two teenagers face a judge today accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a girl near the congress there in the logan square neighborhood. good afternoon i'm tom negovan ... and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the internet to lichee and nancy loo has the latest from criminal courts building >> this has left a highland park woman in a coma according to the

chicago tribune 15 year-old terrance ford and 16 year-old on war barbour are being charged as adults it is unclear whether or not those to our question shortly after those attacks ... the 18 year-old victim was turned away from a concert there and then she met and left with three teenagers at a restaurant across the street she was found beaten sexually assaulted and partially clothed and unconscious on the neighborhood front lawn ... kidnapping robbery and sexual assault will be charged ... rape victim advocates are encouraged but there is never closure >>allah it's one thing to have them in custody and getting them tried and convicted but there is still work to do regarding sexual violence

these children will face charges of kidnapping robbery and aggravated sexual assault as adults police have issued a community alert on the southwest side after a woman was sexually assaulted it happened early sunday morning near 46 and christiana in brighton park police said the woman was walking alone when a man came from behind and grabbed her and pushed her into a gang way where he sexually assaulted her >>is pretty shocking >>there's only a vague description of the suspect so far no arrests were made it >>if former girlfriend of william balfour may be called to testify in his murder trial he is accused of killing the

mother brother and nephew of jennifer hudson he is her former brother-in-law prosecutors say that he called a former girlfriend and asked her to give him an alibi from the time of the murders they want to call the woman as a material witness her name is britney's takeoff howard she lives in south carolina and the prosecutors admit that she might be a hostile witness >>a humboldt park man was today find for animal cruelty after police followed a trail of blood to his home ... a neighbor reported a trail of blood in the 1300 block of north rockwell overnight officer said that led to the home of a 42 year-old named stan howard who admitted that the blood belonged to his dog for police found 211 wacoal puppies inside that were wounded from what stan called

discipline the dogs were removed by animal care and control skeletal remains discovered in gary indiana this weekend are not human the lake county coroner's office confirmed that a forensic expert examine those bonds had determined that there were actually the remains of the dog another set of bones found earlier this month near the bormann expressway in carrier are believed to be human and those remains are still being tested >>a city council committee approved a multimillion-dollar settlement in a lawsuit brought by a man who was wrongfully convicted robert wilson spent nearly 10 years in prison for an attack on a woman who later said that she mistakenly identified him wilson who was pardoned in 2008 by rod blagojevich had sought nearly $10 million the finance committee approved 3.6 million in the committee also endorsed it $125,000 payout to two brothers to say that there were beaten by police in 2007

the full council will vote on both settlements tomorrow more speed cameras are being added along with a three month education period for drivers to get accommodativacclimated ... the original proposal for these cameras only included 79 cameras but now in a new proposal hundreds of them may get installed around schools and parks ... the council said they capped the number to 350 with limited hours of operation ... around parks these cameras will

be turned on one hour prior to and one hour after the closure and opening ... there are mixed opinions on the part of the aldermen >>if you are breaking the law and speeding by a school in violating safety you should be held accountable >>there's no reason for these things to be active for the length of time that they are and that's one issue that's an obstacle and how you account for the time when school is not in session? >>we have one month to review a contract that will be large and lucrative and we are concerned here in chicago ... we have a bad track record on this kind of thing we need transparency and a

proper clear headed evaluation of data into coursen due course.. >>this comes on the heels of that revelation that a friend of the mayor may profit from this contract being a lobbyist for the firm ... hundreds of students in the far northwest suburbs have missed school in the past week due to an outbreak of the norovirus west phil community school in algonquin has had 957 absences since last thursday. students reported having fever and diarrhea and vomiting kane county officials confirmed it was norovirus since then the school has been thoroughly cleaned the number of absences declined yesterday students are

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american soldier is accused of shooting 16 afghanis civilians and a district with in kantar

province over the weekend he suffered traumatic brain injury on a previous deployment to iraq ... afghani taliban are vowing revenge ... >>what happened to this weekend is absolutely heartbreaking when you look at what the military has achieved under enormous pressure you cannot help but be proud in general we need to just ensure that we are not in that country longer than we need to be ... defense secretary leon panetta en route to kurdistan said that this soldier could face the death penalty

suspectedthe former editor of the news of the world tabloid has been arrested for a second time in connection with the british phone hacking scandal rebekah brooks along with her husband and four other people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy course of justice ... the charge could indicate that investigators are focusing on a possible cover-up of the scope of the phone hacking brooks has been on police bail since she was arrested and questioned last summer >>the girlfriend of a reputed crime boss from boston is set to plead guilty to several charges court documents show that catherine greig admitted that she joined james whitey bulger

