with angry and grieving relatives demanding answers a funeral home owner defends his business against allegations of improperly storing the remains of loved ones ... good afternoon i am steve sanders ... and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet ... >>tonti francisco joins us live from the southeast side with more on the our top story: >>for bodies remain inside this carter funeral home that the

director assures me will be removed by this evening to other funeral homes >>lots of anger and confusion this morning as the family of 83 year-old emma robinson towns and try to find out from gary.carter the funeral home owner why her body remains here after she was supposed to be cremated four weeks ago >>this is my mother ... i'm not going anywhere until i get my mother out of here >>the funeral director once everyone to know that nothing wrong has happened here he needed a death certificate before and the cremation or burial >>that's the source of the delay i cannot sign those documents or

i would go to jail >>he blames the problems on two former disgruntled employees that he had to fire and were caught here during a police call earlier this week after a robbery was reported harry carter wound up getting slapped with code violations and he says that he can't pay his $25,000 electric bill because of economic hardship in this recession >>he is in negotiations with com-ed to pay off the bill so that he could get back to business he said that he will continue to work with other funeral homes legally to resolve any remaining business in the meantime, as for the

bones that were claimed to be on the roof of this funeral parlor mr. carter said that those were chicken bones that were left there by workers who had been working on that roof not too long ago >>nancy loo has details of a teenager with down's syndrome falling 46 floors to his death at an apartment building in the gold coast police are investigating ... >>charlie manley lived on the 46th floor of this luxury high- rise on north * it was late last night when his parents noticed he was missing a search led to the discovery of his body and the building's trash compactor he's a teenager with autism and down's syndrome he fell 46

stories into the trash chute neighbors are stunned over the horrific nature of this accident >>it's just terrible i can understand how this happened, >>this morning the property manager refused to take media calls and say that he will be messed >>e missed >>he was always a good boy >>there's an investigation to determine the exact cause of death under way >>police and oak park are investigating the death of an elderly man who died after a fight at an oak park nursing home. 80 year-old anibal calderon died of head injuries from a fight last week with another resident at the oak park health care center. the other

resident is 66 years old he was moved to a hospital police had not said who began the fight and no charges have been filed in that case chicago police are still looking for suspects in a fatal drive-by shooting at a liquor store two people were killed and five teenagers were hurt in sunday night's shooting at budget food and liquors on east 79th street 19 year-old jamal harris was found dead inside of the store 54 year-old gregory clancy was found dead outside police say that a tan car pulled up and someone from inside the vehicle opened fire the shooting did not appear to be a random attack but police still trying to figure out whether that shooting is gang-related >>firefighters and streamwood were able to rescue a man who fell into a partially frozen pond the 43 year-old fell into the water yesterday police say that the eyes gave way while he was trying to ride his bicycle

across the pont declined airpark authorities arrived in pulled him out a few minutes later he was taken to the hospital but he was not heard officials are crediting the quick rescue to a group of kids playing in the park they called 911 after seeing the man fall >>that rescue came just one day after a man fell into a partially frozen pond in mchenry county and died he was the owner of a custom home business in johnsburg >>a delivery man was killed in a multi vehicle accident in the morgan park neighborhood charles kimbrough and otheranother man were unloading a beer truck on west 115th street yesterday when a cta bus pulled alongside them at a stop sign a witness says that a car ran a stop sign and head charles kimbrough that vehicle then smashed into the bus pinning him and between three others were hurt in that crash

the driver of the car tried to escape but he was tackled by a former police officer >>chicago police officers will not be the all-in-one is wearing a new riot gear before the nato and g-8 summits their horses will as well the sun-times reports that the mayor's office is soliciting bids for riot gear for 30 horses a spokesperson said there updating their current year because the horses have been attacked in the past mass protests are expected when the nato and g-8 summits are held at mccormick place in may the police department has already ordered new face shields that will fit over the gas masks >>illinois secretary of state jesse white is refusing to apologize for remarks that he made about a state senator despite that senator's threat to sue him for slander he once supported chicago senator annazette collins and a reelection bid but he later switched to support to her

opponent patricia van pelt watkins white told the chicago sun-times that collins is " the most unethical person in government you can almost put blagojevich beside her " collins says that white may have turned against her because she did not give out state college scholarships to some students that he was trying to help >>jesse white said that annazette collins took a homeowner's exemption on property for an outsider for district uncirculated brochures claiming that she could help people kickback their suspended driver's licenses collins said that she repaid that money she got from the exemption >>coming up next in the noon hour the power play move by i ran because of oil prices in the united states and around the world to spike and president obama calls for more bipartisanship in the wake of a payroll tax cut deal by congress and greece secure is the second bailout by the default risk

