are now searching property for clues. good afternoon i'm tom negovan. and i'm jackie bange. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. chile gm's amy rutledge is live in bull valley with the latest >>there is a fluid investigation going on ... it has been going on since the skulls were found yesterday there are many law- enforcement agencies involved. the remains were found a half

mile from here and the area is buzzing with activity. a resident contacted authorities yesterday after the skulls were found near cherry valley road the county coroner has confirmed that these are human remains quite old ... there are no identification factors or other traces of id ... authorities from mccary hunter amchenry county and other counties are assisting ... we are being told by authorities that the residence in the area are in no danger ... there's no

time to any missing persons cases in this area of either ... >>the department of children and family services is investigating a south side mother who lost two of her children and a deadly fire. dcfs says alicia miles is not being allowed to take custody of her surviving 6 year-old child to give that agency time to complete an investigation. hurry on our children 18 month-old jeremiah miles and three year- old destiney myles were killed early yesterday when fire erupted in their apartment their mother who is eight months pregnant was asleep when the fire began dcfs is looking into what happened and those conditions leading up to the tragedy neighbors say they have seen no sign of any parental neglect leash miles >>it doesn't make any sense people are slandering her name every time i have seen her she

was with her children walking them to school and generally being a good mother >>investigators believe that the children may have started that fire heating up pizza on the stove >>to teenagers are recovering after being shot near the chicago high-school for the burckhart's in the bronzeville neighborhood >>it happened in the 500 block of east 35th street at about 630 last night. police say that the girls' one aged 14 the other 16 were walking with a group of friends when they heard gunshots and realized they had been hit one girl was shot in the ankle the other has a graze wound to her calf no arrests have been made >>the same navy seal team that killed osama bin-laden rescued two hostages in somalia over night. american jesse buchanan and aid worker paul fissilepoul thisted

or kidnapped while working for a humanitarian group that was focused on keeping civilians safe from land mines that navy seal team parachuted into the rescue them after a shootout with the pirates holding them hostage the u.s. military said that all nine captors were killed in that assault. >>president obama's back on the campaign trail today a day after delivering what could be his final state of the union address as greg black of cnn reports the president defended his record while prodding congress to do more to help boost the economy >>president obama laid out his economic agenda and political campaign roadmap for 2012 >>send me these tax reforms i will sign them right away put them in a bill get it to my desk

this year send me a bill that will create these jobs >>i intend to fight obstruction with action and i will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis and the first place ... in 10 months the president is up for reelection he tried to turn around the struggling economy that he inherited >>the state of the union is getting stronger we have come too far to turn back now ... >>in response the republicans have blamed the president for making an already bad situation worse >>and unprecedented explosion of spending with borrowed money has added trillions to an affordable national debt and the president has put us on a course to make it radically worse in the years ahead ... >>one of the things both sides would agree on was to honor congresswoman gabrielle giffords who resigned from

congress today to focus on recovering from the wound from her assassination attempt last year >>members of congress put their partisan differences aside today to give congresswoman gabrielle giffords a heartfelt good buy. she returned to the house chambers this morning to officially resigned from her post. house speaker john banner cheerfully except her resignation the tucson democrat is stepping down to focus on her recovery at today's session republicans and democrats praised gabrielle giffords for her strength and her courage >>no matter what we argue about on this floor there is nothing more important than family and frenchfriendship ... i will carry that in my heart and even though we

will bunts si gabrielle giffords every day we will be friends for life ... >>before she resigned congress unanimously passed a bill that she co-sponsored imposing tough new penalties on people who smuggle drugs across the country >>senator mark kirk is doing better than his doctors expected after suffering a stroke over the weekend the senator underwent an operation sunday to relieve pressure caused by a swelling of the right side of a sprained his neurosurgeon said that he is lucid and answer questions but still has little movement on the left side partial paralysis on his face is causing him to slur his words doctors say that the senators recovery could take months >>coming up next the captain of the ill-fated italian cruise

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of italy appears to have given conflicting stories about how that accident occurred. f. capt. francesco schettino admitted to authorities that he made a mistake when the costa concordia had some rocks and rolled on its side. but to italian newspapers are reporting that the captain told a friend that he was pressured by managers on board to steer the ship too close to the island. a 16th body was recovered from the ship yesterday and 16 others are still missing. the capt. remains under house arrest ... >>turner. thousands of people

pay their respects at his wake yesterday. he passed away from lung cancer of the weekend. he was 85 years old. he worked at penn state for 61 years and became the winningest coach in major college football history but his career ended in scandal he was fired over the sex abuse accusations against his former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. >>shoot the congressional hearing regarding a government investigation of fires in the chevrolet volt batteries begins today the national highway traffic safety administration closed its volt battery safety inquiry last week. they concluded that no apparent defect trend exists despite the conclusion house republicans accuse the department of trying to cover up the fire to protect

