two pills can last all day. ♪ ♪ on charges that he shot a chicago police officer. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us and around the country on wgn america and on the internet ... tonya francisco has the top story from the criminal courts building paris sadler was arrested monday night shortly after the shooting he is going to be arraigned in court shortly he lived on the very block where the incident took place and

after searching police found two guns in his home one of which was used to shoot officer del pearson >>police superintendent garry mccarthy announced that the attempted first-degree murder charges world hold against paris sadler >>we have good evidence statements and ballistics that play into a strong case >>he and others for breaking curfew when officer del pearson tried to question them ... the shooter ran and when he was in pursue he shot the officer in the chest above his bulletproof vest the officer began to bleed and his fellow officers realized he was bleeding too heavily to wait for an ambulance said they put him in a squad car and rushed into the hospital

>>this was one of the worst bleeding situations i had seen i knew that i could not wait for an ambulance >>we kept calling his name he would acknowledge ... he told me to come down and he was making jokes it was classic ... >>the superintendent said that he was near death when he arrived at the hospital and his colleagues are to be commended for making a split decision call to get him to the hospital more quickly the shooter has a long arrest record he is a reputed gang member >>a man who was shot by an off- duty chicago police detective is out of the hospital and now charged with a crime. police a lacksay that the off-duty detective

was checking out a disturbance at 15th and albany early yesterday when antonio cross walked up to the detective's car pointing a gun. the detective then pulled out his own gun and opened fire hitting a cross in hand and a woman and had the woman is in critical condition cross is charged with aggravated assault >>at third teenager has been charged in connection with the rape of a young woman outside of the theater on the northwest side. 18 year-old girl from highland park was attacked near the congress there on new year's eve. police said she was drunk when three teenagers pulled her to sidestreet and sexually assaulted her they say that 16 year-old charles chunning help to take the girl from a restaurant near the theater and watched as a 15 year-old terrance ford raped her ford and 16 year-old and more barbour

were charged last week and then raped >>it is a tragic situation involving squirreled poison ... and rogers park the owner of this pet salon has been learning about dogs including a spaniel mix that was a regular client dying from this poison the word is spreading fast among the residents of rogers park about the death of these dogs this groomer worked on one of the dogs for several years and says of the onerous to upset to talk about what happened >>she is very distraught ... the whole family is extremely upset >>on sunday that dog in just a palace that look like these while on a walk it turned out there were squirreled poison and the dog had to be put down immediately >>there were a number of

sightings in atwater and robertedgewater and rogers park ... people are very upset that someone is taking this upon themselves >>y grow loud why poison these animals it's crazy >>why do someone else's job like this squirrels are not harmful >>it's very sad and i'm very upset >>we are telling people not to go through alleyways and to be vigilant and keep a strong hold on the leash of a dog when you see debris or food on the floor keep your dog away >>this was a really good puppy and the idea of more of my client's going to something like this is just horrible

the alderman joe more has e-mail to his residence he's among those eager to know who has been spreading this poison which is the legalillegal. >>we are learning more details about the events surrounding the nato summit in the white house has scheduled a few events to keep the dignitaries entertain during their visit in may on the 20th the first lady of the u.s. michelle obama on the first day of the summit will be hosting an event for the spouses of the nato leaders that outing will be held at the gary comer youth center on 72nd and south ingleside it working dinner will also be held at soldier field for nato leaders later that evening chicago police will have some

extra protection during the nato summit the city is buying more than 8500 face shields for police elements in preparation officers will wear them over their helmets to protect themselves from rocks fluids and other objects that cost about $757,000 and there will be paid for by a federal homeland security grant chicago and illinois leaders are showcasing everything the city has to offer the nato officials are in belgium today chicago is not holding back they want visitors and want people to spend money when they come to visit in may and one to energize trade relations across the world not just here in europe ... and they are throwing a chicago style party