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cuts an iranian oil exports are raising fears that gas prices could go up higher than expected will prices surged after i ran announced its cutting exports to france and britain >>it's symbolic because britain has not bought oil from iran in one year and france has bought only modest amounts ... there's so little spare capacity in the oil markets right now oil markets sparked on the slightest headline >>i ran is retaliating it is

believed over sanctions on its nuclear program because oil is an internationally traded commodity braun's position is tothe iranian position is to increase prices everywhere >>the saudis and the gulf states need to pump more oil immediately and our government needs to tell the saudi arabian government that they need to pump more oil to assist us in the cooperation in the region >>the race is outrageous and we just have to keep working harder to get these prices down, gas prices will raise on average more than 50¢ per gallon this summer some states are looking at $5 per gallon for gasoline this summer

>>the commander of nato forces in afghanistan is ordering an investigation into the burning of the koran and other religious materials at bagram airfield north of kabul ... thousands of protesters gathered outside that airbase the general apologized saying that it was an accident in and routine trash disposal ... for special operations soldiers were killed in an air crash over the weekend and are back in the united states captain ryan haul capt. nicholas whitlock first lt. justin wilkins airman julian scholten died saturday when their plane went down in djibouti and the horn of

africa the soldiers were returning from a mission and afghanistan their bodies arrived at the dover air force base in delaware this morning there force is investigating the cause of that crash >>president obama's challenges congress this morning to pass more bills with bipartisan support the president is hoping the lawmakers will continue to work together as they did on the payroll tax cut republicans and democrats recently agreed to keep the tax rate at 4.2% someone makes $50,000 a year pish at the president's side this morning people who shared by a twitter and on the white house website a losing the tax cut would have impacted their daily lives the president will sign the tax cut deal into law later this week president obama is coming back to chicago next month the sun- times reports that the president will make a stop pier on march 16th with a fund-raiser at the

palmer house hilton mitt romney is also making some illinois stocks one day before the primary election on march 19th mitt romney will be in the peoria area at an event hosted by republican congressman aaron schock he will host his primary viewing party in the western suburbs today's the last day to register if you want to vote in the illinois march primary if you like to register please go to our web site and download your voter registration form this morning until midnight today at the chicago election board office you can also register to vote at any drivers license facility later in the lunch break we're making a fat tuesday inspired recipe new orleans style barbecue shrimp

chicago with a look at today's business headlines ... checking the markets it is a banner day for the dow jones it just hit 13,000 earlier today it lasted just a few seconds and now is backing off it is a few points away from 13,000 currently there were better than expected earnings from retailers home depot and macy's ... and the crete bailout package is encouraging ... there are lots of reasons to still be worried about greek- debt.. there still may be problems in three years ... wal-mart is trying to keep

prices low in the wake of rising gasoline prices and that could be hurting their profit margins a large part of the core customer base for wal-mart is experiencing tough economic times the cost of jet fuel is at a nine month high united continental is watching its stock drop 10% today delta and u.s. airways are also dropping some difficulty at this hour on that news people are starting their privacy a lot more on facebook ... the number of people hiding their friends list is up ... people are also hiding and other parts of their profiles ...

that's the latest in business news for today the country duo sugarland has denied any negligence in connection with last summer's deadly stage collapse in indiana. seven people died and 40 others were injured when a storm toppled scaffolding shortly before the group was set to perform several families of the victims have filed a lawsuit against sugarland claiming negligence. according to court documents: sugarland claims that the stage collapse was a true accident and an act of god. that band said that they had nothing to do with the construction of the venue and did not have final say if the show should go on and on not. >>the former director of the international monetary fund thought he was appearing as a witness in a prostitution case

