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angry taxpayers are gathering outside of the tax preparation office demanding the refunds that they were promised. good afternoon everyone... we have more on this top story. >> the people standing in this line behind me have been easier for hours just to today but many of them have been coming to this location for weeks to try to receive their refunds that aren'tthey are owed. the money that
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was supposedly deposited into their account has not taken place. they had been sent to multiple locations to collect their checks but when they get their the doors are locked and they cannot even leave a message. >> i just want my money they should shut the store down the show this business down this is wrong. >> confusion and uncertainty continues to flow around this tax preparation service. .
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>> this is it the only tax office open and they are only handing out a few checks a day. >> currency exchanges and banks are fearful to cash in the tax in fear that they will bounce. >> they are telling me it only cost $290 but over $700 are missing i would like to know where the rest of that money went. >> many people are still wondering what happened during the transaction. >> i have been waiting since yesterday they told me it was going to be there yesterday but guess what i am here. it should
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not take that long. >> there is another problem many people say they are handing out checks but they cannot get their check cashed. one woman did have a bank account and it was deposited into her account but it was $1,000 less than what they were told. there is a lot going on here. we have called the attorney general's office but they said they have only received six calls but not many people new to go to the attorney general many say they have gone to the police but have not received help. the attorney general told us there is an investigation on going there is
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obviously a lot going on here that is not right we will keep you posted on this tax preparation office called mo money. >> police in the west suburbs are looking for suspects in the did the shooting of a teenager in his house. we have the latest. >> based on what we have learned this does not appear to be a random shooting. whether the gunman was appeared to have been deliberately targeting this 18 year-old victim. family of the victims do not want to speak to media right now they are understandably upset about this killing. detectives had been knocking on doors around the neighborhood all morning and that there is still no word on
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any suspects. i spoke to the police chief earlier and he said they have noone knows suspectsno suspects. this shooting happened at about midnight last night and as you can see the windows shot out and he was rushed to the hospital but died soon after. >> therefore shocks were 4 shots then i heard tires squealing. >> as you can imagine it must have been a very scary to hear these high caliber gun shots in this neighborhood but people are saying this is the latest in a
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string of finance in this community.violence in this community. >> is outside families mourning the death of a teenager killed in a drive-by shooting. this 15 year-old was in a vehicle with his father on sunday morning when a vehicle pulled up next to them and opened fire. father and son were both hit by gunshots and the young boy died. no arrests have been made in this shooting. >> in and convicted of murdering a pregnant woman and her two children now receiving new court hearing. 39 year-old caffey it was found guilty of killing this woman and her two young children and he also cut out a baby from her womb. the infant has survived the murder happened at
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the apartment back in 1995 and was sentenced to death but that was changed to life in prison and he claims he's innocent.. >> a substitute teachers charged with sexually abusing a student. reynolds has been charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sold a student at this high school. the school reported the alleged sexual abuse of the student monday afternoon to the sheriff's office and say he had in a proper contact with a 17 year-old student on multiple occasions. chicago police are increasing their presence after two women are attacked over the weekend. >> a high ranking official from the susan g komen foundation resigns following the funding flap with planned parenthood.
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investigators are now releasing disturbing new details about the murder-suicide of a father and his two young sons and washington state. josh powell blew up his home on sunday with all three inside. autopsies reveal all died of carbon monoxide poisoning but the young boys also had hatch eight wounds on their bodies. he was a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of his wife and her sister says the family believed police were closing in to arrest powell. >> we were hoping to make a deal
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with him so he could tell where her body has unfortunately that one never happened. >> he denied having anything to do with her disappearance and police say her case remains open. >> keith urban details have come out of the sentencing hearing for a teenage girl confessed to killing her nine rolled neighbor. prosecutors say bustamonte step in and slit the throat of elizabeth olten in 2009. she was 15 at the time of the murder and is being tried as an adult. at her hearing yesterday authorities pointed out that she wrote in her journal the net of the killing that it was an amazing and enjoyable experience. the entire faculty and staff of this
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elementary school in los angeles is being replaced as investigators look into allegations of lewd conduct against children by two teachers. the superintendent of schools says the district will replace all 88 teachers and 40 support staff. and we parents and supporters protested outside the school monday some demanding the cameras should be placed in classrooms and hallways. another teacher was arrested on suspicion of fondling to girls in the classroom. >> more fallout today attoday from the same-sex marriage ban in california. to date couple's filed this but a judge struck down the case. both sides say they will appeal the case if the ruling went against them. >> more fallout for the susan g
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komen foundation for the fund cutting of planned parenthood. the foundation vice president resigned today. the breast cancer advocacy group has been under fire for the past week when they first decided to end its breast cancer screening partnership with planned parenthood which also provides abortions. after intense public outcry the foundation reversed its decision and apologized. >> not do you feel a date did it to your social media accounts you are not alone how this social media can't overpower