with lots of local specialties ... this many taste of chicago is as authentic as it gets ... the americans do a big ... the first lady of chicago is telling people to bring their appetites and their credit cards >>we thank you for the opportunity to share chicago with the world >>we would like people to invest in illinois >>tourism is part of economic development >>while world leaders are starting at serious issues it is hoped that many attached to the nato summit will spend quality

time here in chicago in joining the city >>we are in afghanistan in a nato led operation ... we want to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists and to be able to protect cities like chicago and others around the world >>chicago was a proper host city ... there is a local chicago chef cooking for this local crowd in belgium and toher meal will showcase the best of

the chicago culinary culture ... >>everything is going smoothly i had a case of nerves and want to make sure every detail is addressed >> the main course is goat belly shipped in from chicago >>coming up next there is renewed outrage over the killing of a florida teenager as protestors from york to miami call for the rest of that shooter >>and what is going boom in the night in wisconsin >>and president obama tries to fend off criticism of his energy policy with plans to fast track a portion of that keystone x-l

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religious tolerance following the death of a suspect in a string of shootings that killed seven ... the gunman jumped from a balcony today as french security forces stormed the apartment where he had been holed up for more than 30 hours ... at least two members of the assault team were wounded in that siege the suspect mohammed merah claimed responsibility for the killings of three soldiers in a rabbi and three children the french interior minister says that mohammed merah claim that he was trained by al-qaeda murder charges could be filed as early as today against the american soldier accused of murdering 16 civilians and

afghanistan including women and children ... there are new reports that staff sergeant robert bales admitted to other soldiers that he killed young men on march 11th. an unnamed official told the l.a. times that bales did not say women and children were also murdered the lawyer for robert bales said that his client has no memory of those killings >>the rev. al sharpton said that he will be in florida today to rally for an unarmed black teenager killed by an ever watched captain thousands of people marched last night in new york city and honor of 17 year-old trayvon martin police say that george zimmerman killed the florida teenager last month off zimmermann said that it was in self-defense and no arrests have been made there are no calls from the community and city leaders to fire the sanford police chief, but the city manager says that the decision will not be made until he hears from federal investigators >>the florida law needs to be looked at if this had happened in another city this would not have happened there would of

been an arrest >>the lot in question is called the stand your ground a lot florida is among 21 states with the law which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight >>loud booms that have been shaking clintonville wisconsin remain unexplained last night was a relatively quiet when compared to the previous three but residents are still waiting for the mystery to be solved there have been more than 250 reports of underground booming and rattling since sunday night officials have ruled out several theories including an earthquake and problems with the water system the noises are described as rumbles of thunder sonic booms or fireworks geologists' are looking for another possible weather related or natural cause we have the day's top business stories next

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the question is can the momentum be kept up checking stocks they are down 1 percent or half of 1% at this hour manufacturing in europe and china is slowing things down also federal express is predicting slower economic growth ... economists are concerned about high gasoline prices derailing the economy >>a new gallup poll says that more americans are sounding alarms about just how much gas prices are starting to hurt them what can you tell us about that >>the spiking gasoline is causing some financial hardship for families 85% polled said that congress and the president ought to do something about this

... one idea that is getting kicked around is releasing oil from the strategic reserves which is a temporary solution it was done last summer but oil prices went back up it probably will not stick this time either >>president obama is promising to make a new oil pipeline a priority as he tries to bring gasoline prices down the president visited this morning the site of the keystone x-l pipeline in cushing oklahoma this pipeline will run from there to the gulf of mexico the president ordered federal agencies to speed up the approval process for this project and others like it the gop is criticizing the president over the issue they are unhappy that he rejected a proposal that would have extended the pipeline to canada >>we are drilling all over the place ... right now ...

