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or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. students at lake forest high- school return from spring break only to deal with another tragedy the third apparent suicide of a fellow student since january. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are just tuning and around the country on wgn america and was watching on the internet randi belisomo has more on our top story: another tragedy struck in this
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northern suburb edward shotchutt became the third student to be struck by a train ... in february 1st student was struck by what his family believes was a suicide and in january another student walked in front of a metra train and has since been rolled suicide by the county officials within days of the second death here suicide prevention advocates began to call the school offering education tips this high school has formed a task force with parents teacher's and community leaders we have social workers we can
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talk to hear >>we apologize for some difficulties with the audio that was randi belisomo from lake forest a convicted murderer who finished parole for months ago has been charged with killing three people and a south side home police said curtis a. davis jr. forced open the door of an apartment and west with lawn on tuesday and shot three people inside he spent 18 years in prison for murder and a public housing building in the bronzeville neighborhood he is now being held without bail he claims to be possessed by satan and that's the story from a man now charged with stabbing is a four year-old mother to death and her northwest side home 54 year-old joseph nerone lived
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with his mother in the home on the 3800 block of north normandy police found her body friday shed multiple stab wounds in he was covered in blood his attorney said that he has mental health problems as convicted last april of assaulting a neighbor he's being held without bail cicero police say there is no evidence of foul play in the death of a two month old baby autopsy results are expected this afternoon jayleen tellez was found unresponsive on a bed in her cicero home in the 1300 block of 57 court yesterday she was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead dcfs is now investigating allegations of neglect against her family representatives of that agency say that they have not had prior calls about the family results of toxicology reports will take 12 weeks and 80 year-old englewood
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neighborhood man who shot a burglar in his home last week and got arrested as a free man today prosecutors dropped charges against homer wright who was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon he had been convicted in the past and is not allowed to own a handgun he and his 75 year-old wife owned a tavern in the angola neighborhood and they say they've been robbed numerous times prosecutors did not say why they dropped the charges they also did not return his 38 caliber handgun and anthony robinson the main person the man who homer wright shot and wounded is charged with felony burglary his bond was set to data hundred and $50,000 illinois lawmakers will hold a hearing today on gov. pat quinn is planned to close the dam's correctional center in southern illinois the hearing is set to
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get under way at this hour on the campus of shawnee community college his budget plan calls for closing 14 large state facilities and dozens of smaller offices to save money that list includes the dwight and tams correctional centers youth prisons in joliet and murfreesboro and the center for developmentally disabled residents in centralia the pace bus program which allows rush-hour bosses to ride on the shoulder of the stevenson expressway is being expanded pace says that beginning next monday will add service to the two routes separate from the loop to the southwest suburbs pace says that since it began testing the bus on children's program that commuter writer ship is up and travel times and on-time performance of both improved the rush-hour bosses are left to rot on the shoulders of the stevenson when traffic is moving slower than 35 mi. per hour ahead of the illinois teachers' retirement system says the retired teachers may have to take pension costs the state owes the system $43 billion in
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the debt will not go away even of those pensions of current or future teachers are slashed pension executive director dick and gramm said that the system could be bankrupt by 2029 because of the state's financial crisis he said he hasn't seen a reasonable plan to pay down pension costs he said that the state may have to eliminate the current cost of living increases for current retirees if i may be brewing over the mega-millions jackpot even before anyone has come forward to claim any of that price ... mcdonald's worker in maryland claims that she bought one of the winning ticket for self at this convenience store some of her co-workers said that the pooled their cash and should share in the jackpot television stations owned by tribune company, including this one -- are currently not available to direct-tv subscribers. the blackout is the result of a contract dispute. the two companies did not reach an agreement over compensation for airing tribune television
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yet another audio experts to analyze the screams between trayvon martin and george zimmerman said that he doubts that those screams came from george zimmerman ... who claimed he acted in self- defense after being attacked by
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trayvon martin ... to experts have told the florida newspapers that they don't believe the voice on those 911 tapes screaming for help was that of george zimmerman ... hundreds of people marched through the austin neighborhood yesterday members of the west austin community call for justice for trayvon martin and peace in chicago ... somewheresome wore hoodies in solidarity weather conditions improved this morning off the coast of california... allowing the u-s coast guard to rescue two injured british sailors. the men were injured after when a huge wave struck their yacht during a storm. one of the rescued sailors may have suffered broken ribs and two other crew members who are also injured, were well enough to stay on the boat, which is now headed for san francisco and
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should arrive later today. the yacht, with 18 crew members in all, is taking part in an around-the-world-race ... the wave knocked out its steering. at least 31 people are dead after a russian passenger plane crashed in siberia this morning. the plane crashed just three minutes after takeoff on a flight to a northern oil town. 12 people survived the crash five of them are said to be in critical condition. the plane's "black box" has already been retrieved.. as investigators try to determine what caused the plane to go down. the crash is the most recent in a string of russian airline disasters that have raised alarm about the country's air safety. a judge in pakistan has sentenced osama bin laden's three widows and two daughters to 45-days in prison... for living illegally in pakistan. the judge also ordered all to be deported to their countries of citizenship after serving time. the women have been in pakistani custody since u-s navy seals raided bin laden's compound and killed him in may of last year. the daughters are 17 and 21 years old. pakistani authorities charged the women with forgery and illegal entrance into pakistan.
