in a hit and run accident. three other officers are injured but investigators are hoping that a piece of evidence will lead them to the driver 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 web. >>wgn's tonya francisco has been following the story and has the latest from crown point indiana 25 year-old corrections officer

britany muex was killed along with three of her fellow officers getting seriously injured ... one of the officers reported hearing an engine revving before they were hit the s u v that had never stopped and it left behind evidence a piece of the passenger side mirror that is enabling investigators to narrow the vehicle description to a recent model dark colored gmc model as you may >>britany muex was little in stature but a big go getter ...

she's the mother of the 5 month old baby girl and is a former marine among her injured fellow officers was the son of the lake county commissioner and to others one of them was airlifted to an indianapolis hospital with critical injuries the other two aren't fair condition ... surveillance video is being examined as well as increase at local body shops ... police her asking for anyone with information to call the lake county sheriff's department 219-755-3333 ... police in northwest indiana have

a question to to people in the murder of a store clerk. judi simpson beaver was shot and killed during robbery at the lucky mart foods in merrill will sunday afternoon she was shot several times by someone wearing a mask and a hooded sweatshirt that shooter escaped with two other people in a brown oldsmobile investigators have also been looking for two men who entered the store and left shortly before that shooting it former chicago police officer will get three years in prison and two years' probation for a drugged driving hit-and-run accident that killed 13 year-old boy. richard bolling was speeding when he had trending booker on his bicycle at 81st and ashland back in may 2009 he didn't stop to help the young man in addition to his sentence the officers order to tell his story to recruits at the police academy after he leaves prison >>a man sentenced to prison for 70 years is now free man 30

year-old jonathan moore was convicted 2002 for shooting shawn miller to death in our but last year and i witness came forward and said that jonathan more was not the shooter police arrested another man with a gun match in the bullets that killed shawn miller a judge cleared his conviction yesterday the fatal shooting is now an ongoing investigation lionfish the republican race is not over yet but mitt romney took a big step forward winning six of 10 contests yesterday including the ohio primary it was a good night for met from may but not a knockout >>tomorrow we wake up and start again ... >>he won a slim victory in the important battleground state of ohio. rick santorum had a double-digit lead in those polls there >>the fact that he close the gap in a few weeks and she won shows a testament to his resilience

and strength as a candidate >>rick santorum said he was simply out spent in the hand by his opponent >>mitt romney failed to attract the die-hard conservatives who gave rick santorum north dakota tennessee and oklahoma victory is >>newt gingrich scored a decisive victory in his home state of georgia >>ron paul had his best showings in north dakota and vermont where he placed second >>primary season will continue the next stop kansas with the saturday caucus. next week mississippi and alabama will

hold primaries. rick santorum is campaign will spend $1 million on advertising in those states >>paul lisnek is here to break down the super tuesday results ... >>it doesn't feel right for mitt romney he got those victories and these in the delegate count but we're not seeing these as decisive victories ... he outspent rick santorum 5: 1 he should've won that state more decisively is... the conservatives are still not backing him >>there searching for their

ideological center in that campaign >>chris christie is not coming ... and if santorum sweeps any of those states coming up newt gingrich might want to consider stepping out said that the two front runners can compete >>the more moderate mitt romney is someone at a lot believe could successfully compete against barak obama and the general election ... >>that's a great question mitt romney has been really trying to seem conservative throughout the primary season but when he gets through this process and i stand by the fact that he will ultimately be the gop nominee a moderate will compete better against president obama in a

general ... in november the big cities of ohio that went for mitt romney will go to president obama ... so as rural areas that he lost may be his only chance in ohio to score any votes >>dennis q. spanish lost to marcycongressman dennis kucinich lost to his colleague marcy captor because of redistricting and now marcie captor will be facing "joe the plumber" arewho won the republican primary for that district. you

have to wonder if this is spearheading a trend ... no one should be pre surprised if mitt romney strikes a deal with newt gingrich to hang and and stay in this race said that the conservatives can be split ... and don't forget votes for ron paul are also anti mitt romney votes for continuing coverage of the

