a four month old puppy is recovering from canine distemper. she is one of the three cases come from by the illinois department of agriculture. >> all of the pets were purchased from various locations of the happiness is pets store chain and we have more details. >> the stores in question are in arlington heights and canine distemper is a highly contagious and often deadly disease for animals. two of the dogs have already died and one is still fighting for her life.

>> meet dakota her owner newt something was wrong or right away and after he brought her to the vat is the worst case scenario became a reality canine distemper. some days she is very excited it is great to see her do that and other times she sleeps all day but occasionally she has relapses and whatever she eats comes right out of her. >> she said the store refunded the $800 a cost to purchase the animal but the vet bills are already in the thousand dollar

range. the owner of this store told several newspaper outlets that he does not believe the disease came from his stores. the owner does not know what to believe he just wants future pet owners to be aware of this disease. >> i was very upset i am trying to get people's attention it is heartbreaking. >>philips says he has no plan to put dakota down he says she is a very stubborn. >> a youth soccer coach is being held on $750,000 bond charge with grape. prosecutors said 25 year-old michael griffin and the

diplomat in a bar saturday night before going back to her apartment. he is accused of repeatedly raping the victim and dragging her back into her apartment when trying to escape. police officers arrested him as he was leaving the building. >> to people have been hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out a north side apartment building. the fire was reported at 830 last night on the 51st floor of a 55 story building. firefighters were able to contain the fire and put it out quickly thankfully it did not spread no word yet on what caused the fire. >> clergy members want to me with a county board president to help resolve what they call a crisis that the county more. he promised an overhaul of operations at the more after photographs were published

showing bodies stacked one atop of each other. the pressure is on a 19 at chicago alderman to explain why in a depressed economy day except a series of pay raises their colleagues rejected. >> even though all 50 council members start at the same salary there is now an in thousand dollar difference. this analysis was done by the chicago tribune at the high end ealdorman get paid $150,000 at the low land $104,000. the best members make 4% more than they did a your belt. year ago. emanuel put an end to eight

dayspaid days . a budget watchdog group wants the city council to go back to its old ways and vote on its own pay hikes every two years they say the new way the automatic pay hike hides the process of from public view. >> doctors at northwestern memorial hospital say that senator mark kirk's recovery is going better than expected. he was rushed to the hospital last saturday after suffering a stroke he had surgery on sunday and again on wednesday for swelling in his brain. doctors

had to remove a portion of the skull to relieve pressure. he is conscious and response of the center may have limited the use of his left limbs and at some facial paralysis of. >> and in from indiana who skipped out on jury selection has been ordered to serve two more days of jury duty but it will not be inside the courthouse. a judge ordered this 22 year-old to stand in front of the lake county courthouse with a sign that says i fail to appear for jury duty. . >> investigators try to determine what set off a chain reaction pileup that killed 10 people on a florida interstate. >> and new poll shows mitt romney surging ahead of newt gingrich and the floors presidential primary. >> and occupied d.c. protesters are given a alln pomatum get out

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parts of southern florida are still under a smoke advisory after a fire led to a deadly accident. if i created it smoke so thick it calls the blinding conditions on the roads that killed 10 people in a series of crashes. the accident involved 12 vehicles in seven trucks at least 18 others were injured police say the brush fire may have been in potentially set in the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >> voters cast their ballots more in the florida presidential primary and if the the latest campaign polls hold true mitt romney should win an see

victory. in a recent poll released today shows mitt romney with 43 percent of the support and newt gingrich now at 29%. mitt romney will be making three stops today on that this final day before the primary. he started his day with a rally in jacksonville florida and told the crowd he thinks florida voters are respondent to his charges that point in newt gingrichhis opponent newt gingrich benefited from his business relationship with mortgage giant freddie mac. >> he was paid $1.6 million to be a lobbyist for freddie mac. >> newt gingrich also began his day with a rally in jacksonville florida.

