that killed an indiana corrections officer and injured three other officers. 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. judy wang has more on the top story from the lake county sheriff's department in crown point 25 year-old britany muex was

killed the mother of five year- old girl and former marine ... the clientsuspect was accompanied by his attorney and turned himself in wednesday evening for corrections officers were jogging outside the facility during a training exercise and as you the accelerated and had them from behind never attempting to stop. one officer was killed on the scene three others were seriously injured ... there was a procession from the lake county governments complex to the scene and there will be a memorial honoring britany muex ... a search

warrant was executed at the home of the suspect but no charges have been filed as of yet >>the search for missing man may be over after a body was pulled from lake michigan. chicago police divers retrieved the body from the water at montrose harbor last night after they found a pair of trousers nearby officials have not identified the victim but family members believe it is 35 year-old tallmadge channel he has been missing since march 2nd. he was last seen on montrose avenue in malden street. >>william balfour the man accused of killing three members of singer jennifer hudson's family is in court today the judges hearing arguments on whether to allow the testimony from his estranged wife and jennifer hudson's sister julia hudson prosecutors are trying to ensure that critical testimony

is not barred because state law generally considers communications between spouses to be confidential william balfour is charged in the october 2008 murders of jennifer hudson's mother brother and 7 year-old nephew david his trial is scheduled to begin next month a man and a teenager charged with torturing several dogs in chicago's south boston neighborhood they allegedly recruited a cruel acts and then posted the videos to you tube where the organization pizza saw the videos and told police authorities seized 10 dogs and put them under the care of animal control a judge has allowed andre curry supervised visits with his daughter dcfs will determine how often these visits will be and how long there will last he posted on facebook a picture of

his daughter bound and gagged he said the photo of that toddler posted last december was done as a joke prosecutors charged a 21 year-old to have no criminal record with felony domestic battery andre curry was ordered to have no contact with the mother or with any witness in the case >>the body of a marine killed in afghanistan returns to chicago to an overwhelming show of support respect randi belisomo is live on the south side ... >>corinne corporal connor lowry has returned to the southwest side where hunters lined the streets surrounding his all modern brother rice high school in tribute one hand over the heart the other over the american flag

>>it still has not had a completely but it will be rough later >>it's on real at this point it's like we just saw him yesterday >>the 24 year-old humvee gunner died in afghanistan march 1st incident is being investigated the murder cake provided a dignified transfer from midway airport to st. john fisher catholic church along the route was a strong contingent of fellow marines we support each other we are a band of brothers abroad my kids so they may understand what a tribute to a marine has ... the corporal and listed in 2008 and was due to be discharged in just four months

visitation lasts until 9:00 p.m. today at st. john fisher the funeral mass will be there tomorrow 10:00 a.m. chicago police and local business leaders have begun meeting with the outside security company that will guide the city's preparations the upcoming nato summit parts of the stevenson expressway will be closed to the public ... to cover it all the motorcades of visiting world dignitaries the city's security consultants say that in many ways chicago streets and highways are better equipped than new york to accommodate the summit it will be held the weekend of may 19th primary meetings will be held at mccormick place the city of chicago wasted more than $170,000 at o'hare airport

on cellphone service that did not work and was hardly used. six years ago chicago aviation department court wondered 55 gps capable cellphones and installed gps locators on within 50 vehicles at o'hare but chicago's inspector general found that the service didn't work inside the airport terminals and was really used aviation commissioner rosemarie adele tinorosemarie andolino disconnected service for most of the funds in the vehicles last fall. the chicago police department said its responding to 911 calls faster emergency response times are at 13% faster than last year according to the police officials are crediting superintendent garry mccarthy plan to have more officers patrolling the streets but the police union says the strategy isn't working because murders

and shootings are escalating as of wednesday there were 75 murders in chicago compared to 59 this time last year calls to the city 911 center are also up 11% of them on using hand-held cell phones while driving may soon include the entire state the state house passed the ban on a close vote and sent the measure to the senate the law would be similar to the one here in chicago which requires drivers to use hands free devices for their phones bruce weber is out as illinois head basketball coach in his nine years at illinois he 1210 games and lost 101 illinois is expected to go after shaka.smart of virginia commonwealth university as his replacement >>the call did not seem to bother excited cubs fans that lined up to get first dibs on

tickets ticket sales began this morning at 8:00 game with wristband holders being told to line up at the box office at 7:00 a.m. those without wristbands' were able to purchase over the phone or on line beginning 10:00 this morning tickets to white sox games are already on sale still ahead: controversy about the death of a teenager killed by the captain of a neighbor watch group plus a viral video bringing people together around the globe to fight atrocities to children see the unbelievable wish from one young boy >>and live music today from the american idol season 9 winner mount prospect own lee dewyze