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at the harpo studios on the near west side with more >>rosie o'donnell staff are afraid to comment on the status of this show but according to the huffington post the production will still move to new york ... rosie o'donnell arrived at the studios this morning with no public comment to make ... it was reported she thought it was a mistake to do the show out of chicago in spite of the fact that they harpo studios facility was available to her ... the policy is not to comment on rumor or speculation but we see that her north side home was listed with real-estate brokers and according to the chicago tribune that homes sold within a day ... and there were 30 staff cuts ... and relocation could mean more jobs lost and a

blow to the windy city >>i believe it's a sad day for the windy city it sends a message that a talk show like that can't survive in this town and that's not so great >>good for rosie i guess she made some money on her lincoln park house >>observers also note that she only commutes to chicago she never moved her children or her fiancee from new york ... she is recording her show here today as scheduled >>the peyton manning era is over in indianapolis the colts are releasing their star quarterback to avoid paying him a $28 million retention bonus peyton manning and the call center jim irsay announced that the move

was happening late this morning at a news conference in indianapolis the colts had until tomorrow to pay peyton manning his bonus or release him paid manning was out all last year with a neck injury but the doctors have cleared and to play next season calls have the first pick in this year's nfl draft and are expected to take another top tier quarterback so peyton manning is moving on and after 14 years for most valuable player crowns and one super bowl title ... his only 35 years old but he will still be a hot commodity in the free agent market the dolphins the redskins the cardinals and the titans are considering picking him up ... still ahead how rising gasoline prices are affecting sales at

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in chicago with a look at today's business headlines ... in san francisco the apple announcement is taking place now it is about to unveil its latest i-pad tablet it will have a master processor that is faster and a sharper screen ... everyone's expecting apple to knock off $100 from the price of the i-pad to2 they just unveiled the latest version of apple tv

enabling people to play any video on their television set crain's chicago business said that united airlines is considering moving its corporate headquarters into willis tower there's a large operations center there were 3800 people work and netflix is looking to make a move into cable try to partner with cable operators to provide streaming video in hopes of obtaining more customers ... it would be a victory for consumers ... there is no word on when netflix will sign any deal and another sign that gasoline prices are climbing ... people made fewer trips to retailers last month. they're trying to

consolidate their tasks and parents to save on gasoline money the dow jones is up at this hour is 73 points that's because of better than expected job numbers adp said companies added to under 15,000 workers infebruary 215,000 workers in february still ahead it's where martin luther king once spoke the owners of an historic chicago synagogue fighting to keep the city from tearing at down plus federal regulators respond to reports that an ingredient in soda may cause cancer and the brandgroup "santah" is performing

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been arrested in chicago. jeremy hammond is one of five suspected hackers arrested by the fbi. agents say that haven't identified himself as a member of a group called anti-sec hammond was charged yesterday after his home in bridgeport was rated he is accused of attacking into a computer network of a global intelligence firm in texas his group is also accused of stealing using the personal information of 60,000 credit card users

>>the man accused of killing a suburban teenager during a burglary will undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial 38 year-old john wilson of chicago was charged with murder 14 year-old kelly o'laughlin she was stabbed to death last october 27th during a burglary at her family's home in indian head park she was arrestedwilson was arrested about one week later after he allegedly used that girls cellphone to send taunting messages to her mother city officials in evanston are considering a ban on the use of all cellular phones while driving a new proposal would outlaw all cellular phones even the use of hands free devices well behind the wheel the ordinance would make it one of the toughest restrictions in the country hand-held devices were prohibited their two years a

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an extraordinarily warm day but i wouldn't consider putting on a hat. >>that's right it's likely to wind up in another state the way the wind is blowing there were stronger this morning actually then there were yesterday ... passed this noon hour the wind gusts are registering at 50 mi. per hour in some areas but what a beautiful day it's extraordinarily warm weather is like removing ahead to the month of may ... the high temperature 69-70 degrees which is a possibility that will be the warmest the equivalent to the

average high temperature for early may in chicago. the wind is running over 75 mi. per hour in the upper atmosphere ... looking at the temperatures across the midwest ... 5 degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago ... cooler weather is out in the plains states that's coming in our direction. the cooler weather will come in tomorrow it's only a moderate one: us down ... the readings were so exaggerated yesterday they were way above normal over 20 states new mexico to new york at high temperatures ranking among the 10 percent warmest greetings ever recorded for this time of year and that's going back a

hundred years of record-keeping >>no question we have war mayor taking us to possibly 70 degrees but the wind is gusting 51 mi. an hour and champagne illinoispaign lansing has gusts of 48 mi. per hour. we have unseasonable warm conditions 31 mi. per hour sustained wind ... 40 percent humidity. we have averaged 40

degrees since october. yesterday's 31 degree temperature increase from the day before was the biggest single day march temperature increase in 36 years there are all kinds of record-breaking statistics to underscore how unseasonably mild this weather is right now here. there are clouds but according to the satellite images we are not finished with the sun breaks just yet. 65 degrees right now at o'hare 67 degrees at midway

currently ... this unseasonable warmth will be dominating the day we may hit 70. seven degrees above normal for the next five days ... this trend will continue ... we don't have any massive arctic air interrupting us we will get a few cold spells like tomorrow and the day after however we will warmup for the weekend. we have some wind advisories and we have some red flag warnings on the national map. the high pressure will be entering the chicago area

bringing some cooler temperatures over the next two days at 5:00 this evening the wind will be shifting ... this is the time lapse on the wind gust speed ... it will let up by tomorrow here is the forecast: 70 percent of the spring seasons have been warmer than normal and 82% summer seasons have been warmer than normal so this is an indication were in for a warm couple of seasons ahead ...

