federal prison in colorado, where the former illinois governor will spend the next decade of his life. >>and he went on a sudsy crime spree. a man accused of stealing 25,000 dollars worth of laundry detergent. >>good eveing, i'm mark suppelsa. >>and i'm micah materre. our top story seen around the country tonight on wgn america. . >> take a look at the latest numbers and mississippi. rick

santorum with a 33% a and ron paul with 5%. let's talk about the results. how would you put aaron allen on this one. >> it's amazing to see that mitt romney is ahead. i think this is a result of his money train. >> is also the possibility that southern states and maybe pick the one that is going to be able to be president obama. >> we are seeing this dynamic and other states as well. in mississippi can defeat obama, 40% of mississippi republicans

went to romney. moral character was 43 percent of the vote. . >> the one of throwing a sophist gingric us off is gingrich. >> he lowered the bar a few days ago but it's going to be very difficult how long can he stay in the game?. >> the place where gingrich release scored the question as mitt romney saying i am the outsider.. >>mitt romney wasn't in

first, but you are saying a lot of the major metropolitan areas of in the face to states is going to be where the votes are coming from. >> those votes from along the coast are going to be very slow common. when you look at these margins and percentage points it looks like big numbers but a few hundred folks can change them very quickly. . >>mitt romney has spent tons of money here on advertising. >> he spent millions on necrotizing. >> it is ron paul sticking with and why?. >> he's done in the past he has a small band of

supporters. we are waiting to see nuking rich, he's supposed to be out in the western suburbs newt gingrich. thank you. >>the chicago board of elections wants you to leave your i-pads and cell phones behind when you head to the polls next tuesday. >>these gadgets might be helpful when making a decision but, election officials are concerned about people selling their votes by taking photos of their ballots to collect the payments. also, to avoid conversations in the booths people won't have to check their phones but are asked not to use them and to do their research beforehand. . >> the we will update you

latest election results. . >> police are searching for gunman involved in off-duty police officer. >> take a look behind me. police have set up lights and there are a number of police patrol cars out year. they are canvassing this neighborhood looking for suspects. they are looking for a purple on the crv. honda crv. a store owner was on his way home and just pulled into his garage when he was confronted by possibly three armed men. the store owner had been wrong before so he hired an off-duty chicago police officer to tail him and serve as

a bodyguard. that is when there was the gun battle between him and the suspect. about 20 shots were fired. neighbors said they heard the gunshots. the good news is that the officer was not part and need their. with the their they were able to get away [the sus [pespects] detective said been called to come out and canvass this area to coplehopefully find the suspects. that is the information that we have tonight. we're going to continue to follow the spirit

is. >>two teenaged boys were charged as adults in connection with the sexual assault and brutal beating of a highland park woman on new year's eve. >>15 year old terrance ford and 16 year old aanwar barbour are being held on 750- thousand dollars bond after police say they took the 18 year old woman in a drunken stupor to the 21-hundred block of north rockwell, where she injured her head, knocking her into a coma. the teens went through her purse and ford raped her while others looked on. . >> witnesses in the scene saw individual standing in a semicircle. there was some video surveillance that might show that our client was trying to help the victim. >>defense attorneys are petitioning to move the case into juvenile court. ford and barbour will be back in court on april second. >>time is getting short in the blagojevich home.

the former governor will address the public one last time tomorrow before leaving to serve a 14-year sentence for government corruption at a federal prison in englewood colorado. wgn's julie unruh is outside that prison tonight in colorado where blagojevich is due to report on thursday. . >> it's about 15 mi. outside of 10 fair. this time of the art it's a beautiful place to be if you are outside of prison walls. they are surrounded by a double walls and barbed wire. it's going to be a difficult day for. him. rod blagojevich is getting an didnt. >> getting convicte's sentencing day.

>surrendering day. >> he's going to give up his freedom and his name and become a prisoner. he says the uniform of khaki pants and the t-shirt is bad and the food is even worse. . >> i worked in the kitchen for one year and a half when i first got there. and the chicken is stamped not for human consumption. >> every single day he was counted by prison guards at least six times. he always got free meals. rod blagojevich can work and play hard there is tennis and racquetball.

>> i did everything i cleaned toilets and polished i worked landscaping. . >> she said eight hours a day. she called her daughter ashley every night and did what she could to stay out of trouble. it's all the shock but it's nothing like the strip search she was subjected to on a regular basis. >> your whole life changes after the first one you realize that you and your body is not yours. >> he says prison as a mental and emotional journey and as a result hundreds of angry men under one roof can create violence and tension. >> you have a tremendous amount of frustration and outward angst.

sometimes it boils over into effect. >> prison is about dealing with feelings of alienation and banishment from society it's why so many people like rod blagojevich claimed that they need help and apply to residential drug and alcohol completing the program can take one year of her sentence. >> is very concerned about what they're not anybody else going to be left when he gets. >> if he does get hourly for his behavior he could be leaving prison around the age of 66. he enters prison this thursday at the age of 55. he is a husband and father probably

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structure with one count of accepting a bribe to just one week before the primary election. no comments from him as he walked out of the federal building released on a signature bond. he wrote an official letter supporting a day care owners' efforts. the daycare honor was fictitious. meetings and phone calls were secretly recorded by federal agents. he explained he needed the $7,000 in cash because he didn't want any traces of it. this comes just one week before tuesday's primary. .