>>the president will also visit ohio state university today to emphasize innovation and research in energy technology coming up tollway employees are caught letting friends and family pass through tollways without paying the results of a new investigation is next and if you are sneezing and sniffling you are not alone just how bad this allergy season is already across the nation and he was an oscar nominee this year for the musical score for the documentary undefeated we have live music is midday from miles nelson and his band the rusted parthearts..

in the englewood neighborhood. 71 year-old willie whitehead was leaving a customer at 59th and halsted when four teenagers surrounded him and a 51 served as a lookout. they tried to grab his work bag and take his cellular phone whitehead lifted a bottle of alcohol over his head and threatened them if they ran off a police caught the mall 80 year-old jesse jackson 17 year-old demetrius shields and three others are all charged with attempted robbery the latest push to end a controversial legislative perc may finally pass in springfield the illinois house has once again endorsed a bill to kill the legislative slut scholarship program that century old program has allowed state lawmakers to pass out college scholarships to

their relatives and children of their political supporters the state senate has always saved the program but it's lost some key support after lawmakers were accused of abusing at it's time for sports you can expect some big hits whenever the blackhawks play the canucks and last night did not disappoint the hawks and the canucks' exchanged several jabs at each other at the united center the canucks were up one nothing early but then in the second. andrew brunette got the puck behind the net and get it to marian hossa who fled it to patrick kane and tied the score at 1 call in overtime dave bolland led the charge and passed to johnny oduya "ria" who took a shot and deflected it off of andrew shaw and into the net the hawks won 2-1 in overtime they have won five consecutive

games derrick rose set out another game and the bulls took on the raptors in toronto they beat them 94-82 the white sox were taking on the mariners in the cactus league the former cup kosuke fukudome goes to the opposite field in the fourth inning and that's good for double in two runs brent lillibridge hit a couple of doubles as well the sox 1 big 13-8 the veteran sun-times... tim tebow is

you can hardly call this an end to the party >>it's a party that wasn't even supposed to be thrown ... we have had so many records broken with this warm weather ... >>there were only nine march months before this one with above normal temperatures >>we have a lake breeze developing with some rain showers on the way so the party is winding down a little bit anyway even though we are going to have above normal temperatures this weekend albeit in the '50s

>>you could see the rain and thunderstorms hitting those gulf states pretty hard ... and that moisture is traveling in our direction we will show you the pattern that's bringing us the rain and the cooling in a moment >>we have a pretty dry trend that has been developing into this spring ... we have had 69 hundredths of 1 in. for the year we have had only 80 percent of what is normal rainfall ... the temperatures have just reached 80 degrees at o'hare that would be the ninth consecutive day of record breaking temperatures ... tomorrow we will be into the '60s

but all of these cities around the country have been heading astounding records we were just a degree shy of the warmest march temperature back in the '80s we have a map of temperature changes and you could see a collapse of this warm and phenomenon the southeast wind is getting more organized ... and it's a bad scene on the pollen count ... tree pollen is high the wheat pollen is moderate around

this area ... experts say it'll be another bad allergy season after that warm winter and the early onset of spring vegetation and high temperatures looking around the local area we see temperatures in the '80s but there is chuckling at lincoln park soldier field and waukegan another look at the regional temperatures ... we have lots of sunshine in the area but there is some rainfall happening down state ... and further south ... to the gulf states lots of rain there ... we're looking at the jet stream

and that pocket of cold air lifting into our area it's all swirling to make reactive showers and thunderstorms over the chicago metropolitan area the downpours tomorrow will be the sum of the biggest we have seen in one month ... we have embedded thunderstorms that will be really dropping the rain they have been coming up from the mississippi delta area ... we will get into this plume of moisture tonight ... some areas in those cold states have had about 5 in. of rain or more ... we're going to see mixed and

scattered showers turning into thunderstorms later tonight into the early morning hours friday ... this is much needed rain heading to chicago unseasonable warmth tear we have broken another record ... nine days in a row ... we had 10 days in a row back in 1953 this time of the year we will be into the 60s on the lakeshore tomorrow ... tonight we will have clouds and thunderstorms with fog by the lakeshore tomorrow will be cloudy with some sun breaks and scattered showers and thunderstorms 65 degrees with 50 near the waterfront

saturday will be a foggy and damp and cooler affair ... 62 degrees and land saturday and 50's at the lakeshore ... but it's still above normal! >>it's time now for today's trivia question: what is the only major trophy to have the names of its players and coaches engraved i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems,

