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president barack obama may use this mode of transportation but for one marine he had a cart and it is for sale. a father or rested for taking a photo of his daughter and posting it online. making members of the church to showed him support. >> 500 hours of community
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service and mandatory counseling a pastor it and the members of his church believe that is the punishment under should receive no prison time and they sent letters to the cook county judge in the case saying just that so today he went to the church to say thanks. the chicago man who posted the now infamous facebook picture at life center church of god this morning as he sits in indiana. after spending one month in cook county jail he was released on friday, a judge
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lowered his bond and his family posted the required bill, the 21 year-old was charged with felony aggravated domestic battery after this picture when viral showing his 22 month old daughter bound and gagged with... his relatives say he was just joking around. >> you must be honest that this was something that he should not have done. the man who lost his sister to domestic violence five years ago took interest in carries case and hundreds of church members signed a letter supporting the young father, they say there's a lesson to be learned here but what the charges against him dropped. when i went to go see him i said there is no way that this man and his daughter any harm. when it was posted it was only up for 15 minutes that is as long as it took to go viral so that's a message to young people to know that what you were posting is open to the public. curry has
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been barred from having contact with his daughter and her mother. he expects to meet with d c f officials tomorrow and on tuesday we are told that he will have a press conference to give his side of the story. a chicago man is being held on $750,000 bond charged with raping and restraining element who had been at a bar over the weekend. investigators say he restrained her and raped her repeatedly and at one point he left the 26 to a woman alone and she ran screaming into the hall where neighbors heard her he tractor back into the apartment and choked her until she became unconscious officers say they were able to arrest him as he was leaving the building. residents of the north side high-rise finally have their heat and hot water back on, both were shot off at the 14th story building at 4738-goal after a
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hole was discovered in a chimney. which cost carbon monoxide to leak into the building. the judge had ordered the building to install a temporary chimney by monday until the permanent chimney could be repaired. chicago police are looking for a suspect in the stabbing outside of the wrigleyville bar the 24 year- old victim and another man had some kind of disagreement inside a diamond club, 25 minutes before the attack. then as the victim was talking on his cell phone police say the other man appeared to give him a hug and instead he stabbed the victim twice in the back and once in the arm the victim was taken to the hospital in serious to critical condition. starting today the city is cracking down on drivers who abuse the parking placards violators to display
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falls stolen or altered visibility placard's now face fines raising from 500 to $1,000. those fees can run from 1500 to $3,000 and people who allow their disabled parking signs to be used fraudulently face a fine of $200. toni preckwinkle is best to help resolve a crisis,pastors of the leaders of that worked send preckwinkle a letter this weekend and biting him to meet with them to talk about the changes and insure dignified handling of the deceased. they're investigating allegations of unsafe conditions
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at the morgue. two people were seriously injured in a four car crash on the south side at about 7:30 a.m. this morning investigators say the car with indian uplights was clocked at nearly 100 mi. an hour, it ran all light at ewing and slammed into an suv in the cost chain reaction with two other cars, some of the drivers had to be extricated from their vehicles and did cta had to reroute bosses and services now back to normal. a funeral was held today for the crystal like a marine who lost his life in afghanistan earlier this month captain nathan monus was one of six marines who died when their helicopter crashed on january 19th the 21 year-old was a highly decorated pilot the illinois pitch regard writers escorted him and took him to his final resting place. for victims of a fatal shooting and has fire
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were honored today with a memorial service at willowbrook high school, freshman was a popular student getting ready to join the varsity wrestling team, earlier this month him his brother, mother and cousins were all shot to death as they slept in their villa park home, his mother's ex-boyfriend set the house on fire before taking his own life, those who knew them gathered in the school's auditorium to share their personal memories. friends have established a fund for the victim's family and donations are being accepted
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through the demerit bank. a saturday morning robbery at an elkgrove village where house turned into a shooting and cars chasedchase. as williams drove off one of the victims followed him and called the police, when he realized he is being followed by williams allegedly shot at his pursuer, he did hit anything. the chase ended in rosemont when officers from several cities caught williams. occupy protests in california have again turned violent. also a family emergency takes rex santorum of the campaign trail. and the bad thing you are more likely to do when you text. >> it looks like we will wrap up chicago school this month with temperatures 15-20 degrees above normal.