the obama administration interest in general motors the ceo of gm said that the volt is safe and plans to defend it during the hearing today >>businesses on the magnificent mile and state street should hire their own full-time security during the nato and g-8 summits that is a warning from the chicagoland chamber of commerce. >>mayor rahm emanuel has replaced a veteran chicago public library commissioner mary dempsey who is stepping down after 18 years as library chief brian vann and who is the chief information officer for public libraries in san francisco will take over for mary dempsey in march the change comes after a recent labor fights leading to layoffs and reduced hours at libraries and agreement made last week and restored library hours and rehired 65 staff >>the highly publicized royal

white tigers exhibit at the navy pier is now closed. officials shut down a share yesterday after john kass of the chicago tribune informed them that the usda is in the process of revoking the shows of license organizers are accused of health and safety violations and mistreating the animals the show's owner said that the claims are not true navy pier paid $27,000 for the exhibit it was supposed to run until february 12th. a new wal-mart super store is open today in the west chatham neighborhood bringing hundreds of jobs to the area it came with a fight nancy loo is live with that story >>in west chatham many did not want to miss out on this morning's grand opening >>people are working i think it's a great thing

>>the 157,000 wal-mart supercenter is its second here in chicago ... the local alderman here for for this store seven years battling the city and the labor unions that finally reached agreement last year paving the way for the opening on this former steel mill site >>it was contaminated it was a real eyesore and to see this new building and all of these people working ... it's a very exciting time >>along with a wider array of fresh produce and other items it brings 350 much needed jobs to this area >>i am so excited this is our wal-mart it is just awesome and we love it >>there is no excitement at

this small food market around the corner of the store owner worries about his future he is certain this new wal-mart has already cost him some business >>we will have to see how things will work out ... >>more consumers in the area may have a spillover effect certainly more local employment may be able to help >>i really needed this job. >>given the economy the workers do not seem to mind the base of $8.75 an hour about 40¢ less than what the union originally sought ... >>in the pullman park neighborhood on the far south side there is a plan for another store

>> >>coming up next we have today's top business stories and getting a handle on e-mail we have the five tips that you need to know to digitally detox your in box. and later in the lunch break we're making some super sliders' for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium.

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chicago with a look at today's business headlines ... you can look for a brand new pricing strategy from j.c. penney all to attract more shoppers. they are coming out with three types of pricing in stores and they are holding sales events 12 times a year there also overhauling

their retail stores ... illinois based abbott laboratories is cutting 700 jobs in the united states and pr ... there will have been at the lake county campus ... today are in juice futures are falling back down from record high levels on speculation of a u.s. ban getting lifted on the brazilian imports ... so far there are no dangerous levels of fungicide found on those brazilian imports ... >>fewer consumers are drinking

beer in the united states and worldwide not a good combination for brewers they will keep a lid on costs and prevent passing along higher prices as the demand for beer is dropping ... checking the markets we have stocks in the green ... the dow is getting 50 points at this hour the federal reserve has decided to keep interest rates low from now until at least late 2014. they believe unemployment will continue at high levels ... that's a look at the business headlines for today i

am beejal patel for bloomberg news >>did you know that this week is clean out your in box week? here with some tips on how to digitally detox is jennifer weigel of trib-u ... >>according to experts on productivity ... you need to get rid of your digital clutter and you don't even realize how much it can stress you out as well as your system's ... we have some things to help to get you started you need to create action folders in priority order ... and you also need to go to your calendar to

automatically set deadlines and you need to create some reference folders ... try not to create some folders that's how you accumulate clutter ... most people spend five times a day cleaning e-mail and checking messages ... it can be doable ... just checking twice that day is productive >>you need to keep up your habits ... get your in box 20 ... throw away the junk don't

put anything back into the physical in box ... we tend to poured informationhoard information... just get it out of the way make a few folders with action plans ... you said you have 1012 e-mail's that need in deletion? >>the thank you very much jennifer weigel ... to read more go to chicago tribune

.com/trib-u ... coming up next: a live performance from the cast of mumiamama

production of mama mia the smash hit musical based on the songs of aqaba. at the oriental theater. here to perform is the cast ...

[music "mama mia" by abba performed by the cast ...] [music: "dancing queen" by abba

performed by the cast of mama mia ]

there was some spring in the air this morning ... and there is a little bit of spring in the air ... we

generated some interesting statistics this is the warmest winters since 1933-34 here in chicago that is 78 years ago ... it is the 12th mildest winter since record-keeping began ... we have half the snowfall that we had last year ... it is a bit ugly outside today it has gone gray we expect a few sprinkles ... looking at the national map there is a bait storm brewingstorm brewing down south