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voters cast their ballots tomorrow in the latest round of republican presidential primaries ... mitt romney is expected to win all three contests in wisconsin and maryland and washington d.c. but other gop hopefuls are not giving up the fight ... they've vowed to stay in the race until one candidate gets 1144 delegates the number needed to win the nomination ron paul said he's not throwing in the towel either a top fund-raiser for president barak obama reelection campaign is accused of fraud the washington post reports that a fund raiser who raised more than $50,000 for the a bombing campaign is accused of defrauding a businessman at more than $650,000 a spokesman for
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the above it campaign said that they consistently review contributions for any issues and address them immediately the campaign has returned contributions in the past mayor rahm emanuel is in washington d.c. today and tomorrow to attend a national summit on preventing youth violence is organized by the department of justice to share information on youth violence prevention and forced an intervention efforts across country taking part in the summer mayors police chiefs school officials and young people we will be right back with the top business stories
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in chicago with a look at today's business headlines dow
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chemical is closing a plant in illinois in charleston ... for others around the world will be shot in two years because of the european debt crisis in a total of 900 jobs will be lost across these closings from dow chemical groupon stock is plunging 11% it's trying to contain fallout over its latest financial problems sales were lower than estimated in its latest earnings report it says it is working with an accounting firm and hiring more finance people to straighten things out there ... burger king a is putting out its new menu today that includes fruits moody's salad snack perhaps and frappes new packaging and employee uniforms ... they're fighting to get back to the no. 2 position that they lost to wendy's
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rave reviews for the apple i phone 4 and its screen and faster connectivity ... construction spending fell 1% that was an unexpected drop ... as adults we know how important it is to maintain good credit but not many parents think to keep an eye on their children's credit more and more thieves are stealing the credit of young children lisa sylvester has one family's story
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like many kids this fellow likes to play baseball but he has a link the credit report and none of it is good ... 5400 on the bank of america credit card and more it owed it to the allied financial bank and a california jewelry store he is a victim of identity theft ... it was indicated to me that six or seven accounts were opened in his name totaling $7,000 and purchases ... it happened after a southern california health- care company lost a computer disk drive it was not straightened out before someone was able to steal his identity and rack up $7,000 in charges ... >>i was told that someone stole computer and found my name and
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they made like a card and put my name on it ... according to the federal trade commission thousands of children are often victims of identity theft there is no history of debt typically the way that this fraud is discovered ... is when the child begins to apply for schools or car loans that thieves know that if they get a social security number from a youngster it could be years before any credit checks are made on that child for any reason >>there's no reason for you to carry around europe's social security numbers or your child is in your wallet >>sometimes things happen out of your control that was the case
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his father is a district attorney in california >>i deal with this issue it work every day and it has now had home it just goes to show you it can happen to anyone and my family is typically extremely careful equifax offers a family plan to help keep tabs on children's credit files and the social security administration is making it harder for thieves to get these numbers ... new numbers are getting a shoot randomly instead of being based on the location and date of birth still ahead the program being introduced at the county jail aimed at improving the prisoners mental clarity and later in the medical watch fast food is not as bad for your
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could face criminal charges according to reports the nfl players union reportedly hired outside counsel to represent players if necessary an investigation found that since players were awarded cash prizes for injuring opposing players in one instance players were for $10,000 for knocking breath farther out of the 2010 nfc championship the nfl says it is still considering punishment bidders paid a total of $80,000 for the whitney houston wardrobe during an auction of a weekend some of the pop singer stresses jewelry and elaborate costumes were included in the hollywood legends auction in beverly hills
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one of the top sellers was a bejeweled bastille day that whitney houston war and more than 19 used during concerts' that brought in more than $19,000 ... historians and genealogy buffs are celebrating ... information from the 1946 census is made public today after 72 yearlong period of confidentiality the records provide a snapshot of america in the midst of the great depression 21 million people who provided personal information in that sense this are still living and the aclu and other privacy advocates are warning that information could be used by identity thieves the records do not contain birth dates or social security numbers it is one of the hottest tickets in town and a ana belaval of dg
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and got a look at the looking glass theater production of cascabel.. natalie did she get to speak with celebrity chef rick bayless about his part in that stage show she got to hang around with a man who changes his clothes on a high wire ... >>these are incredible circus performers ... this man is changing his clothing ... he purportedly was empowered by this wonderful food ...
