosed in roughly 5% of expected to mothers in the united states >>and babies are getting bigger but it does not mean there will be fatter as they grow birth weight and length has been consistently growing since the 1950's as documented in the latest journal of pediatrics but by age one most children were about the same size indicating bigger birthweight babies were not at risk for obesity however a disturbing trend and one that may impact a child's long-term weight the body mass index for mothers has been steadily rising and staying high after birth >>beware of bringing in the new year with a gift that may leave your ears ringing for years to come m p three players are i pods and other personal music players are turning up the hearing loss rate technology has increased the clarity but have

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dr. ozzie ... let's take a look at temperatures around the country at this hour there's lots of nice warm air outside the western plains ... we have not much to show you on the satellite map there are a few clouds coming in from the northwest expect party skies across the area later this afternoon we have an interesting set up over the next seven days we will slowly see the temperatures moderator for the next 24 hours ... temperatures will fall off by the weekend please notice that we have no rain or other precipitation indicated for this upcoming 70. we expect there may be something coming in the 17th or the 18th we're keeping an eye on that

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