... that will affect us down state ... this weekend we will seek a punch of cold air coming and we may see some flurries friday night or perhaps sunday ... but the cold spell will be brief and we will warm up again next week ... we're looking at the sub it 0 arctic cold way up in the arctic zone northern canada and alaska but that is not affecting us it is staying way up there ... i want to show you some of those wind gusts occurring in oklahoma overnight we are missing that storm ... but there

were temperatures in the teens in the western suburbs this morning ... we are currently 36 degrees 34 at midway airport ... the real rain is happening down south 7 in. of rain in texas and arkansas ... they had a phenomenal drought and maybe they will be getting some help ... >>we will remain cloudy through the evening rush hour here in chicago ... tomorrow morning

rush-hour will have some cold sprinkles ... lots of lingering cloud activity in this area we will not see much sunshine until friday. going south you will be heading into a lot of rain ... and thunderstorms there was quite a squall line across texas with 60 mi. per hour wind gusts ... there is now happening in the cascades and the northern rockies to the west. and there is a tornado watch in louisiana currently in effect. since 2006

we have not had some many severe weather reports this early in the season ... we have the rains going across southern illinois here to the north we stay cloudy until friday there will be a system coming in late friday afternoon ... the early reading is some

snow expected to be maybe 2 in. with a lot of wind transitioning to colder weather for the weekend. i hope to have some computer estimates more accurately for friday ... this will not be as bad as what we had last week ... tonight cloudy low temperature 29 degrees tomorrow cloudy a high temperature 42 degrees

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on the west side for a while. after the all-star break they have a nine game road trip, and return to united center february 19th. the hawks trying to avoid another loss to the predator is ... down one in the first nick leddy loses the puck behind the net and mike fisher gives the predators a to nothing lead still down in the third of the hawkes power play and in dave bolland it cuts the lead in half with his seventh goal in nine games sanders scored to beat the hawks 3-1 the fall to fourth in the division >>the chicago bulls forward luol deng is week to week with a torn ligament in his left hand sources say that surgery was recommended but he has decided not to do this and just play through he said the swelling has

gone down and he will manage the pain the rest of the year >>the bears linebacker bryan carroll lacquer talked about the use of legal painkillers ... now he tells the chicago tribune that he has used toradol in his career for at least 40 times >>in the medical watch a vaccine designed to kill cancer cells in the body and prevent them from coming back ... the vaccine was created at the roswell park cancer institute in buffalo new york it will use a special protein to recruit killer immune cells that seek out and destroy cancer it is designed to train the body's defenses never to forget how to kill cancer cells work began on this vaccine after one of the researchers discovered that a drug used for many years to prevent rejection

of organ transplants also produces jim meehan cells ... >>it really worked it's hard to imagine ... >>18-20 patients with different forms of cancer will be selected for the first phase of clinical trials. if they are successful larger studies will be conducted but it may be several years before this vaccine could be marketed >>chemicals from food packaging costs weaker immune systems into children this is according to new research which found children with more chemicals from food packaging in their bloodstream or less likely to respond to routine vaccinations to conducted the study say everyday exposure to these chemicals makes the body more vulnerable to infection the study published in the journal of the american medical association is the first to link these chemicals to immune problems in children >>a new video that has gone viral shows how dangerous flying

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trial offer. it's time for the lunch break ... and we are getting ready for all of those super bowl parties. chef at melissa check hernia from the blue plate catering is back with some super slider recipes ... >>this is a buffalo chicken slider very easy ... we will see yourll sear chicken thighs.. you can do this in your slow cooker ...

... and we are going to caramelized some yellow onion ... we add chicken broth to the slow cooker with along with the onions and the chicken ... after a few hours this is what it will look like six hours later ... at this point i am going to remove the chicken from the cooking liquid ... let the school and shred the chicken off the bone ... and now i am showing you how to make the buffalo sausage ... we are going to meltce.. melt 2 sticks

of butter at your favorite hot sauce ... we combine that with the butter and whisk the mixture and we add chicken stock this is mixed on to the shredded chicken ... if you like your chicken wings spicier you can add more chicken stock and take away some of that butter ... you can prepare this

ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator and just heat this and serve at... we have the same cooking technique with a different set of ingredients braised short rib and prcvolone..

ble plate catering is offering these and other dishes for sup er bowl parties if you don't want to make this yourself ... for more information on today's recipe you can go to wgntv.com/midday thank you melissa chickerneo from blue plate catering [ woman ] i was living with this all-over pain. a deep, throbbing persistent ache. my doctor diagnosed

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>>i could use one of those it right about now. >>at least we're not getting the big grain occurring down state or the gulf coast area ... here is what happens of the next two and half days sprinkles it will be overcast ... the next system will come in late friday friday night ahead of some cold air over the weekend we may get one or 2 in. of snow friday night ... maybe another one saturday afternoon ... we have a boggling

jet streamuckling jet stream.. looking at the weather maps saturday evening ... sunday the wind will be gusting 30 mi. per hour from the north ... ali next week we will see things warm-up ... here is the long-term forecast: up and down ... thank you for joining us today we hope you