fellow officer hospitalized in critical condition ... good afternoon i'm steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web. wgn's tonya francisco is live at advocate christ medical center with the latest >>the officers in intensive care after a five hour surgery where doctors were able to stop the bleeding but unable to remove the bullet the officer suffered

a great amount of blood lost nearly two-thirds of his blood was lost police say they are hoping talking to person of interest will yield an arrest >>within hours investigators were able to serve two search warrants not far from the shooting getting to key pieces of evidence and taking a person of interest and to questioning ... >>we believe we know what happened and with a gun as and we actually have a very solid lead >>the shooting happened near a fourth in kingston at 10:45 p.m. last night to officers spotted for curfew violators and then went to question them one took off running the officer chased

him and that's where the suspect shot at the officer of of his bulletproof vest and the upper left chest the officer shot back he messed and they kept running >>police believe there is no such thing as a routine stop anymore >>these officers are out doing routine police work ... and winds up in a gunbattle police work is very dangerous >>the name of a police officer is not been released his 47 years old east and on the force for eight years he has a wife and his two children and even his pastor were here with him last night police superintendent garry mccarthy has visited he is in critical condition but the prognosis is good for this officer and no charges have yet been filed

>>and 11 year-old girl died after being accidentally run over by her own mother it happened last night at 15th street and dorchester and south suburban dolton and witnesses said the girl's jumped out of her mother's minivan while it still moving and was run over by the back wheels neighbors believe that the girl was involved in a fight at school and may have feared that her mother would punish her witnesses said that the mother was extremely distraught police questioned the mother but no charges have been filed. mcfaul one man is dead and another was wounded in shooting and southwest suburban crest hill the two were shot in the 2500 block of hacker driver and 90 monday night one of those men died at the scene the other was taken to a local hospital there is no word on his condition or a motive for that shooting, it is primary day here in illinois people across the stater heading

to the polls to vote in everything from the gop presidential race to statehouse contests in the republican presidential race there are 54 delegates at stake polls are showing that mitt romney has a double-digit lead over rick santorum mitt romney spending his days in the chicago-area attending fund-raisers he'll have his election night party at the renaissance schaumburg hotel rick santorum is spending time in his home state of pennsylvania today he campaigned in illinois yesterday including a stop at ronald reagan's home town of dixon the other two gop presidential contenders newt gingrich and ron paul are not campaigning much in illinois newt gingrich is spending the day and louisiana which hold its primary on saturday and ron paul is in los angeles and will appear on the tonight show with jay leno the early balloting. indicated low voter interest in today's primary in illinois nancy loo

has our report >>officials are saying that the turnout may be at or below 20% and in spite of the good weather there was just a trickle of voters at the polls ... they opened it 6:00 a.m. but expectations are low and early voting was down as well the republican turnout was up because of this presidential race ... there are over 160 candidates in hundreds of races ... and there is lots up for grabs it for those state legislator springfield positions >>i did some reading and i studied some of the bar ratings so that helped me in the voting booth

>>this is disappointing is the nicest whether we've ever had for chicago alexian and there are some exciting races but so far turn out is disappointing. >>there are lots of last-minute questions from voters coming and and that is a link to redistricting the polls will be open until 7:00 p.m. and even with the evening sergio voters perhaps the turnouts may get up to 30% ... democrats tammy duckworth and raja krishnamoorthi are facing off in today's democratic primary in the redrawn eighth congressional district with more

on that story we have wgn's julian crews live from the neil armstrong's: hoffman estates >>the candidates spent much day visiting with supporters the centerpiece of the campaign is how to tackle the economic crisis ... i highlight my experience as a small businessman i actually created jobs in small business and that is the key to economic growth in this country ... 48 year-old russiaa princeton engineering graduate and harvard law school graduate ... russiaraja krishnamoorthi faces a

formidable tammy duckworth she's a former black hawk helicopter pilot severely injured in the war in iraq and she is too focused onalso focused on job growth and economics and given her public service experience she wishes to use her national influence to help the people of this district she has studied political science international studies and public health with master's and doctorate degrees ... >>speaking of my life experience whether it be my military service or my government service and what i went through a growing numberng up... with my family's

hardships i think them uniquely qualified to serve the district as hot as this contest has been the fall race will draw lots of national attention as one of these candidates will face off against the formidable tea party congressman joe walsh >>our coverage of the illinois primary election begins with politics tonight at 6:00 p.m. on c ltv. our decision 2012 coverage continues on c ltv from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. then we will have the latest live results on the wgn news at 9:00 and you can get up-to-the-minute updates streaming video and results on at the website wgntv.com