the clouds are thickening it will be windy there's a growing prospect of showers may be even a thunderstorm 44 degrees overnight. the high temperature will be 54 degrees tomorrow 46 degrees on friday will be back into the '50s on saturday and into the low 60s on sunday we will see another warming spell next week. we are just pinching ourselves to see how great this weather is ... >>it's time now for today's trivia: which of these is not a layer of the sun?

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is scheduled to be demolished because it is an the state of disrepair but the building's owners and community members are waging a fight in court to save this ... bob jordan is live at the daley center in the loop with the story >>the building was built in 1913 in the lawndale neighborhood the largest synagogue built at that time it was a place for golda maier year to visit services when she lived in chicago and it was also a place where dr. martin luther king preached from the steps it has a wonderful history but now it's fallen into disrepair and the city wants to demolish it ... >>looking at the building you

can see it's in terrible shape the roof is open with a large gaping hole and trash littering all sides of this building there are cracks in its facade and there are places where some boards are covering the windows permitting the elements to get inside any way but owners are hopeful that the money can be raised to save this historic building ... >>the status right now is that we have some security issues that are serious we need help to secure the property we need financial assistance, >>and nobody wants to see the building come down with the primary concern is safety for the public >>the building has been vacant for about 10 years it has fallen on hard times. the owners are

hopeful that some angel will step forward to raise $100,000 that will go toward making this building safe so that reconstruction can take place if that does not happen it will be demolished because the city has received a demolition orders from the court >>it's time for sports now ... the chicago black hawks managed to earn four points on their three game road trip that they ended things on a sour note ... visiting the first place blues in st. louis last night fit no score early in the first ... the blackhawks were down two goals in the second. there are on a power play but marian hossa turned over the pot and the

chicago black hawks lost 5-1 andrew brunette scored the only goal the winning streak is now ending at three chicago bears will release the backup quarterback caleb hanie according to espn chicago .com he began four games in place of the injured jay cutler and lost all of them he threw nine interceptions and only three touchdowns and josh mccown replaced as the starter last season but he will likely be the no. 3 quarterback of the bears decide to bring him in depaul and the university of connecticut were in the big east ornament the blue demons were down 19 points in the first half jamie crockett was blocked and former east aurora star ryan boat right was alone on the other hand for a dunk he scored 19 points off the bench depaul

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summit ... the white house pulled a surprise two days ago when it announced president obama will host the event at camp david instead julian crews is live in peoria where he spoke with the mayor >>it was an abrupt decision >>the nature of the event has changed but we are still holding nato with 58 countries and there will be major heads of state all coming hosting 50 of them right here in chicago ... the president commented during his press conference and there really isn't more for me to add beyond that ... >>the mayor still said that

chicago will be showcased in the nato summit he is here in peoria with transportation secretary ray la hood to discuss funding for major projects with the infrastructure bank ... the mayor reportedly received notice on the dropping of the g-8 for chicago just hours before he had been in new york at the time ... he dismissed any notion that chicago not being ready with security was a reason >>someone pointed out that i had

not had any of my counterparts up to camp david ... the g-8 summit tends to be more informal setting where we talk about a wide range of issues in an intimate way so the thinking was that these leaders would enjoy being in a more casual backdrop ... >>the president denied that security concerns had anything to do with this decision ... the president is denying that that was a consideration ... and that nato is still a big deal

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come ... >>this is true steve ... we are watching all of this energy coming toward the earth ... >>and we have a gorgeous day we are breaking all kinds of records with these warm march temperatures well above normal ... there are showers and storms happening tonight with a modest cool down for tamaratomorrow. the jet stream will be warming us up for the weekend after two school days coming upcooler days coming up

and the week. .... well and with thursday in the 40's and friday in the '50s it will stay warm for much of next week ... don't forget the clocks will go ahead one hour sunday morning. these are stunning temperature readings for next week and more daylight!

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