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you got together with too smart people to put this show together ... we have heidi spillman from the looking glass theater with anthony with the acrobats in the dancers it's like magical realism when you think about the work of their real garcia marquez and like water for chocolate this is kind of in that millie youeu >>tom skilling will be a up next with the full weather
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someone wrote to me on facebook saying that that left chicago yesterday in their winter coats and by the time they reach their destination they were in it their shorts ... there were 90 degree temperatures down state peoria was 85 yesterday ... the warm air is ever so close ... it may move far enough north said that we can briefly get into it tomorrow. we have a
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gorgeous day here in chicago there are big storms to the north of us and a weather system will be coming together to settle below us that could create scattered thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow high pressure will build from canada and turn that wind off the lake ... let's take a look at the temperatures 57 currently ... and around the region at this hour: any time the wind comes off of lake michigan water is cool and that keeps things chilely..
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the easterly winds are keeping things cool in the western suburbs ... it will also be cool in the northern suburbs but to the self it will be warm and summary there's a big temperature drop taking place out to the west coast north into canada ... the wind chill is 57 degrees with 53 percent humidity and 51 degrees is the temperature in lake michigan has been a bad allergy season thus far ... it has been pretty cool this morning ... but they are close
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to normal for this time of year. 57 degrees right now at o'hare and at midway. lots of sunshine all over. let's take a look at the temperatures this is the forecast take a look at that cool canadian air being brought in by the easterly wind off of lake michigan ... tomorrow we could make it to 80 in part of the chicago area but the northern suburbs will remain cooler we will have a pretty cool opening day at wrigley field on thursday at the chicago cubs' home opener.
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tomorrow it will be warm however ... we could use more rain. there are storms out in the dakotas they are not worthye worthy ... they are going to produce some heavy rainfall and underthunder ... and there's a big cluster of activity in the gulf of mexico as well ... massive strong wind is gushing from both of these storm fronts ... they are creating some serious whether.
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there are frost and freeze advisory's over on the east coast and wind advisories in the plains states. denver had its driest march on record. they are still watching for wild fires. severe weather to the west today and tonight not a problem here in chicago. the headline is: a burst of warm air tomorrow and next two weeks we will see some rain with a few scattered thunderstorms happening tomorrow.
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there could be a few thunderstorms tomorrow with some wind coming off the lake ... that will hold right into thursday. making things cool for opening day at wrigley field today clouds and mixed son high temperature 66 degrees tonight cloudy cool low temperatures down to 50 with maybe a few thunderstorms tomorrow partly cloudy scattered thunderstorms it will be cooler in the north in the suburbs 56 degrees and warmer to the southern suburbs with temperatures in the high 60s
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northeast wind 12-24 things will be cooling off for thursday ... in march we were five degrees warmer than we were previously last year. temperatures remain above normal and even with this cooling. it is time for today's trivia question: which type of plum was named after the first wife of king francis the first of france the answer is still ahead in the news at noon
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idle predators in the standings. the blackhawks and wild combined for three fights and 58 penalty minutes. hawks come back from a two- goal deficit... still down with 2:45 left, and patrick kanes scores the power play goal to tie it... his second of the night. after a scoreless overtime... the shootout is tied at one when devon setoguchi beats ray emery for the game- winner. hawks lose their final regualr- season home game of the year 5-4, but they still earn a point. sometimes this teams are tough to play with young guys trying to prove themselves ... you could see they were going to be chickpeappy... derrick rose missed his 20-th game of the year in oklahoma. bulls down nine in the second... carlos boozer loses the ball, and russel westbrook converts the easy layup on the other end... he had a game- high 27 points. bulls were down by as much as
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30 at one point... then in the westbrook dunks over the seven- foot omer asik. bulls shot a season- low 33- percent and lose 92-78. they're home against houston tonight. playoff tickets go on sale friday the 13th ... top ranked notre dame against u-conn in the women's final four.... irish down two with ten seconds left... skylar diggans drives and misses the layup but natalie novsel ties with the putback... a game-high 20 for her. on to overtime and notre dame up a point... diggans finds brittany mallory who hits back- to- back threes. notre dame beats u-conn 83-78... they'll face undefeated baylor for the national title tomorrow. your live illinois lottery drawing is up next