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psychiatric clinic in pittsburgh and began shooting. two people including the gunman were killed and seven were wounded in yesterday's shooting at the university of pittsburgh medical center. if police a man walked into the clinics lobby armed with two semiautomatic handguns and opened fire officers responded quickly and shot back all seven wanted victims are expected to survive >>and man serving as a neighborhood watch capt. is accused of shooting one of his neighbors. police say that georgia zimmerman shot and killed a 17 year-old in the sanford florida zimmerman called police to report the teenager is a suspicious person the boy in the chest the teen was returning home after buying candy for his little brother police say there

were signs of a physical fight zimmerman claims that the shooting was in self-defense >>the pardons of more than 200 convicts in mississippi will stand the mississippi sunday marks one year anniversary of that devastating earthquake in japan and the red cross accuses the government of wasting time a year later a quarter million people are still living in shelters and the red cross says it will probably stay there for another five years the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on march 11th at set off massive tsunamis across the island it also triggered a meltdown of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant in the worst nuclear crisis since chernobyl nearly 16,000 people were killed the earthquake caused more than 2 1/3 billion dollars worth of damage tornado relief is on its way to

downstate harris burke after last week's devastating tornado ripped through the city world vision send a trailer full of relief supplies to southern illinois including clothing shoes toiletries blankets and cleaning supplies illinois lawmakers have sent a letter to president obama requesting a major disaster declaration that would allow cities and counties to apply for federal reimbursement to help pay for storm damage repairs >>the latest internet video to go viral has sparked a global movement "kony 2012" tells the story of joseph kony it warlord in uganda notorious for rape torture and recruiting child soldiers >>we're going to make joseph kony a household name not to celebrate him >>joseph kony has been accused of crimes against humanity the kidnapped children were often

forced to kill other children or even members of their own family >>the charity that produced the film has come under fire because only about one-third of the nearly $9 million raised has gone to aid programs in africa the white house however has praised this film. >>the new jobs report numbers that just came out this morning and the major department store are offering free shipping on everything beginning next week. and also ahead why coke and pepsi are changing their recipes and later in lunchbreak we are cooking

with a look at today's business headlines ... checking the market's the stocks are up across the board the doubt is up to four year high leveldow jones averages are up to a four year high level ... that's on the latest jobs numbers ... when it comes to wages there's a big if.. earningswages rose less than 2 percent over the last year the latest faa forecast said

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we have a beautiful weekend on the way ... not bad there may be some showers on sunday night but

overall very nice we have stunning whether we will be getting these shots of cold air over the next two weeks but the warm air seems to stay when it arrives ... we could be looking at some record temperatures next week. we had northern lights last night up in minnesota and north dakota and canada ... the university of alaska's geophysical institute puts out a forecast puts us in a zone that may allow us to see the northern lights as far south as indianapolis.

looking at the satellite picture we have sunshine. 52 of the first 68 days of 2012 have been above normal and temperature that's an amazing anomaly. not for 141 years have we had record-breaking temperatures or start to a year like this one ... we are seven degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago. we have been coming warmth that this weekend thanks to a wind from the pacific. 36 degrees right now in chicago. the

warming is happening from the southwest it will be coming our way ... we have wind gusts of about 20 mi. per hour that's nothing compared to the 60 mi. per hour when we experienced earlier in the week the word for the weekend is mild and windy with the costs building to 35 mi. per hour tomorrow the temperatures will rise to 59 degrees tomorrow and and 60 degrees sunday ... there is a full-blown moon tonight.. we

will be about eight degrees above normal for the next several days we may get as much as 20 degrees above normal this is just amazing we are experiencing meriweatherand march may like weather inmarchmay weather in march.. we will see showers over the weekend there will not arrive here until sunday evening next week we could have some humid air not since october have we had this ...

