chicago gasoline prices hit new heights they will be breaking records that were set just last year and are among the highest in the country will live in lincoln park where drivers are digging deep to fill their tanks

>>in michigan and was $3.80 there i fill up as much as i can when i find a good price ... i get a little bit here and there because it's all i can afford week to week drivers are feeling the pinch ... the average is $3.90 per gallon there was a record high price of $4.87 a gallon that compares with $3.85 last year the last record was set in may of last year at $4.45 a gallon the lower emissions summer blend of gasoline switch is on and

that is partly responsible for the price increases >>what it costs to fill up here in the city is maddening >>it's gotten too expensive >>are your regretting your s u v >>it is good to have this kind of car >>eco comes down to oil prices and the switchover to the summer blend of gasoline when typically the prices go up during that transition and that's what's happening here >>the airline industry is also affected southwest airlines just announced plans to raise ticket prices anywhere from $4-$10 per ticket ... you can expect other airlines will follow suit

in and charged with killing two children and injuring their parents during a hit and run will face a judge today 36 year- old joey job as it is accused of committing these crimes saturday night on the south side police say that his vehicle hit another car at 43rd and western they say that he sped off from the scene of that one and plowed into another car at 45th and western this collision is what killed five year-old julissa.ochoa and her brother erik their parents suffered serious injuries police say that he had drugs in his blood system at the time of those crashes this man will be sentenced today for murdering a chicago police officer lamar cooper shot and killed officer nathaniel taylor and september 2008 cooper opened fire as taylor and several other officers conducted a search warrant for drugs at his home he

is facing a life sentence in prison taylor was 39 years old and was on the police force for 14 years an elderly man faces weapons charges for shooting a burglar broke into his home police say that 80 year-old homer wright chuck anthony robinson in the late yesterday morning after robinson broke into the back of his home at 64 and morgan homer wright was charged with unlawful use of a weapon after investigators found out that he had two prior convictions robinson was treated for his gunshot wound and then charged with burglary a house committee met in springfield this morning to take a closer look at the federal burr ridge charges against it rep derrick smith for the bipartisan panel will decide if and how smith should be disciplined smith was arrested on march 13th that has not made any public statements since despite the charges he won his primary election last tuesday but several prominent state lawmakers including governor

quinn urging smith to resign their one-party leaders to choose a new democratic candidate to run in the general election in november the committee will meet again april 9th the attorney for richard vanecko the former mayor daley nephew has filed papers opposing an independent investigation into a deadly fight involving hempfest the family of david koschman says that richard vanecko was the man who threw the punch that killed stared koschman at site of a bar on rush streets eight years ago the chicago sun times printed a story that said richard vanecko admitted to this at a northwest side police station but in yesterday's court filing richard vanecko is lawyer said the paper got it wrong >>richard vanecko was never charged in koschman staff koschman family says that's because the vanecko family used its ties to former mayor daley to get the police to falsify

witness statements and make koschman appear to be the aggressor in that fight the koschman family says only a special prosecutor can expose these true facts the rod blagojevich homan ravenswood manor is off the market patti blagojevich removed the listing for 3800 square foot home a family spokesperson says that the recent media attention surrounding the rod blagojevich prison sentence made it too stressful to handle offers on that home there is no word on when that house will go on sale again the u.s. supreme court is hearing another day of oral arguments for and against president obamas healthcare law at issue before the court is whether it's constitutional to require most americans to buy health insurance the government says that everyone will need health care at some point and if

everyone is covered it will drive down premium costs but states challenging the law argue that forcing americans to buy commercial product if they don't want it is unconstitutional three federal appeals courts have found the affordable care act to be constitutional another has ruled that it's not a coalition of 26 states led by florida is challenging this law coming up next @ the noon hour lawmakers on capitol hill take on the trayvon martin case and what police in florida are saying about george zimmerman is a story to police on the night of that shooting and a television network receives a video showing muslim gunman's attacks on soldiers and a jewish school in france but who sent it? and if you'd like your photo taken with newt gingrich it will

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to attend a forum on racial profiling hate crime issues and deadly force law. martin was shot to death by neighborhood watch leader in sanford florida last month. according to report george zimmerman told police that he shot a 17 year-old in self-defense after trayvon martin punched him in the nose and slammed his head on the sidewalk toward zimmerman has not been charged in part because the standard ground law in florida allows citizens there to use deadly force if they feel that their life is being threatened the shooting has inflamed racial tensions because marni is african- american and george zimmerman is

a white hispanic this afternoon's form is being organized by the democrats on the house judiciary committee ... >>this is the way we do things in america ... regardless of his color he deserves a fair trial regardless of what he was wearing he deserves a fair trial trayvon martin is family said that people are trying to demonize their son over reports that he had been suspended from school after marijuana residue was found in his backpack martin's mother has reportedly filed paperwork to secure to trademarks containing her son's name the smoking gun reports that sabrina fulton wants rights to the phrases are scion trayvon and justice for trayvon ... the applications were filed in florida last week if approved these trademarks would apply for use on digital materials including cd's dvds featuring trayvon martin al-jazeera said it will not