>> i would: speaker madigan to withdraw best part. >> tom smith of former republican is running as a democrat against him. he believes the allegations are only going to prompt state democrats to grow more resources. >> they're going to flood the district to try to push him across the finish line. and if he does win they will ask him to resign. >> he was reported to the position in order to fill a vacancy. he says he's confident that the case is going to be handled fairly. >> so far no comment on this. if he is convicted

smith faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. >>a new committee met for the first time today to figure-out ways to fix the state's crippled pension system. >>republican house leader tom cross is chairing the committee. he is spearheading pension reform, and has repeatedly sighted our wgn-tribune investigations of pension abuse. these investigations have led to federal investigations. now cross is concerned about the pensions are being invested. . >> we just want to make sure this is not a situation where the pension system is taking in a prepared riskinappropriate risks. >> if you get very aggressive and have great returns i would disagree with that. >>cross says pension experts have described

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offshore until later this afternoon said there was a temporary drop we made up to 70 degrees before that happens. ed. this is just stunning for this time of the year. the arctic air has no inclination of coming down here. it is going to make for a chilly week in places like phoenix and las vegas. these were some

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could be the warmest st. patrick's day in chicago history. the temperatures will be in the mid-70s by saturday. there's the view from the southern suburbs and it's still 60 in those areas. in missouri it was in the 84 degree higher with sunshine. temperatures tonight are still 73 in st. louis. the humidity still low.

the metaline is this unseasonably warm weather. the bottom is going to drop out with that pneumonia fromnt. thursday evening and possibly into friday morning. wind is going to redevelop and then we're going to be back to warmth. we could get into cooler weather later next week. low temperatures will be in the '50s. tomorrow there's going to be sun shine wendyindy, and we

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>>20 miles per hour when students are present. that's the speed limit here on addison as classes let out at lane tech. we took a radar gun to every car we could headed westbound just before 3 pm. we wanted to find out just how many could get ticketed if mayor emanuel has his way with speed cameras near schools and parks. our gun couldn't shoot quckly enough to target every passing car but we caught 67 speeders in the ten minutes we spent on the job. that's almost every car we tracked. >>people do not slow down and it scares me because kids are crossing the street to

get on those busses. >>under the mayor's plan most of the drivers would face a fifty dollar fine, that's the penalty for speeders going six to ten miles an hour too fast. for drivers going 11 miles per hour over and up, the fine would be 100 bucks. >>even a school bus was speeding, it seems as if everyone does. >>if i know there will be cameras, i will be more cautious. >>while drivers are divided, the kids who actually have to cross here kind of like the idea. >>we just see cars racing by without acknowledging students. >>after all, the mayor says it is about the children. his aides have been briefing alderman this week. >>if someone violates the law they should be held accountable, me you anyone else. >>if the proposal passes, we found an app

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here. there's an amazing pattern at the surface the linda southernly. there's some high- pressure is going to give us some cooler temperatures on thursday. this is often referred to as an ammonia from to. that little cool off is brief. they're a strong wind that is going to be coming into that area. these are the highest for tomorrow and those are the high as one day after. just before the pneumonia from arrives. by 7:00 time pictures are going to crash into

the 40's. thursday night and into friday morning. then for the week and we're going to get back up into the '70s. . >> mississippi and alabama are both an rick santorum's favor he is winning the popular vote. but who really wins could be different tomorrow. >>after getting beat up by the blues last week the blackhawks look for a little payback aginst the nhl's top team tonight at the u.c. >>and it's been a very costly 24 hours for derrick rose dan roan

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off to a terrific start, early first andrew brunette in on jaroslav halak, roofed it home for a 1-0 lead... but it got ugly after that the blues with three unanswered to finish the period, brilliant passing set up andy mcdonald, so it's 3-1 after one ray emery pulled from goal and the hawks rally in the second, got to it 3-2 and in the third, on the power play, it's brent seabrook from the point and with 12 minutes left, the game was tied at three. derrick rose has had better days fined 25-k by the nba for ripping the officiating last night, then on the way downtown from the berto center in his bentley rear-ended on the kennedy no injuries, but we'll see how he feels tomorrow when the heat come into the uc. . >>

>>rose already skipped practice today with general soreness as trade rumors involving the lakers' pau gasol continue to swirl around the berto luol deng is expected to give it a go tomorrow, but c- j watson will not play against miami as for derrick's disagreement with the officials in the knicks game, he may be a quiet guy, but he's gotta stand up for himself . >> erika is not a complainer. derik is not a complainer. usually if he saw something he has appointed a wants to make. >>simeon bench coach playing evanston in the 4-a supersectional at chicago state,nobody from illinois has beaten simeon, and it wouldn't happen tonight, either jabari parker, the

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