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but cook county board president
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and and mayor ron emmanuel are teaming up to improve services and save taxpayers money. we're live at city hall with the details. >> this is basically an update on the cooperation between them that the announced six months ago today both probably step before the podium to announce $25.5 million in net savings. savings. most of that in back taxes. they are working together on the collection of a cigarette taxes. they used to be a city and county stamp now there is just a city stamp. there were only be one in specter will ride out both tickets this was pointed
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out during the summer that the $25.5 million savings was only a drop in the bucket considering both have multimillion-dollar funding but it is still just a start. >> some initiatives are underway and will receive approval later i think if you look at this as a process we will be accelerating savings as we get better at cooperating together. >> the goal is not to spike the ball on the 30 yd line and say we have $20 million we have much more work to be done. we need to start asking more fundamental questions i think we can all agree that this is $20 million
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of savings for the taxpayers the next set of $20 million is going to be harder. >> we asked him how the savings would be broken down and he said it depended on the service of the revenue that they came but he said two-thirds will go to the county and 130 city third to the county. today's business headlines... the labor department says it job openings jumped for the first time in three months. the number
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of positions waiting to be filled is up by 250,000 bring the total number of open jobs to 3.4 million. we still a long way to go before the job market returns to normal but the unemployment rate has fallen below 6%. home owners are receiving breaks from the banks they are paying off the liquid homeowner loansdelinquent home loans. security is going to get much more expensive for airlines a new study says air-traffic control system has now been built with the satellite in can be a target of sabotage. this could open ways for hackers and
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tterrorists. companies could have to spend millions more to improve it security. there has been a shortage of nuts becasue of the weather prices for peanut has jumped 50% in the last year. investors are waiting on the greek debt crisis. the government is working and needed budeget cuts. this has been your business report. >> if you have not gotten your lottery ticket yet you still have time. tomorrow night
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sourball jackpot is a$250 million is the jackpot. $104 million after taxes and cash pay out. if the be jackpot gets this date b.c. in increase in ticket sales. >> when it gets up to $250 million you are in uncharted territory. the number of new people coming into play for the first time.
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>> during the commercial break we did a quick poll with the staff and we were asking if anyone went out and bought some of lottery tickets. no one did in the studio because they did not want to lose. >> sometimes i look at the winning numbers and i think myself would i have picked those numbers? this is it the second-largest power ball has ever introduced in illinois. this is pure locke if you win your one lucky person the odds are outrageous. >> i would probably have a better chance of getting hit by a meteor on the way to work right?
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the viewers always want to know the money is to fund education goes to education in the state. >> now only does it go to education but to businesses and local roads. with the powerball it is different a has a higher profit to the state if you play and do not win you're contributing 82¢. >> how many states are involved. >> 44 states almost the entire country. >> good luck to everyone. >> president obama c. election campaign returned to a major donation with questionable ties and the multibillion-dollar tax bill that facebook founder could
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be facing.
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are covered. call the number on your screen. seven delegates are at stake in today's republican presidential caucuses in colorado and minnesota. misery is also holding a nonbinding primary. front runner mitt romney will spend caucus night in colorado where his campaign has been active since last summer he is looking to continue the momentum he is bill after wins in florida and nevada. newt gingrich got started late in colorado and minnesota and he is not on the ballot in misery. he is looking ahead to super tuesday march 6th. >> president obama said the election campaign is doing an about face on fund-raising
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policies. it comes to despite the president's strong opposition to current campaign financing laws especially supreme court ruling that allowed the creation of super pacs last night his campaign announced it will not support a democratic fundraising group called priorities usa action. his campaign manager said the decision was a reaction to massive fund-raising posted by supertax supporting the republican presidential candidates. >> president obama is returning more than $200,000 in donations from the family of a fugitive casino owner. he's linked to violence and corruption in mexico and has been seeking a pardon more than 1.3 million
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americans have donated to the campaign and be constantly review those contributions for any issues a spokesman men met for president obama said. . >> clint eastwood is defending himself over a television commercial he appeared in during the super bowl. >> he started this two-minute commercial for chrysler called have time for america. critics say clan east would use this commercialize a way to praise president obama the obama administration spend 12 and a half billion dollars to bail out the auto industry and save them from bankruptcy. clint eastwood insists he is not politically affiliated with the president and says the commercial is meant to be a message about job growth in the spirit of america. >> more money bigger taxes. facebook founder mark
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zuckerberg may face a $2 billion tax bill. the social networking company filed for an initial public offering last week and will begin selling shares this spring. the ipo will launch into billionaires status and which he will also be accompanied by a whopping tax bill that could reach as high as $2 billion. colder air in even more when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first...it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before.