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button allowing friends and family to pass through without payment ... that's free of charge ... the news comes as the chicago tribune releases the analysis of overtime paid at the tollway authority dozens of employees boosted their base pay by as much as 50% but the tollway directors are defending the overtime pay saying that it's an unavoidable cost of doing business with reduced staff and resources ... >>we are a 247 operation and we need to respond to officials around the clock ... and that means over time ... overall that's down 25% since 2008 and the authorities said it made significant staff reductions to hold back on cost

increases ... it's still cheaper than hiring new staffers and the amount of overtime paid in 2011 was just over 4 percent of the gross payroll for the authority which is well within an acceptable range according to most business standards and other large tollway authority is around country >>this comes at a sensitive time for the tollway authority motorists have been hit with an 87% toll hike this year ... your live illinois lottery drawing is coming up next good afternoon ... >>here are the winning kick three numberspick three numbers: 2

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in medical watch.. a *blood test* may reveal your risk for an impending heart attack. a new study finds heart attack patients have abnormally large and misshapen blood cells. the researchers say it could be an ideal test to perform in the emergency room to help determine if someone is at risk for an imminent heart attack.. or about to experience one in the next couple of weeks. heart attacks kill about 800 thousand people in the u-s each year. a voluntary recall is under way for safety first push and snap cabinet locks. the consumer product safety commission says young children can open the locks and get access to potentially dangerous items inside cabinets. about 900 thousand of the safety first cabinet locks were sold at bed, bath and beyond and other retailers, and online at amazon dot com.. from january of 2004 through last month. the locks have the model numbers 4-8-3-9-1.. and 4-8-4-4- 2.

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i have to tell you how much i enjoy pressure cooking ... it is not that difficult it saves time you can have a dish like this ready in one hour and it ordinarily would take two or three hours to prepare and cook what i wanted to do is to begin with seared short ribs to add complexity to the sauce and we brown traditional mire pois which is salary and onion and carrot to that i and some heat

meaning some curry flavor and chilipepper is and the korean secret.. we will enhance the flavor is this way ... it this can be added to chicken dishes as well i am bringing this all together in my pressure cooker and turning it on low after it is a tightly sealed that steam will bring in so much flavor much more intense than typical stovetop pot cooking ... the shallots and garlic the ginger

the lemon grass and the type or caribbean spice it's a long thai or korean spice -- a long list of ingrsdients make this test special i am adding some spicy chili peppers and some women grasslemon grass... my message is not to be afraid of using spices especially the exotic ones when you tried to make a curry flavor in a

particular dish ... you definitely want aromatics as well like annie'ise and fennel.. we are de glazing and this hot pan with some red wine this confuses the flavors that adhere to the pan after you steer the meatsear the meat combining this with the braising

liquid.. this is what you get after 45 minutes this dish is all about cooking in layers preparing each segment of the meal or the main dish and combining it with pressure cooking ... thank you so much beverly kim the fairmont hotel is on 200 north columbus for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

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we are looking at all of the heavy rain from the gulf coast coming our way ... that will end our warm spell ... we will see the showers later this afternoon it could be the biggest rain storms we have had in one month ... we have been around 30 degrees above normal now we will take it down to 16 degrees above normal for the weekend ... this is a healthy little system lifting slowly through our area ... by late date tomorrowy tomorrow

we will continue to have a low clouds and the showers and some indebted thunderstorms that will take us into saturday we could reach 1 in. of rain accumulating when it is all over sunday will have some low fog and drizzle ... if you are headed downtown or live in those like such communities the fifties will be the temperatures this weekend we will get another spike tuesday wednesday followed by another coalol air mass for next weekend ...

thank you tom skilling ... thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon. we leave you with more music from miles nelson and his group the rusted partheatrrts the group will be performing tomorrow night at fitzgerald's in berwyn.