dominique strauss-kahn was in for quite a surprise when he showed up at a french police station when authorities told him that he was being held and questioned as a suspected pimp several french prostitutes that they had sex with him and to man with connections to him are already under investigation for organizing a prostitution ring >>jury selection begins today in a historic trial in philadelphia ... three priests and a catholic school teacher are charged with alleged sexual assault of miners prosecutors say that edward every, charles englehardt and the teacher bernard shero assault at the same 10 year-old boy between 1998 and 2000 at james brennan is charged with assaulting a 14 year-old boy and a fifth defendant monsignor william lynn is charged with covering it up he is the first high-ranking member of the catholic church going to try on a child sex abuse case all five

have pleaded not guilty >>hill lawmaker in indiana is refusing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the girl scouts calling it a radicalized organization republican representative bob morris of fort wayne claims that the group supports abortion and promotes homosexuality he was still a member of the house in indiana who refuse to sign a resolution

on compensation for theo epstein. the cubs will send the right-handed pitcher cris carpenter to boston. the tribune reports that both teams will also include two players to be named later by april 15th. the red sox and the cubs have been in a stalemate over compensation since the cubs hired theo epstein away from boston to

become the new team president the red sox initially asked for starlin castro or matt garza so commissioner bud selig eventually got involved to help them agree to some terms the cubs still have to work out compensation for hiring general manager jed hoyer away from san diego. derrick rose finally returned after missing five games with a sore back the chicago bulls led the atlanta hawks in the first wind rose and drove a for a left-handed layup for the bulls ended the quarter on a 29-6 run that the bulls up by 18 and the third quarter derrick rose drives by three defenders and lands heart after the foul but he would be fine the hawks came back in the fourth and pulled within six at one point but it's a derrick rose again with a turnaround jumper to seal the game with two minutes left derrick rose scored 23 points with six assists and 35 minutes

the bulls won 90-79 have yet to lose back-to-back games this season >>depaul visiting st. john's and trying to avoid seven straight losses the blue demons were down one point in the second half jeremiah kelly send ands an alley oop to jamie crockett for their first lead of the half but it wouldn't last depaul was down three [ female announcer ] feeling

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parade occurred this fat tuesday in spite of the reputation of mardi gras being an adult oriented celebration the city of norland says that is expecting a lot of families in a big easy today >>tomorrow is ash wednesday ... we'd that special polish don not here in chicagodoughnut here in chicago.. we are looking at one of the least snowy winters and 127 years ... we had a little bit of snow this morning but that is clearing nowhere on the charts do we see any big storms coming

our way ... we do seek a suspect pattern but it's not looking too terrible for next week >>this is one of the latest snow seasons in 127 years in the records go back to 1884-1885 ... only 20 seasons have had as little snow since then it's the seventh warmest february on record that since 1959. we've had a late winter that's for sure. >>we're looking into patterns getting produced out west there are wind advisories in the southern midwest for lingering snow there's an advisory in the upper midwest there's also

another set of advisers for the next weather system that will bring in the colder air to chicago we're looking at a week of a lot of wind gusts ... 30 plus miles per hour gusts for this afternoon tomorrow they will lead up a bit by the morning ... the next system is centered where the wind will blow in from the northwest and that will tug and some of that cold air from canada so we're looking at a colder weather regime for next week entering into march. we may get storm systems developing ... we are still looking at all of

the subzero temperatures and the arctic wind clocked up north ... we are only 1 degrees colder than 24 hours ago. we have 20 + miles per hour wind gusts currently blowing through the area there is a 40 degree temperature officially at o'hare and at midway at this hour. we had some noticeable snowfall in the north and western suburbs and most of it has melted by now. we saw that in geneva and also in harvard up to 1 in. of snow accumulated ...

this note is reallysnow is now on its way through ohio and pennsylvania. and in the pacific northwest we have heard of avalanches are really bad year for this. here in chicago we are dealing with some haste in the air and diminished his abilityme haziness in the air and some diminished visibility ... and now i'm taking a look at the regional accumulations of snow this morning ... much less than

what we had at this time last year we have scattered. as of light rain happening for this afternoon look for a lot of clouds and some breaks this evening the west southwest wind continues we expect some rain or snow showers tomorrow and the same thing thursday the high temperatures will be 48 degrees when it's all over ... it will get colder at night naturally but we will not pass the 30's this coming weekend we have eight days of the meteorological winter remaining.

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episcopal church and sang and acquire all of her life ... >>i still go to that church >>her job was working in the steel mill until she retired in 1961. she married a love of her life in 1934 and they remained married over 50 years until he died >>we were married 50 years at the time he passed away in 1985. we had a 50 year marriage >>now she has a great deal of time on her hands she likes to watch wgn channel 9 ... >>i want to tell you it's been a great pleasure to meet you >>alright! ok!