36 degrees at o'hare 35 degrees at midway right now. we will open up monday with the possibility of 70 degree temperatures ... here is the

wind ... there will be roaring in here tomorrow it will get wendy again one of the hallmarks of the spring season is the warm wind ... here is the forecast for the chicago area and this afternoon not a cloud and the sky the high will be 43 degrees. tonight there will be periods of calmness under clear skies. the low temperature will be 24 degrees overnight. tomorrow morning that temperatures will begin to rise to 59 degrees by tomorrow the temperatures sunday

could hit 60-68 degrees ... >>we are racing toward summer! >>it's time now for today's trivia: the barbie doll turns 53 years old today

the university of illinois. illini athletic director mike thomas made the announcement earlier today. weber 1210 games and lost 101 during his nine seasons in champagne but illinois will miss the n.c.a.a. tournament for the third time in

four years the fighting illini started strong this season but lost 12 of their final 14 games that was capped off with a 64-61 loss to iowa yesterday chris webber is no candidate for the s r u job where he has coached previously northwestern and minnesota and the big 10 torment: they are tied at 61 baskets in the final seconds off the gophers error ... the wild cats struggled in overtime already down three points that lost the ball northwestern eliminated in the first-round 75-68 they have a very slim chance of making the n.c.a.a. tournament ... notre dame and south florida and the big east tournament: this one also went into overtime ...

notre dame 157-53 and they advanced to the semifinals for the third year in a row they will face louisville who upset marquette the bulls were looking for nine and a row against the magic the bulls overcame an 18 point deficit and it became tied at 89 points in the fourth quarter when derrick rose found carlos boozer and scored a team high 26 points the bulls lost 99-94 that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is next here are the winning pick three numbers: 7 7 1

here are the winning pick four numbers: 1 8 5 8 the mega-millions jackpot is $148 million

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used to treat high blood pressure may also reduced racist thoughts it's a commonly prescribed drug that also treats anxiety migraines and hard elements apparently it affects the same part of the central nervous system that regulates self-conscious attitudes about race the researchers say their findings are of considerable ethical interest when it comes to the debate over whether medication ought to be used to regulate behavior coke and pepsi are changing their soft drink recipe to avoid warning labels the new formula will limit the amount of chemicals used to make the caramel coloring the change

comes after ruling in california that require drinks with certain levels of carcinogens to carry a cancer warning label the fda said that a person would have to drink a thousand cans per day to reach the chemical doses that are linked to cancer both manufacturers say that people will not notice a difference in taste for most kids the sky as the limit when it comes to imagination children's memorial hospital is using beads to help sick young patients signify their journey to health today patient's header rare opportunity to see some bees that went on the farthest journey that they can imagine interspace's patients got a chance to make necklaces and wristbands' using the one-of-a- kind beads that are carried aboard the nasa atlantis and endeavor space shuttles were kids with serious illnesses use beads to tell other unique story of treatment using a colorful

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and learning to plate the meal like a pro ... executive chef from lowry's the prime rib victor newgren is here the flower garden will be running from saturday through sunday the 18th and we will beat during demonstrations there ...

monday 1130 i will be doing a cooking demonstration ... today we are making soup. i begin with spanish onion and olive oil we saute these and ed gingeadd ginger as this coaxooks we had some wine some white wine that we will add to this pan

never use cooking wine.. you should be using a decent quality wine that you would enjoy drinking. we don't want the onions or the ginger to cook for too long or caramelized that would produce too much sugar in the recipe we have fresh tomatoes or a quality peeled imported tomato you can buy canned. we add the tomatoes we simmer the ingredients and then we add

some heavy cream or half and half what ever you prefer but do not let the mixture boil. bouquet garni is a mixture of fresh garden herbs parsley oregano thyme marjoram... we get this to a good consistency and we toast some of our favorite bread and make a nice big cretonneouton

this is a nice rich soup ... we are putting us in one of our immersion blundersenders. we strain this and a velvety soup.. we garnish this.. lowry's is at

100 east ontario in chicago lowry's online .com for more information ... and the recipe can be found on wgntv.com/midday be sure to check out i'm tom... i'm sue... i'm carol. and this is my cvs pharmacist. i found out i had cancer. diabetes. i had a heart attack. so, i needed help with my medications.

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was added to the barbie doll line... here is a time lapse showing us the high temperatures for today and the lower temperatures for this evening we will be warming up tomorrow getting well into the 50s tomorrow evening we are into the low 40's high 30's and and we're back into the 60s on

sunday with the temperatures have 470 degrees after that ... we may get some rain sunday evening we have a gorgeous weekend on the way ... the rain sunday night may produce a few thunderstorms and a downpour ... we will see it lots of moisture in the air next week ... warming the temperatures ... we will see a high temperature of 73 degrees tuesday we will remain in the

'70s wednesday and then next weekend we will be warm once again. 59 degrees tamara 68 degrees sunday monday 70 degrees 70 to 3 degrees on tuesday and don't forget to push the clocks ahead sunday morning ... more daylight and 70 degree temperatures next week thank you tom skilling have a great weekend remember we will be back again at 5:00 and again at 9:00 p.m. enjoy the weather

this weekend we leave you with lee dewyze