in the evading authorities for 16 years the two were arrested in santa monica california in june 2011 she will plead guilty to conspiracy and identity theft charges and not have to testify against him in line primaries today in alabama and mississippi may not decide a clear leader for the republican nomination but they could mean the end of the least one campaign rick's santorum is coming off of a big victory saturday in kansas and former senator from pennsylvania to more than half of the votes in that state's caucuses former house speaker newt gingrich won his home state of georgia last week and hopes to continue that winning streak in the deep south however mitt romney remains the front-runner with more than twice the delegates of bricks santorum and representative ron paul of texas is rounding out that field of four candidates on the campaign trail in alabama this morning it gingrich hinted that he and rick santorum may eventually work together to defeat mitt romney when asked about the possibility of a

combined ticket with santorum the speaker answer that he would not be surprised to see if the conservatives can come together mitt romney to celebrated his birthday he turned 65 yesterday unlike others to reach that landmark birthday of mitt romney does not plan to enroll in medicare the campaign said he plans to remain on his private insurance he has criticized president obama for cutting medicare on his budget but he also supports congressman paul ryan and his proposal to keep medicare solvent for people already in the program president obama will conduct some business courtside today he and british prime minister david cameron will attend the n.c.a.a. men's basketball tournament in dayton ohio

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with today's business headlines. rental costs are rising dramatically across the nation. in chicago housing rentals are up 9 percent and one-year this happens as the housing prices are still falling ... there is a silver lining: as more homes turn into rentals that will cut the blood of thecollectglut of inventory.. ... disney has announced that it will be hiring veterans ... and there's a victory for veterans that were cheated out of millions of dollars ... j.p. morgan paid up for charging

illegal fees to veterans applying for mortgages ... other banks will be forced to settle as well ... groupon is offering autographed titanic dvd with a trip to the shipwreck area off the coast ... it's all part of the one-y100 year anniversary of the titanic tragedy we away the federal reserve

update on the economic recovery spring is just about here that means it's time to get to your spring cleaning here with some advice on how to de clutter of your life is jennifer weigel of trib-u ... this can and rich and improve your life in many ways we believe that having more make you happier but it is a bit of a curse the more you have a more disorganized you are and the more affects your ability to cope and function ... i have interviewed a man who wrote a book on this very

subject ... >>you have some great advice: put three bags together one for donations one for recycling one for the trash ... we hear a lot about week liftingre-gifting.. try un-gifting which means you tell the person to give you an experience rather than some kind of material thing like a get together for an

excursion and think twice before you try to consume and the thinganything.. give yourself a gut check ... willis clutter or complicate your life in annie wayl this clutter ofr complicate your life in any way?

and be careful to add it memorabilia edit memorabilia out of your life ... thank you jennifer to learn more you can go to chicago tribune .com/trib-u coming up the bolts and derrick rose makes a new purchase and chose a different side of himself following last night's game against the new york knickerbockers and find out

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district to our online down at this noon hour. chippewa tioga w a johnson and blackhawks middle school were all placed on locked down because of nearby police activity police have responded to a report of shots fired at a home on mason one block north of memorial road the house is surrounded we will keep you posted a cook county judge has been removed from the bench judge cynthia brim was removed from her duties after she was arrested friday a panel of circuit court judges took action against her after she was charged with battery for shoving a sheriff's deputy at the daley center officials say that she also through a set of keys at an officer and went on a

lengthy tirade in traffic court on a thursday a panel of judges said a medical exam revealed that she is unable to do her job and will be banned from court buildings for now k-9s police officers may be owed a half a million dollars by the county the sun-times reports that cook county k-9s officers racked up over time for the hours spent taking care of the dogs when off duty in a lawsuit the state's labor department said that the county violated illinois minimum wage law between january 2007 and july last year when officers were not paid overtime there were reportedly required to keep the dogs even on their days off derrick rose as a new home is in chicago he purchased a three- bedroom condominium on the upper floors of the trump tower the purchase price $2.8 million

an i phone user is suing ample claiming the new voice activated assistant called "siri" does not work as advertised this new york man is seeking class-action status for his lawsuit he claims that "siri" either does not understand what he is asking or after a long pause responds with the wrong answer apple launched "siri" with the i phone 4 last fall the voice activated feature is supposed to allow users to search the internet said reminders and even check stock prices and apple spokeswoman declined to comment the chicago board of elections is discouraging people from bringing a i pads and cellular phones into the voting booth election officials are concerned about people photograph and their votes to sell them or having conversations while the vote the board will not make people check their phones at the door but they are asking these voters not to use them election

