chicagoans lined up and pay up for a chance to become a mega millionaire. the jackpot has ballooned to a record 600 morning $40 million and a big drawing is tonight good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm tonya francisco in for dina bair-we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web.

the jackpot could grow by two nights trying ... the clerk running the register at this 7- 11 near western and gray could not keep up as people lined up one customer bought $900 worth of tickets ... >>the man said he felt lucky >>the jackpot is the biggest ever and has continued to grow since tuesday's drawing failed to draw a top prize winner for the 18th consecutive time since january the odds of winning are one in 176 million this man had an epiphany when he ate his dave grohl/night >>we have chinese food last night i went by what i was told on the fortune cookie i am feeling lucky >>mega-millions is played in 42 states the district of columbia and the u.s. virgin islands. some predict tonight there will be a winner.

>>i have never played i wasn't even sure where to buy one >>i bought a little lotto so i could slip and if i don't win the big one the largest mega-millions jackpot ever won was back in march of 2007 for a mere $390 million it seems like chump change compared to the giant jackpot tonight ... hard to fathom these numbers ... tonight's jackpot is a world record ... if you are the mega- millions jackpot winner you would have the choice of a cash option or an annual payout the cash option would be $462 million. you get that up front with the annuity, you would be paid over 26 years and it breaks down like this: what and $24 million every year more than $2

million per month over $470,000 per week and about $67,000 per day just think about that one remember you can watch the drawing right here on wgn channel 9 and wgn america at 10:00 p.m. central time several shootings in chicago leave at least two people dead and 11 others wounded judy wang has our report police superintendent garry mccarthy congratulated police officers here and their promotion and he says there key to the ongoing effort to reduce violence pish he also reported progress in one shooting in aggression convenience store i can tell you everything the investigation is ongoing but i'm

confident it will be brought to closure it was a terrible tragedy clearly gang-related and we are looking to prevent the next eventual occurrence based on the intelligence we gathered >>in recent months the superintendent closed district stations consolidated and shifted more officers to street duty new promotions had officers nominated by commanders and going through a process of interviews they were promoted to bring more diversity to the ranks six people were shot in one incident one person was killed here is a 22 year-old man the men left in a gray or silver s u v heading north on bishop from aggression neighborhood is to be was found near 76 that ashland where it is believed the gunmen

switched vehicles there examining surveillance video to get good images of these gunman ... father fighter of a nearby church believes that the gangs are using the stores as street offices >>people here need to have a way to close down the stores of their innocence to the neighborhood ... >>this is not just my complaint but that of several other aldermen when you have a bad business that didn't technically do anything wrong with the neighborhood has complaints about the way they're operating how can we not renew their license when it comes time ... >>the police shooting a police say that the shooting at the

store was gang-related there has been drug activity at that location the superintendent says putting the best and brightest in these positions is crucial the cook county states attorney's office has rejected a search warrant for a property where some claim that more victims of john wayne gacy may be buried. gacy was executed in 1994 for killing 33 boys and young men they were found at his home but gacy also worked as a maintenance man at a building at elston and miami on chicago's northwest side neighbors say that he was often seen digging deeper holes there are hours underground radar picked up evidence of as many as 70 new targets in 1998 but police dug two holes and found nothing sheriff tom dart wants permission to do it once again but the property owner and the

state's attorney say no attorneys for christopher vaughn are asking a judge to bar any mention of his religious beliefs in his upcoming murder trial he is accused of killing his wife and three children after pulling off interstate 55 in 2007 his attorneys believe any mention of is it true religion could severely impact as constitutional rights to a fair trial the feel that jurors will speculate on whether it's a religion are it's a cult prosecutors said that it won't discuss his religious beliefs but they may present jurors with postings that christopher vaughn made online a druid mailing list a judge will rule on that issue next week a judge will decide next friday whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the death of david koschman he died in may 2004 from injuries he suffered in a fight in the rush street nightlife district he got into returned an altercation

against group which included former mayor daley's nephew richard vanecko lawyers representing the mother of david koschman believe that an echo through the federal punch but got away with it to cover-ups and conspiracies and connections the assistant state's attorney says the attorney for koschman are jumping to conclusions house lawmakers pass a new pension reform bill ... the legislation was approved victor wgn chicago tribune investigation found a state representative doubled his pension by working for alderman ed burke for just one month under that proposal the state will no longer be responsible for the former lawmakers pensions if the move to another government job with a higher paycheck the bill now goes to the senate. wind turbines may be going up like michigan and other great lakes and in later the obama administration has reached an agreement with illinois and four other states to speed up approval of offshore wind farms

critics say that they would run the views of the lakes lower shoreline property values and harm birds and fish supporters argue that the lakes are wind supply setter vast and untapped as a source of clean energy and economic growth administration officials said that the region's offshore wind could generate more than one-fifth of all potential wind energy nationwide we have a lot more coming up