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its medium security division. wgn's robert jordan is live at the jail where the new program was introduced this morning >>most nuts chess programs aimed at teaching new players are focused on children but the sheriff tom dart has a new program for detainees to teach them the game one of the main benefits is getting them to realize the importance of thinking before you act >>you refrain from negativity
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and making bad decisions and starting trouble >>they have plenty of time on their hands of the old expression goes that idle time is the devil's workshop so sheriff tom dart has begun this program for detainees at cook county jail to teach them the game of chess ... on this day the guest of visitor was the world-renowned champion anatoly karpov the russian master observed the detainees locked in fierce battle on the chessboards in this jail >>some of these gentlemen are ready for tournaments they play pretty well there were playing at nearly tournament level >>there's a backlog of those who want to learn and join those who already know how
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>>this is an incredibly positive and unique thing that we are doing and the big coke is that the detainees are paying for it themselves ... >>they passed a lot of time playing it's very important for them and they never fight the sheriff said that as the chess program grows he hopes to have competitions between other detention centers ... he challenges dupage county it's your move ... >>on the medical watch a dramatic rise in skin cancer among young adults ... and researchers say that the big reason is indoor suntan facilities ... a. mayo clinic study looked at skin cancer
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cases in minnesota beginning in 1970 the study found that the incidence of melanoma among young women was eight times higher by 2009 and it was four times higher among young men the researchers said that the uv radiation dose from tanning beds is seven times higher than the sun but young adults continue to ignore these warnings new research suggests that the long-term hormone therapy to ease the symptoms of menopause can increase a woman's risk of breast cancer no matter what type of hormone is taken it was already known that pills which combined estrogen and progesterone can raise the risk but estrogen alone was thought to be safe for women who no longer have a uterus possibly even beneficial in terms of cancer risk now researchers to track the health of 60,000 nurses report that the use of any kind of hormone for 10 or more years increase the chance of developing breast cancer
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a new study concludes that fast food raises your risk of depression the study was conducted in the canary islands it found that people who eat burgers and hot dogs and pizza are 50 percent more likely to be depressed than people
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schremphrimp.. >>we are also here to talk about the new clintogluten free menu at the restaurant for those with celiac disease ... today we are doing some shrimp ... i will begin with making a compound butter ... these are proportions for a larger recipe, by the way ... to this we had some black pepper
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paprika rose mary ... preferably chopped ... some garlic worst sure saucercestire sauce and a red pepper sauce similar to tabasco and some cayenne pepper ... it will have a bit of a cakekick but will bring the shrimp
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lots of flavor. we will begin with cooking the shrimp salt and pepper on ieither side ... we have a warm hand here with some clarified butter this is fresh shrimp we have thoroughly cleaned them take in the shells off and we leave a piece of the tail intact we have this clarified butter in a saute pan ...
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we are going to get some color on each side ... >>you don't let them cook all the way through while they are in the pan alone ... i don't want to overdo it it can cause the shrimp to be robberubbery.. >>i am going to use a spoon to dig out this compound butter from my blunderender.... that will
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be set aside i will add just a little bit we have enough here for servings of between three and four people ... these are very large jumbo shrimp. mastro's steakhouse is located at 520 north dearborn right here in chicago... the glten free menu will be featured in the spring flowers event at the sheridan hotel ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] been looking for excedrin lately? now
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the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare stronger for all of us. is the type of plum that was named after the first wife of
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the king francis the first of france ... we are in the 24th consecutive day of above normal temperatures. march was 53.9 degrees average warmer by five degrees than the previous warmest march which was 67 years ago 1945 ... we are looking at the national map ... and the easterly wind flow bringing some warm air tomorrow but the wind will turn from the lake once again to cool things down ... there are bands
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of showers and thunderstorms from the west that will keep things cloudy and cool here ... with a mix of sunshine and clouds for the cubs' home number on thursdayopener thursday strong winds wednesday will be blowing from the east all the way to iowa ... tonight the clouds will be here scattered showers toward the wee hours of the morning we begin with sunshine tomorrow and the front has things collapsing with some scattered thunderstorms later in the day ... the 7 day forecast: 74 degrees tomorrow in the 50s near the northern

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