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occupy protests intensified on both coasts of this weekend clashes with police turned violent in oakland while officials in washington d.c. plan to crack down on occupy protesters who set up camp there. >> occupy oakland protesters took to the streets again this
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weekend and the scene turned violent demonstrators tossed bottles at police who responded with tear gas and smoke. there are cops on one end and we turn around there are cops on the other end there is no way out. >> the cop said all of the occupiers lined up in the front against the wall. >> accused of breaking into city buildings, burning the american flag and provoking officers. >> the demonstrators today have been the ones instigating most of the violence. >> a claim that is not by protesters. >> a teargassed us multiple times today all's we were doing was marching, we didn't throw anything. >> members of the prestigious alfalfa club including the president were dining and this building a few days before the national park service decided to end overnight camping
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demonstrators protested at a bank and authorities in oakland say they have decided to crack down addressing more than 100 protesters this weekend. >> it's time i think for the occupied movement to take a stand on this behavior that has nothing to do with the 99% movement. >> rick santorum has abruptly canceled his campaign in florida today to be with his three year-old daughter bella who is in the hospital, she was admitted to the children's hospital in philadelphia last night with pneumonia in both lungs, she suffers from a rare genetic disorder that has caused her to have trouble breathing 90 percent of those born with the disorder do not make it past the first year of life, a spokesman for santorum said that he would return to the campaign trail in florida as soon as possible. with only two days left until florida holds its
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presidential primary, mitt romney and newt gingrich are hitting the campaign trail hard and both candidates met with supporters to attack each other's political records. >> he raised taxes and a post from a carrot, the state of massachusetts was third from the bottom in job creation. >> he had to resign in disgrace, he cannot rewrite history. >> meanwhile as i just mentioned, rick santorum said circuits to his event campaign today while he spent time with his daughter. >> pure chaos in the dark, at least 10 people are dead from a huge pile up in north central florida, both of the collisions happen done by 85 north of orlando late saturday night and into sunday morning a brush fire which is thought to be causing the near blinding conditions on the road, the
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interstate was closed, several accidents were also reported on highway 441. >> 80 flights up the stairs on foot to all to help kids in need, volunteers conquer the a on center. how much would you pay for the president's old ride? i've seen and been a part
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to people are hurt in a fire in a high-rise apartment building
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that sheridan rode on the north side tonight, the fire started after eight this evening at the top of the building on the 51st floor it was struck a half an hour later, no details yet on what caused the fire, to people injured are at the hospital. he has been dubbed to wicker park band and the fbi says he struck again this weekend agents say this man walked into a chase bank at around 11:30 a.m. this morning and handed a teller a note demanding cash and received an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect was about 5 ft. 5 in. tall and 20-30 years old he had a goatee and was wearing a black skullcap. he is a suspect in at least nine bank robberies on the north side, there is a reward for his arrest. runners and walkers hyped-up flights of stairs at the a on building this
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morning, wgn is randy bellows some reports they did it for a higher cause. >> close to 3000 steppers climbed all 80 flights this morning. a serious feet fer any athlete to achieve in less than 20 minutes. the 15th annual deyon step up for kids was expected to raise $600,000 for children's memorial hospital family services department. children's memorial is said to open the children hospital of
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chicago in june and no matter how long it took steppers to ascend to the avon, the steppers and the hospital one. >> it was fun and challenging. >> the results from a new study on texting could make you think twice about the next message you received researchers had people communicate in one of four ways, in person, over the phone in a video chat or through text messaging. they found that people are much more likely to lie by a text than any other medium the most truthful motive communication was video, people were 95 percent less likely to light during of video chat. back in the senate days president barack obama used to drive himself around in a 2005
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chrysler sedan that car is up for auction on ebay, kelley blue book value is $16,000 but the price for history is not cheap if you were interested it will cost you $1 million. to get the original paperwork and the title showing that the car actually once belonged to the president no bid yet. the auction closes february 1st. >> 1 million for a $16,000 car? >> your life illinois lottery drawing is next. and jim ramsey says we could hit 50 degrees sometime this week. >> coming up on instant replay a battle of the nba elite on south beach the bulls and he'd go down to the wire. + the view from the top, we go one on one with the chairman and an all-
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hear picked up two tenths of an inch of snow fall. but the clouds, you will see them break up in just a moment, what a nice afternoon we had around chicago and it will be a nice day tomorrow but more clouds are coming in even as we speak. we will take a close-up look. these clouds are producing light snow and even showers it's not likely we will see much of that wisconsin will probably get wisconsinmost of that. this is a
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winter storm warning in the winter weather advisory for northern idaho and parts of montana, they could see of boards to a foot of snow elevations of 1,000 ft. computer models show in the clouds and snow passing to our north. that is ranid that will accompany warm air that we are expecting to build on wednesday, we will probably just have a few hundredths of an inch of rain. this is no associated with the system but it will hang in north and parts of minnesota and wisconsin. look at these rainfall amounts. doug surprised to see a passing rain shower but it's not expected to amount to much. it's 24 degrees right now at o'hare. the winds are not much of a factor at about 7 mi. per hour but the two things combined are producing
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some chilly wind chills and a few spots. here's our forecast now for tonight: clouds continue increasing across the area and a few flurries are possible late. cold temperatures low between 21-26 and for monday mostly cloudy strong warning and temperatures above normal. check out those numbers even with the rain this is amazing. 47 to 50 degree high temperatures expected for tuesday. 74 cast:faugh 7 day forecast:
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what a way to end january. >> a new born in iowa was the talk of the maternity ward. his surprising statistic.
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some of chicago's best young choral voices came together today at the cedar the second annual voices of the future contest featuring a local school choirs. in addition to traditional choral pieces, each group performed a beatles song commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bands beginning. more loner into new year celebrations in chicago a 100 ft. long paper dragon was the main attraction at the parade in chinatown today, it is the year of the dragon it featured elaborate floats and seemed marching bands. a story of a fight for survival takes top honors at the box office this weekend.
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lee and neeson stars in the gray about a group of men stranded in the alaskan wilderness after a plane crash the film earned $20 million on its debut weekend. here are some of the other box office [ woman ] i was ready for my trip. but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes
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national headlines. a new baby boy weighs in at 13 lbs. and 12 ounces in iowa. is a few days old and his mother decided on natural childbirth, no drugs or surgery, six hours of pushing for the baby to arrive both he and his mother are healthy. this was in her first difficult labor interfirst son was 12 lbs.. >> future football player. that will do it for us for this sunday night. instant replay
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