lawyers told the sun-times the new technology presents a gray area of the law the board prefers people to bring in newspapers and do their research ahead of time when criminals look for something to steal they often want items that easy to sell on the black market their latest target is tied it liquor detergent in the store it sells for 10-$20 per bottle with the black-market prices about half as much the bottles have no serial numbers so they cannot be traced one burglar in minnesota stole $25,000 worth tied did turgid over several months before he was arrested the answer to whether not there is life on mars will have to wait thanks to cuts in federal spending nasa hoped to launch missions in 2016 and 2018 and that could solve the ongoing mystery but the proje

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hate tom skilling we need to talk about these warm temperatures never before in recorded history going back 141 years have we had six consecutive 70 plus degrees days in march this is just amazing ... 80 degree temperatures this time of year have occurred only twice in the record keeping the sunshine today will change ... we will have more clouds in the coming days because of all that moisture up from the gulf of mexico

there are violent storms to the east ... and another storm is coming in from the pacific that will hold in the western united states ... the eastern two- thirds of the country will be going into a prolonged warm spell ... we're in the sixth consecutive month of above normal temperatures however the western states will be below normal ... currently is 63 degrees here in chicago 73 degrees in st. louis ... much of the country and that the north american continent is warmer than it was 24 hours ago ... let's have a look at these

noon readings ... more like what you see in the month of may we are in the '60s at the airports with mildly windy conditions. we have dry air conditions as well. we're looking at some humidity coming our way and the pollen count is high today the mold spores are low this could be a bad season for allergies last season was the worst in a decade we are off to an early start ...

we are looking at a whole host of temperature records ... here are the regional temperatures: this patchy fog we see in the morning we will see some more of ... we are looking at clayton missouri ... where it is 79 degrees currently ... lots of sunshine there ... the model forecast shows not much happening.

we will see some overcast skies tomorrow night and it will be the case for several days coming ... we have late lake breezes this afternoon but there will be a strong southerly wind coming up tomorrow. by fears stay afternoon or evening we may see an isolated showers or thunderstorms thursday by tomorrow the readings will be into the '70s. we may even go

into the 80s in the coming days for in the next seven days may break some temperature records. there were about 20 cities in the united states breaking records yesterday of a cool air hanging over lake michigan will be staying where it is ... we're looking at 25 degree above

normal temperatures this is rare meteorological territory we are in. tonight we will be in the low 50s tomorrow we will have record warmth. 78 degrees may be the high temperature that will shatter the 77 degree record back in the '90s ... we expect some showers on thursday with 76 to grace degrees..

just stunning. we're so used to the other shoe dropping ... >>i have been sneezing like crazy these are some early allergies >>that's right dina bair we will look into those numbers a bit later it's time for today's trivia question: which female gran

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have the perfect recipe for you which is vegan. kendall of the executive chef at native foods cafe and a kenny torrella the chicago campaign coordinator at mercy for animals are here with us today to make a alternative to the bergerurger here we have caraway seeds with red chili flakes for a portobello burger ... we toasted the bun and we are

applying a soy based mayo on top a grilled portobello sausage burger. with an actual porter bell mushroom and some caramelized onions >>the complaints are that these are not flavorful but that's not the case here ...

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today we talked about mortality issues with red meat and we also worry about other matters of the heart ... >>going vegetarian is a great way to show compassion for animals ... >>you don't necessarily have to go cold turkey you have some many different ideas to gradually introduce this type both eating ... >>we have lots of different specials and menu items to keep people interested in coming

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was that it shakespeare and classical music lover. >>this is spectacular ... we are launching right into early summer but we are having some springlike weather out there today. the al blog is up for this unusually warm weather to bring us more clubsclouds.. there could be more records made in the next several days. we will

be about 25 degrees above normal for the next several days we may reach 80 degrees tomorrow. the gulf moisture is coming up from the southern part of the united states making everything feel a bit more humid and warm ... we have an influx of moisture the clouds are coming in tomorrow morning we will get some sun breaks but that overcast situation will be with us for the coming days we may see some scattered showers and thunderstorms this coming thursday ... the cold there is hitting the west coast ... that

will be cloudy and cool in southern california ... we have 70 degree temperatures over the next seven days here in chicago this is record-breaking. this could be the warmest st. patrick's day on record thank-you tom skilling and we thank you for joining us today. we hope you have a great afternoon remember that we will be back at 5:00 and again