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more witnesses are coming forward in the trayvon martin case. and i witness is talking about what he saw the night the 17 year-old was killed if the eyewitness who did not want to be identified says it began with loud voices before turning into a scuffle and then a gunshot the police report says that george zimmerman was injured but the

eyewitness tells another story: >>he just kind of seemed very ... worried he walked on the sidewalk that point his hands were near his forehead >>the brother of george zimmerman also spoke to cnn addressing a police video in which his brother appears not to have any injuries >>the medical records will look spain all of the medical history of my brother george how he was treated at the scene i think he looks, swollen in that video and i'm his brother >>robert zimmerman said he chose to go public to try to diffuse some of the anger over the shooting his brother remains in hiding and has not been arrested or charged he also said the family has received death threats the fate of the president obama's healthcare reform law may already be sealed off the

nine supreme court justices met in private this morning to vote on the lot off the vote follows three days of hearings over the constitutionality of the individual mandate and if the law could survive without it that mandate would require americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty the justices can change their votes in the coming weeks after reading each other's draft opinions and dissents the ruling will be made public in june federal investigators now have the voice recorders from the cockpit of a jet blue flight that will help analyze the pilates mid air meltdown clayton osbon was locked out of the cockpit to stay on a flight from new york to jack las vegas he pounded on the door in and began running down the aisle yelling about terrorists and telling passengers that the plane was car crashed the co-pilot made an emergency landing in amarillo texas clayton osbon the pilot is facing federal charges of interfering with a flight crew coming up next we have the day's top business stories and we have

more on the nato summit protest marchessp

business headlines: mastercard says it's investigating a breach of account information and it has notified the banks to issue mastercard is and law- enforcement it did not say how many accounts or banks are affected ... visa accounts may have also been potentially act ... overall 10 million people may have been affected. speaking of credit cards more people may be getting them ... consumer confidence is up ... americans

are getting more confident about the economy and that may lift some consumer spending we are seeing gas prices increasing 20% this year so far that could put a damper on what we spend and where and over to foxconn where a ton of electronics are made in china the company has had to pledge to cut working hours ... the employees just want more money and they come on the hours ... this comes after complaints on labor abuses the average foxconn workers 23 years old and makes $403 a month and all that covers our basic needs it ... research in motion is trading higher as the company tries to assure investors it can survive

the maker of the blackberry's smart phones fell short of analyst estimates with fourth quarter sales dropping 25% research in motion plans to focus on corporate customers as consumer demand dwindles ... more customers are opting for the apple i phones and google android devices stocks trading higher currently ... when you get your 401k statements for the first quarter you'll find it was the best we've had since 1998 >>there are new developments in the dispute over proposed nato protest march that set to coincide with the may 20th summit julian crews is live with a report the nato protesters had lost their bid yesterday an

administrative hearing they hoped to force the city to allow them to begin their parade route originating at daley plaza but now they will go along with the city's wishes on with certain conditions: >>the verbal offers must be put in writing and if they are in a faithful way we will be able to live with that >>that was angie thayer and he said that he wants the stipulations and offers regarding the city's alternate routes ... the mayor said that the city verbally offered the use of the petrillo band shell as a rally point free of charge to the activists without requiring an insurance purchase the group also wants assurances from the city that the group can get close enough to mccormick place said the nato attendees could hear them regardless of a last-minute security parameters

it could be ordered by federal authorities such as the secret service ... the activists although not happy with everything the organizers are willing to except the city's alternate route >>we will accept one of the city's alternate parade routes the one that goes down jackson over to state and then to harrison to michigan and cermak over to indiana ... the press conference ended a short time ago no word yet from city officials but the one interesting thing to note the organizer says that he wants to challenge rahm emanuel to a debate as to why he offered to bring the nato summit to chicago without discussing this or bringing this up with the people here in the city there challenging the mayor to a debate

as you may have heard, there is a very real possibility that starting tomorrow, if you're a direct tv customer, you may not be able to watch the wgn midday news, wgn-tv, wgn america or any tribune programming. wgn parent tribune broadcasting, says in a statement that direct tv is refusing to offer a fair deal and the sides remain far apart in negotiations. direct tv issued a statement saying they have no problem compensating tribune fairly and believe tribune's programming is important to the public. for more information and links go to our website, wgn tv dot com... and wgn america dot com for our national viewers. and if youre a directv customer and would like updates on the situation, text the word 'direct' to 97999 and well keep you in the loop.' still ahead in the medical watch the colorful coffee bean that

could be key to weight-loss and we have live music in the studio today from blues musician mud morgan field you can see him tomorrow night at a cd release show at buddy guy's legends

he has just released a new cd:

" son of the seventh son " welcome mud morgan field >>thank you for having us back. you have claimed your blues birthright ... what has this been like for you >>it has been fantastic i am humbled it's been an honor to be part of what my father spent his whole life doing ... >>you have traveled some ... >>i have been around sharing the blows glad to be a part of it ... >>the cd is just fantastic i'm really overwhelmed about a have some great players

>>these guys are blues all stars ... and we have a second- generation thing going here the eyes had a dad who played for your dad ... and your cousin is bowed diddley didley.. >>that's right steve ... >>so you have a party tomorrow night ... yes >>i want to say hello to my son ...