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france into a state of high alert. >>the u.s. soldier accused in a massacre of afghan civilians reportedly has little or no memory of those murders. his attorney says that sergeant robert bales remember some details before and after those killings but little or nothing of the time the military said that he went on his shooting rampage bales is expected accused of killing 16 afghani villagers including 11 children he is being held in an isolated cell at the military prison in fort leavenworth kansas bales has not been charged yet but his attorney expects the charges to be filed later this week ... the fbi opens its own investigation into the killing of an unarmed florida teenager by a neighborhood watch capt.. the announcement by the justice department comes as national public outrage grows 17 year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed last month as he walked home from a convenience store george zimmerman claims that he

acted in self-defense and has not been charged many community residents are demanding that he be arrested the local police said they have no evidence to disprove his claim of self- defense >>it's a cliche food makes everything better but it is true >>still ahead we are talking to jennifer weigel about how to cook your way out of a funk

today's business headlines ... can you imagine applying for a job and your future boss asks you for your facebook user name and password ... that's a reality as candidates face that question from company and government agencies that want access to private profiles some

have gone so far to tell applicants to friend h-r managers ... that's according to a report by the associated press falling oil prices may provide a break they are falling nearly $2 a barrel at news of a boost in saudi production ... millions of college students can use a break on the student loans senator dick durbin said he is pushing for the option to wipe out private student loans in bankruptcy court right now it's not possible ... critics say that it would lead to higher interest rates for all students and not focus on the real problem which is to bring down the cost of college tuition stocks are lower across the board by half of 1% the housing

starts fell from a three-year high and there's concern over the slowdown in the chinese economy that's it bearing down on the markets today >>getting back to the facebook story is there anything that people can do to prevent companies from snooping for passwords? >>steve the story sounded unbelievable when i read this the question is whether or not it is legal ... critics say that it's a huge violation of privacy and it can be fought in court technically ... the state of illinois is working on legislation to ban such practice ... plus the easiest thing to do is to tell your employer that you aren't on facebook in the first place ...

>>getting over a failed relationship is never easy ... experts recommend keeping busy joining us is jennifer weigel of trib-u with some advice to heal heartbreak while staying busy in the kitchen >>we spoke with a mother and daughter team who experienced heartbreak the mother lost a job after 14 years and the daughter has college blues and boyfriend breakups the two wanted to do a cookbook to work off the heartbreak ... one of the things they found starting the project was that being together and focusing on something happy helped them mannedend..

they learned that food produces happy memories ... and having a cooking buddy helps ... when you are bummed out you never eat healthy food so it's also safeguard >>and cooking with chocolate is a good thing and as many ingredients can help with depression chocolate tops the list aromatherapy is also helpful but lemon peppermint and banco also

elevate your moodmango are also known to elevate mood. cooking is a great way to involve friends and collaborate and do something other then feel bad ... to read more a just head over to the chicago tribune.com/trib- u website ... still ahead the chicago bulls

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president obama his top adviser david axelrod is campaigning in chicago bob jordan sat down with him to talk elections >>even though lots of the information has been negative democrats are beginning to feel left out of the presidential selection process ... david axelrod held some events today to let people know that the democrats are still in the game

... >>there's a lot of volunteers and lots of enthusiasm >>strategist david axelrod is reaching out to let people know that the democrats are planning for the reelection of president obama >>mitt romney has a very dispirited party the turnout is low in these primaries ... >>we are prepared for a contest no matter who wins the republican nomination ... we will have a battle ahead and we are serious about it ...