broadcast a video of shootings in france that left seven people dead the shootings are blamed on mohammed merah who was killed after a 32 hour siege at his apartment and toulouse france he is accused of killing three french paratroopers a rabbi and three children the video arrived at the al-jazeera offices by mail along with an unsigned letter claiming that al-qaeda was responsible for those attacks the video was apparently recorded by a camera around the gunman snack the former head of the international monetary fund has been charged with taking part in a prostitution ring in france fell prosecutors say that there is evidence that dominique strauss-kahn played a role in a ring that imported prostitutes from belgian and hooked them up with the ip clients in france strauss-kahn admits that he attended sex parties but insists that he did not know the women of those parties were prostitutes he was charged yesterday with aggravated pimping dominique strauss-kahn

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prices are down 6.6 percent compared to last year in chicago ... cutbacks in the "pink slime" business the associated press says that the maker of a controversial meat product is suspending operations in three states leaving one plant in south dakota open as it tries to address public misconception of their product and that pink color used in the starbucks frappucino strawberry drink includes mashed up insects ... they are dried. it is to die that helps it avoid artificial ingredients

a survey by the barack and afghanistan veterans of america shows that a significantly higher number of veterans are unemployed this year ... the so-called natural products are everywhere in the stores but how do you know if all natural or eco friendly really is the best? you some advice on how to make sense of natural labels is jennifer weigel of trib-u >>because there is no government certification employees place for what this means

it was a very murky description. now genetically modified organisms or glutens are the buzz words on the labels it's a free-for-all in the food industry and also the cleaning products and cosmetics industries ... we are trying to help people make sense of these labels , and you have tips on how to read these labels, >>first of all you want to look for certification seals: things that are certified by kosher food councils or the epa places like that ...

leaping bunny is a company that insures that animal testing is not taking place they have a certification as well and be aware of any product with a warning label ... a man said that he once drank his laundry product to prove a point ... parfum does not mean perfume so remember that one. formaldehydeparabins.. if you

can't pronounce it and there are way too many syllables take caution. and it just because it costs more does not make it better in any way ... if you have more than 20 or 30 ingredients in something ... you want to take a closer look. you don't have to be a chemist to figure out what a natural product releases to read more you can go to the website chicago tribune

.com/trib-u next to the tug of war between protesters and the city of chicago heads back to court activists

talking. the former naperville mother granted an interview for a french documentary on mentally ill mothers who harm their children. she drugged and she smothered nicolas emilie and thomas in 1999 she said she was deeply depressed at the time and was involved in a bitter divorce she said she has never forgiven herself for those murders and she wishes that she were dead she is serving a life sentence at the dwight correctional center the documentary airs on french television it woman charged with pretending to be an immigration officer to

scam people will face a judge today 53 year-old gloria war as of little village is accused of ripping off two people police said the chair for to help these victims become u.s. citizens for a total of $34,000 authorities claim the children to deport them if they did not pay police also said she admitted to scamming about five others and pocketed $150,000 they say some of that money went toward drugs pastor brooks of new beginnings church said three months on the roof of his church to transform the site of a hotel across the street to a community center with a vision ... he received donations from tyler perry and members of the community and the private sector to demolish that i sort of a building

now he is looking for funding to build in that community center protesters who want to hold a march during a nato summit on not giving up even though the city has denied a protest permit robert jordan is live outside the hearings facility in river north that protesters had been in court all morning to seek a permit they want to be close to where the nato summit is taking place on may 20th they say they want to be seen and to be heard but the city of chicago said it could be dangerous so they do not want to grant any access for them to be close to the summit >>the city is not giving adequate permits for first

amendment protected activity >>the city says it doesn't have sufficient law enforcement personnel to police these demonstrators adequately >>the city's argument about the staff shortage of personnel for security and police think the parades' and the marches it's all transparently bogus 5000 delegates from 50 statesnations are attending ... and the protesters believe they are setting themselves up for arrest >>our first amendment rights are getting impaired by this city >>there are people coming here from around the country and around the world to raise their voices against nato and the

global agenda and a war in general organizers say that they will march may 20th with or without a permit ... >>people must remember the problems in 1968 began with the then mayor richard daley refused all reasonable permit applications that's how it all started so mayor rahm emanuel needs to learn something from history and not follow that example >>he was referring to the 1968 democratic convention when protesters and police for the battle outside the hilton ... the chance were the whole world is watching and it did indeed make international news and the city is trying to prevent this from happening again and its