>>its great to have all of you here thank you for coming and i wish you well with this new cd >>thank you steve [music: locomotive performed by mud morganfield]

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i was thinking about that concept of the odds of getting hit by lightning are greater than winning the mega-millions lottery ... do you know that the plains states and parts of nebraska kansas and texas could see 90 degree temperatures this weekend? we are on the other end of the spectrum for the moment ... we're looking at a view from the hancock building ... it is

fairly cloudy out there and we have some drizzle going in this area. we're looking back on this incredible month. 6675 new high temperature records were set across the united states reaching into every state at one point or another it was a historical warm month of march and that includes chicago we are running over 16 degrees above normal ... it's two degrees warmer today than it was yesterday when this coming off lake the 12 noon temperatures will be rising between 15 and 20 degrees warmer saturday sunday ...

we may not get very warm by the lakeshore tomorrow but by sunday we may see some 80 degree temperatures in parts of the chicago metropolitan area. it is currently 50 degrees at o'hare. the water temperature and light michigan it is 51 degrees the lake is 22 days ahead of itself in temperature levels from one year ago ...

the pollen counts are high. taking a look at the temperatures and the rain that came down last night: a almost a half an inch and some places there were this hailstones ... we are taking a look around the area at the local temperatures ... and here is the view from wilmettte. we are in search of sunshine today. it was snowing on the north end of this weather system by the way.

we have clouds developing to the east it is fair and humid down states the top of a thunderstorm clouds can be 98 degrees below zero there could be another batch of thunderstorms coming through here tomorrow night. we have lots of wind advisories and red flag advisory's out west it's very dry in the plains states denver colorado was

recording its driest march ever. we will wake up to some drizzly conditions tomorrow morning partly sunny skies before a new thunderstorms come in overnight tomorrow into sunday morning it may reach 80 in parts of our area sunday afternoon. monday is a tossup ... this afternoon we have an overcast and damp day. we have sporadic drizzle and fog on the shoreline the high temperatures 564 today it will be cloudy and damp this evening with drizzly conditions ... sunshine will emerge tomorrow and we will also see late night thunderstorms

developing ... partly sunny and breezy warmer conditions sunday afternoon and there are signs of new thunderstorms coming in clusters on monday we will keep an eye on that one the cool air sitting over lake michigan ken davis unpredictable weather time for today's trivia which country has more vol i'm a marathon

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time for the lunch break ... jennifer kim is a 2012 san paolo greenough almost famous winner. this was the 10th anniversary for the san pellegrino

competition ... >>is intense it's a different kind of challenge it's different from working in the kitchen but it pushes you as a chef and there are lots of mentors and good exposure we are making an easy lamb dinner. we have a line of lambloin of lamb from the rack... sear this in a pan and then roast in the oven...

asparagus has fibrous coating so you snap off the bottoms at the natural breaking point.. and you trim some of the strands at the bottom of the stalk.. we're also going to do some potatoes and other vegetables ... you want to ensure that your pans are warm. it's best to use

vegetable oil. at least for this recipe ... we will add some butter this is a trick that i learned from a celebrity judge who told me that you will get a better browning affect this way.

we have roasted potatoes carrots and asparagus ... these have already been blanched we are just finishing them off with a quick toss in this saute pan ... we will add parsley and garlic to this mixture. we are adding a pinch of kosher

salt to the potatoes separately. i am going to make a mustard vinaigrette dressing with whole grain mustard mint and apple cider vinegar that will address these vegetables thank you very much jennifer and congratulations for more information on today's recipe or to watch this while some fiber ads use super models metamucil uses super hard worium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol.

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i'm a marathon runner, in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue... he was just... "get me an aspirin"... yeah... i knew that i was doing the right thing, when i gave him the bayer. i'm on an aspirin regimen... and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. so he's a success story... [ laughs ] he's my success story. [ male announcer ] learn how to protect your heart at i am proheart on facebook. and now the answer for today's trivia question: which country has more volcanoes in anywhere in the world? the answer is indonesia ... >>that is one active earthquake area as well ...

we actually saw some hail stones fall on the ground this morning here in the area there was heavy weather out there overnight the next storm will be late tomorrow night into sunday morning and perhaps a few more going into monday and tuesday ... some of the models are telling us that we will get 3 in. of rain within the next two weeks ... the west coast is having some storm activity that may travel our way ... looking out to the plains states there is extreme warm weather there will be into the '90s ...

a big jet stream a ring of fire pattern bubbling around that warm air to the west it's coming eastward to our area we will see sporadic bursts of showers and thunderstorms ... inland it will be 71 degrees 50 said the lakeshore in the '80s sunday and there's a big spread of temperatures for monday ... we will be at about 73 degrees on average. the chicago much pollen an area the lakefront may seek cooler temperatures throughout the weekend have a good one. we thank you for joining us

today and will leave you with more music from mud morgan field you can see him tomorrow night at buddy guy's legends have a great weekend everyone