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the death of a 13 year-old boy in maryland. police in baltimore county say that michael truluck drank 4-loko and then he fell out of a moving car while trying to throw up and he was hit by a passing vehicle four loko is banned in baltimore for its potent mix of caffeine and alcohol it has been removed from store shelves while makers distribute a caffeine free version the mother of the teenager said an adult in the neighborhood block the drink for her son a major financial injection for the city colleges of chicago mayor emanuel announce this morning the four-engine 7 $5 million will be invested into the system the spending will be spread out over five years the plan calls for building a new malcolm x college of science classroom laboratories and libraries and also includes a

new allied health academy this will strengthen ties to the illinois medical district and prepare people for careers in health care ... the shedd.aquarium is free this week there is no charge to access the aquarium's original galleries and there's discounted mission to several other exhibits as well the free admission is open to all illinois residents and hands this thursday >>in today's medical watch hepatitis c is now killing more americans than hiv a new report shows data reviewed by the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention shows that deaths from hepatitis c have increased steadily in recent years most of the deaths occurred in middle- aged people aged 45-64 baby boomers according to research are the most at risk over 3 million americans are estimated to have the disease and more than half do not know they do to increase diagnosis'

health officials are considering a one time screening of all those born between 1945 and 1965 fructose is not linked to extra weight gain that's according to a new study in the annals of internal medicine researchers found that people who consumed extra fructose baked in breads are sprinkled in drinks didn't gain any extra weight compared to those who consume to other types of cards with the same amount of calories additional studies need to be done on natural fructose found in fruit compared to those found in soda >>and most people have no idea how much under there will look after undergoing plastic surgery according to recent study of plastic surgeons young or middle-aged people can expect to live between six to eight years i habe a cohd. i toog

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your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! bottleneck management is here to show us a mardi gras inspired recipe your lens barbequed shrimpnew orleans style barbecued shrimp you want to begin with a very hot pan to steer the shrimp toss and pepper and onion and celery that is known as the trinity ... mire pois in

french... add garlic and you will sear the shrimp barbecue in new arlen's means lots of garlic butte orlans means lots of garlic butter.. will use that later but right now i am taking cayenne pepper, the tabasco sauce and worst sharecestire sauce...

holy smoke i just took a mouthful very spicy.. you want to attend a healthy amount of garlic butter. this is good to serve with some nice warm bread..

here is the presentation. plated up beautifully.. spicy and good. that's why you need a hot saute pan to cook the shrimp quickly not overcooked.. we are reatur ing + a of local dishes and mufaletta sandwiches..

po'boy sanwiches jambalaya you name it. head over to the mardi gras celebration at the boundary tonight it begins at 7:00 p.m. at the boundary is located at 1932 west division st. here in chicago. for more information on today's recipe or to watch this segment once again go to wgntv.com/midday

the american city that started the mardi gras tradition. >>take a look at these pick three lottery numbers ... the same as that woman who just marked her 112th birthday.. that's beyond coincidence ... and a great interview from robert jordan >>we're getting a sense of what's going on on this national weather map ...

there really cold there is still remaining up in canada at the moment the big story are these impulses with the small snow and rain showers taking us to the colder weather for the weekend but it will spike up to 40 degrees on sunday: off again next week in the upper twenties to mid '30's ... we may get occasional snow showers up to 5 in. sporadically ... this afternoon we may get some flurries or showers ... tomorrow we get sunbreaks. the call there will hit thursday

night into friday we will get some cold air. lots of clouds over the next few days with let's take a look at this jet stream ... the upper midwest is getting the most of the snow this is the weekend cool down for friday into saturday wind gusts over 30 mi. per hour we will be on the backside of that system that pulls the cold air down thursday night into friday the warm-up will happen sunday into monday but then we get more call there after that let's look at the snow forecast

we may get some next week ... it's the kind of winter where we can get some late-season snow but it won't stick not with these 40 plus degree temperatures ... rain showers are possibility on sunday by the way expect cooler days next week but nothing terrible ... we could be sharing in subzero cold temperatures but we have been lucky this winter thank-you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon we are back here tonight at 5 and again at 9