newt gingrich took a swipe at members of the news media moderating campaign debates. >> the reporters that run debates have no interest in asking questions that will affect president obama that is why as your nominee i will not accept debates to fall when the reporters are moderator's. we do not need a second obama person at the debate. >> rick santorum says his young daughter is on her way to recovery. rick sandstorms 20 year-old daughter campaigned in his place this weekend while her parents returned to pennsylvania to be with their three year-old child isabella who had pneumonia. she was born with a

chromosomal disorder that causes developmental abnormalities and is fatal among more than half of infants with the condition. >> president obama takes part in any google plus hangout later t oday. this is a the first completely virtual interview from the white house it gets away at 430 this afternoon. the president will answer questions estimated in voted down through youtube. >> occupy protesters in the nation's capital have until noon today to relocate. police have posted flyers notifying protesters said they must removed their hands from the two parks or face arrest one-man try removing the flyers and when

police tried to arrest him he resisted in had to be tased. in the california occupy oakland protesters made a mess as they broke into city hall and a local ymca. more than 400 protesters have been arrested. >> an in thai consumer magazine is calling for 50,000 occupied protesters to descend upon chicago in may. ad busters wants people to fill the streets during the g-8 summit and recreate the scenes we saw during the 1968 protests outside the city's democratic national convention. why it could take nearly a year

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they're still trying to separate the painted orange juice from brazil higher food prices are not helping consumers. new data shows overall spending. the grrek debt talks hit a snag again.greece does not want the

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stay in november report from the agency suggested they were researching nuclear weapons but they say it is for energy purposes only. >> it could be 10 months or more before a wrecked cruise ship is removed from the waters off the coast of italy. officials in charge of the recovery operations at salvaging cannot begin until fuel and oil are completely removed. as bad weather continues to delay efforts on loading the fuel could take another month and a piece of the operation will then run through the end of the year. >> federal hearings continue today that will determine whether the man who tried to assassinate president ronald reagan will be released from the mental hospital where he is getting treatment. john hinkley jr. opened fire on the president in 1981 when dan and and three others. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and now the mental

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welcome back we were expecting some warmer temperatures but nothing like this. >> these temperatures have been warming up.

these clouds brought in a warm front. we may see temperatures in the mid-50s tomorrow this will be the warmest weather we have seen in three weeks. clouds are breaking up right now so we are seen a increase in temperature.

8661 degreeit is at 61 degrees in some areas. we are 15 degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. winds are at 17 mph and the humidity is up.

systems like this continue to move across the country. we have some radar returns, in fact all lot of the air is dry but a's no one in northern michigan. the mixture of sunshine will disappear tomorrow when the moisture move sen. in. we will go partly cloudy late

tonight and tomorrow we will see more interest begin from the south and we will start with partly sunny skies then up comes as the moisture and 50 degree temperatures. these winds are roaring in then we go partly cloudy on wednesday and thursday this is still mild pacific air moving in. let's take one more look at the rain coming tomorrow. we have winds at over 40 mph and keeping us warm.

there are some wild fire advisory's. the cold air is a stand up north and here comes the mild temperatures in tomorrow. we could see some really cold temperatures next week...

this afternoon high temperature 50 degrees today. temperatures will remain above freezing tonight. tomorrow on seasonably mild and in increase in clouds temperatures 20 degrees above normal. we will see some rain in the afternoon but again warm temps. we have had it for a really bad wintersfour really bad

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rose blames himself. >> it was me if i could have got those points you would have one i can live with it will make me a stronger player. >>the hawks win 12-9 chicago bears plan in the pro bowl the nfc loses 59-41

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these are not your average hamburgers. the owner and operator of burger boss is with us today thank you for coming in. . >> fruit is in port andood is pour in during the super bowl. the best part about this food is you can't prepare it the night before. prepaid the night before

this is a quick version of the sauce we use at the restaurant.

some people compare 82009 undressingit to thousand island dressing but i think it is different. as i said before all of this can be prepared the night before.

you can't go to burger boss located at 7512 west north ave in elmwood park. we'll be right back

time now for the answer to tod ays trivia question. originally the world-famous hollywood sign was an advertisement for what? the answer house in a development in the sign or originally read hollywood land. >> what a wintered this has beenr this has been. take a look at these temperatures.

we have winds in the 30's in so me areas and tomorrow we will have temperatures in the mid '50s that days in mid march weather. it may rain tomorrow afternoon but it is still leaning towards ta minor sprinkle.

here is that the 7 day forecast 52 degrees in tomorrow friday we could see snow or rain with temperatures in the mid 30's. anke some much for joining us today have a great afternoon