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good afternoon everyone i wish it was a nicer day then this but on the other hand a could be much worse. it snowed this time
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last year the coldest temperatures we have reached was 05 degrees below. you would have to go back over 100 years to find a day warmer than that. we have no visibility restrictions today we may see some snow flurries move in today as the this arctic air or arctic front moves in.
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people are wondering if there is any prospect of a snow coming because it has been such a mild winter. last year we had nearly four times as much snow as we have seen. it is currently 34 degrees we have saved the cold weather for the later half of the season. we have seen the temperature drop in the past 24 hours.
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it has been 106 years since we had a winter that has only had a low temperature of 5 degrees. it
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is running at 19 degrees warmer than it was last year at this time. we are hearing nearly 400 people have died from that horrific winter in europe. we have some cold weather moving in and some snow flurries moving in tonight. we continue to cherish a mild winter but aid is not over yetit is not over yet...
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high-temperature for today was at 34 degrees tomorrow morning will start with a few snow flurries but then that the sun will come out. 40 degrees will be the high temperature on thursday. it is going to get cold this weekend. >> my daughter told me it was
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going to snow. >> i received a lot of mail from people who make a living off of this nosnow and they miss it. >> time for today's trivia. who was it the first african- american woman to receive a patent my heart attack happened completely out of the blue... i was so young... you just don't think that that's something that can happen to you. i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. first line of defense, right?
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it is time for sports. the chicago bears have hired jimmy bates as their new quarterback's head coach. he worked with cutler for three seasons with the denver broncos. the chicago bulls are in new jersey today. it were up 22 points in the
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second. the chicago bulls led by 30 points later in the quarter. chicago bulls win 109-87. coach quenville is shaking up the lineup to break the black hawks 5 game winless skid. they have lost 10 of their last 15 games and have 46 plays in the conference. the game begins tonight at 8:00 p.m. in colorado. the chicago cubs
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president has gotten rid of another player. dewitt has been at designated for assignment which means the chicago cubs' lead to trade him or release him. this has been at your look at sports the illinois lottery is up next. >> the illinois lottery... pick3- 8,0,0 pick4- 6,1,7,1
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going to the grammys is a privilege not a right. >> in the medical watch... new guidelines for airline passengers concerned about blood clots. sitting for long periods of time can cause blood clots in the leg and travelers who have long recently may have heard the advice it to stay hydrated and get up and move around. new guidelines been released today say travelers at the greatest risk include pregnant women the elderly and people who have recent surgery or broken bones. in the study says twitter me eat more addicting than cigarettes or alcohol. researchers measured how well people resisted their desires several times a day participants were asked what level of decide they were experiencing to check their social media web site. subjects'
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admitted that sleep and sex may be strong urges but they were more likely to give anti-social media. the lunchbreak is next
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time now for the lunchbreak we are going to make a little easy dish. >> it is a very simple dish it
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can be served any time of the season. there is a mix of vegetables and we will top it off with some tuna nad beanand beans. >> did you cook that tuna yourself. >> yes we import this fish from hawaii but to make it easier for everyone at home you can use canned tuna fish. we put down some tomatoes or great tomatoesape
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tomatoes some cucumbers green peppers and then mix it up. >> that looks sop good and healthy those beans are huge. >>yes they are big, be cook the beans is vegetable stock to get a good flavor and of course
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some lemon juice and the best olive oil you can get. now just place it on the vegetables we have placed on the plate. tell me about the restaurant. >> the restaurant is located at
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there is your tun a salad very easy very simple recipe. what is your premier edition that you love to cook. >> a rice ball filled with goat
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the answer to today's trivia question. who was the first african-american woman to receive a 10. the answer is sara good she created a de fold up the fold up bed. what can we expect for the
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week tom? we can see some flurries tonight. we may open a day tomorrow with it if you lingering at flurries but then it this no moves away and sun comes thenin. we are expecting another cold front to move and by thursday
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and it possible snow. we may have one of the coldest days this weekend. we are showing some snow within the week 34 degrees to be the high temperature for tomorrow it will be nice and sunny. >> thank you for the forecast

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