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>>just because we had a cooling off yesterday does not mean that we're not having a nice warm spring ... >>this form. began with a brief interruption in september we had been running pretty warm and above-average since may ... it's quite remarkable here and in chicago we have a warm-up under way but it's not yet evident

because we are still a bit cool ... as the wind it becomes more westerly we will be warming ... later this evening and tonight we may get powerful thunderstorms and some parts of the area may be 30 percent of the region where nine degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago ... we will get warmer. maybe hitting 70 degrees ... there are warnings for wild fires in the east and there are advisories' to the west the worry about fire had bend prompted by the 50 mi. per hour winds that were happening west of the rocky mountains in

colorado ... and there were some dust storms all the way to iowa 25 degrees warmer today that's what the temperature increase will get to ... we may wind up at 71 degrees. we have averaged 10 degrees above normal in the last 10 months that's astounding anomaly 70 degrees st. louis 73 to more and iowa ... the warm weather is coming

for the moment the wind is coming off of lake michigan and recovering from the overnight cold we have made it into the fifties but will continue to get warmer the wind is blowing this warm air and from the warmer parts of the country ... we are looking at the wind gusts around our area ... 30 plus miles per hour wind gusts ... here are the local temperatures at this hour 53 degrees at soldier field in chicago and we are looking at shots of this powerful wind out there they are running self 25 mi. per

hour there will gust to over 40 mi. per hour this afternoon. we have high tree pollen and moderate pollen from mold the spores are low ... it will get very windy ... this evening right through to midnight ... they will turn to the northwest it will be moderately wendy tomorrow as well there's a big storm lifting from

colorado in the file i now iowa right now ... that will bring us those thunderstorms this evening. there will be a mix of clouds and sonun leading to the scattered showers and thunderstorms later tonight i would not rule out the thunderstorm with the gusty winds in other areas as well in the chicago metropolitan region a high temperature will be 71 degrees this afternoon.

up through midnight we will have thunderstorms and scattered showers ... overnight will be 48 degrees ... tomorrow the high temperature will be 68 degrees we will have some overcast skies with drizzle and fog and a second front cussingpassing through the area ... it will go down to 51 degrees thursday 40's at the lakefront ... april arrives sunday. it's time now for today's trivia

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time for sports: the bulls have proven they can win without their m-v-p, but last night showed how much they need derrick rose. he missed his seventh straight against denver. bulls down two at the start of the second half when luol deng turns it over, and ty lawson converts for two of his 27 points. the nuggets opened the quarter on a 10- 0 run, and the bulls never recovered... the nuggets shot 50 percent from the field as the bulls lose 108-91. their most lopsided loss of the year snaps a four- game winning streak. after several rejections the university of illinois may have finally found bruce weber's replacement: ohio university's john groce is the leading candidate. groce is 85/56 in four years at ohio, including two n-c-a-a appearances. he was also an

assistant at ohio state. blackhawks captain jonathan toews is almost ready to make his return to the ice. he's skated for seven days in a row, and says he's "pretty close" to be ready for contact. toews has missed the last ten games with an upper body injury, and he won't play tonight in new jersey. steve montador could return, after missing 22 games with a reported concussion. sox and dodgers in the cactus league: he finally drove in his first to right. sox lose, though -- 4- here are your midday winning lottery numbers ... here are the winning picked three numbers: 9

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boardaboard certain flights causing problems or delays the agency wants to be able to sue the passengers at the three metropolitan new york airports ... there were over 400 cases of disruptive passengers last year ... the breast cancer charity the susan g. common foundation is seeing a sharp drop in participation in donations for its race for the cure events the drop-off is considered fallout from the organization's brief effort last month to cut its funding to planned parenthood and backlash from abortion- rights activists force them to restore the funding of the damage to its image appears to be reflected in the fund

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i see and smell bacon... that' s right... you want to make a batter that is similar to pancakes.. you want it a bit lumpy and... after it's mixed add chopped sweet pepperass,

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for today's trivia question: general custer made his last stand at little bighorn in 1876. we may get to 70 degrees today. we will have thunderstorms forming tonight. showers are moving east ... but new ones develop. we have warm weather today and the possibility of gusty wind and severe thunderstorms in certain spots in the metro region tonight. for the next 15 days in

five date increments we are six and a half degrees above normal followed by eight degrees above normal followed by another two degrees above normal ... we might have some questionable whether for opening day for the chicago cubs but that's a way off ... we will be back into the '60s tomorrow. we will have low clouds and fog thursday morning in a warm to the '50s during the day but 40's at the lakefront ... now we're looking at this line of storms coming through here tonight breezing through here with those customer wins .. gusty winds.. the rain will not

be particularly heavy early this evening but when those thunderstorms arrive will get the downpour and that will be the case thursday evening as well ... the warm-up again begins over the weekend we will be into the '70s and that will hold early next week and will get much cooler with rain after that here is the seventh day forecast: 68 wednesday 51 thursday morning thunderstorms friday afternoon clouds and fog ... partly sunny warmer sunday and monday ... into the '70s for the weekend ...