>>the weak economy argument shouldn't make sense to the public because the republicans were systematically blocking all economic efforts that the president tried to work with congress on >>the republicans made a strategic decision not to work with the president the american people know this and they want progress ... we're making progress ... when we win this election the republicans also should have a moment there reflection noting that the policy of obstruction has failed them >>it devil wreck we have an update

on the mother her three children and a teenager missing for one month authorities found them in florida and they are now in custody there laurie m may and destiny gruba and three boys were reported missing february 16th may is from aurora and destiny is from cicero she used to teach her in school at around 9:00 this morning in florida highway

>>this is the warmest opening of the month of march in history ... it is like we are getting the weather of may ... we have more records way on the way.. however it will be breaking down this week but temperatures will still be above normal even though it will be cooler ... we are getting june like temperatures here ...

we have beautiful sunny skies. the weather from tennessee and georgia yesterday is with us here in chicago today it is headed for at the high temperature of 83 degrees today and 84 degrees tomorrow we will be breaking 94 year-old records ... we have temperatures dropping to the west ... rain will usher this and to the chicago area we are 35 degrees above normal

today. lake michigan is 8 degrees warmer than it was this time last year. we have an allergy alert: ragweed levels that never show up this time of year that are appearing in the pollen count is 1600 today that's about a thousand over the 1500 advisory level ... everyone is surprised at our early this has come about we're six weeks ahead of schedule in most cases with this warm weather ... lots of towns in the region are into the '80s with a few

exceptions ... the records that we will set are 83 degrees today 84 degrees tomorrow 94 years was the last time we saw anything like this ... there are powerhouse storms sweeping the area near the chest streamed to the west jet stream to the west ... the big storm will sit to the west of illinois ... and the system

will start pushing here late thursday into friday we will have rain beginning thursday evening that will probably go to saturday look at the storms that are tearing into the atmosphere: those are in louisiana and off of the texas coast lots of moisture down there ... that will be raining on us later in the week ... for the time being the record-breaking warm temperatures have two more days to go before the cooler weather comes in ... as we get into the cooler weather regime the next five days will be about 13 degrees above normal and then seven and

half degrees above normal said the temperatures are dropping but they are still above normal and we don't have any massive arctic outbreaks of cold air on the way ... we have kept records for about a hundred 42 years and only nine times have we had snow in the month of march ... tonight scattered clouds breezy and warm we will break another record tonight as we did last night with 64 degrees the normal is 30 degrees for this time of the year ... tomorrow record warmth sunny and breezy a beautiful day in chicago ...

increasing cloudiness on thursday with big changes as the wind blows off of lake michigan ... we will remain in the '60s with rain and thunderstorms friday and it will be a rainy saturday in the '60s as well ... we are still in bonus territory! it's time now for today's trivia: what is the oldest roman catholic university in the united states? the answer still ohhh my head, ohhh. [ speaking in japanese ] yeah, do you have anything for a headache... like excedrin,

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breaking some records last night. derrick rose sitting this one out with that groin injury he has.. but his teammates picked up the slack.. carlos boozer strips the ball, c-j watson finds it for the fast break.. boozer finishes it off. boozer scored 24, with 13 rebounds and four steals. back up guard john lucas the third gave a spark early and late.. he scored 20 while coming off the bench. bulls win 85 to 59. they set a franchise record for least amount of points allowed.. and coach tom thibodeau is now the fastest n-b-a coach to reach 100 wins. depaul facing pat summit's lady vols of tennessee in the ncaa tournament . . . anna martin wasn't intimidated. she gets the steal, for the fast break, and passes to brittany rinko for the lay up. martin led the blue demons with 20 points, but tennessee had too much depth.. lady vol vicky baw fights for the ball underneath the basket and puts it in. depaul loses 63 to 48. they finish the season with a 23 and 11 record. vcu coach shaka smart is illinois' top choice to replace

that's according to espn-but the illini may have to is still considering replacing coach bill carmody this week. former illini coach bruce weber will interview for his old job at s-i-u. peyton manning has made his decision. he has told his agent to negotiate a deal with the denver broncos. this comes after he visited the dolphins and titans. five year contract worth 95 million dollars. if that goes through the broncos are expected to trade quarterback tim tebow. cubs and mariners in spring training action: the cubs scored 7 runs in the first inning.. starlin castro drove in david (deh-hay'-soos) with this drive but a seven run lead was notcubs starter travis wood gave it

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today will be 83 degrees the high-temperature ... we think 84 degrees tamaratomorrow and then we have a temperature dropped along the lakefront for cooler air to come and for a thursday night into the weekend ... there is still snow on the high elevations out west ... and storms in the texas and louisiana area ... the heavy rain will come in on friday ...

the wind is a factor today gusting over 30 mi. per hour coming from the south ... that a spring met air fromand is bringing the warm air up from georgia and from tennessee into our area ... we will be warming up again possibly early next week ... back into the '70s ... 64 friday with rain and thunderstorms ... what a r