jury selection is underway in earnest for the trial of the man accused of killing three members of singer jennifer hudson family. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet. f monica schneider is live at the cook county criminal courts building with the top story this trial could potentially be one month long ... one juror was

dismissed for cause already. there's a pool of 150 people and the main concern is that the celebrity of jennifer hudson will influence this jury. the judge is charles burns and he is questioning the jury today tomorrow and possibly wednesday to come up with 12 individuals and six alternates individuals to serve on this panel. prosecutors claim that william balfour killed three members of the jennifer hudson family in october 2008, angry over the failing marriage to the sister jennifer hudson ... jennifer hudson is expected to be in court on the trial begins later this month prospective jurors

may see her later this week in her appearance on american idol that show that began it all for the singer ... will there be difficulty for the jurors to remain objective is the question >>this is a public courtroom she has a right to be there in the lawyers must determine whether or not they can get a fair and impartial jury ... >>attorneys for the defendant say that the evidence is circumstantial and they will do their part to make him presentable in court he is present today. so much will be

about image here >>he said that he was defending himself and his home when the act as accidently shot and killed a teenager but the family of that teenager says that in a belgian man took alot into his own hands and shook been charged with murder trial is underway today at the cook county courthouse in rolling meadows robert jordan is live at the courthouse the attorney for the defendant wants to distance this situation from any comparison to the trayvon martin case in florida. the defendant is charged with shooting on the fourth of july last year where he shot a teenager and killed him. he believed that the

teenagers involved were trying to steal cars on his block ... >>this case is not about trayvon martin or george zimmerman it's about my client. in the george zimmerman case zimmerman was told to stand down and not shoe my client was trying to defend his property the sister of the victim said that the family is devastated and they want to see the charges raised to beyond involuntary manslaughter

my brother was not given a chance to defend himself. his life was taken away by a person who had no right to judge. the entire case could be concluded thursday and in jury selection begins today in dekalb county where a man is about to go on trial in a rape case that dates back half a century 72 year-old jack mccullough is charged with rape of a 14 year-old girl in the early 1960's mccullough is the same man that is charged with killing 7 year-old maria ridolph of sycamore back in 1957 he will be tried later on the murder case the two cases are not related to the rape charges were filed based on evidence found law investigating the death of

maria ridolph in chicago fire fighters recovering today after being injured when fire overnight it began about 230 this morning at a home in the 8600 block of south as cannot avenue in the south chicago neighborhood the fire that spread to another building next door the fire departments of both buildings were vacant for firefighter who was injured suffered cuts to his hands he was taken to advocate trinity hospital for treatment he was released this morning because of the fires under investigation will road crews are still repairing tracks in gary indiana where to trans collided yesterday those trains were both traveling eastbound when they head an investigation is under way to carry fire officials believe that a faulty switch is at fault the two crew members had to be helped out of a damaged locomotive one suffered a broken leg with a dozen cars were derailed no word on how long it will take to get those tracks back in service

>>the elder tracks in the loop are about to get some much- needed repair workers will replace robbing tis and rusted rails the track replacement project is scheduled to begin april 20th and continue primarily on 16 selected weekends through november the work affects more than 11,000 ft. of track includes the stretch along wells and van buren streets a small portion above wabash avenue the hubbard curve just north of the merchandise mart cetacean and the junctions at lake st. allan wells and wabash and van buren as well

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the 13-year-old was shot in the head saturday night as he sat on the front steps of his home. wgn's tonya francisco is live at 51st and wentworth with details. tonya? a white dodge caravan may have been the getaway car and police are hunting for it. the reward has been raised ... a crisis team is on hand at the middle school where the victim attended classises. the boy was killed while sitting on his front porch saturday night. >>he was hit several times including a shot to the head that killed him and bullets hit

his friends. >>the gunman were wearing masks when may came from an alleyway and began shooting one of the victims was able to get a glimpse of the shooters at the time a van took away >>that's the way they operate ... the family members are very upset. one victim was released

from hospital the other is still being treated. the gunman were likely gang members but the three teenagers shot or notwere not.. cook county's pension fund is more than five-billion dollars in the red ... and will go broke in 26 years according to new analysis. the report by the county's pension oversight committee shows that the city and state aren't the only ones with un- funded retirement plans. the report suggests several possible steps to close the gap... including increases in employee contributions and later retirement ages. the 5-point-2 billion dollar deficit at the end of 20-10 was seven times as big as it was 10-years earlier. cook county commissioner william beavers is holding a fund-raiser to help cover his legal bills. beavers is facing federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors say he failed to pay income taxes on more than 226- thousand dollars that he took from his campaign funds and his county expense account. beavers denies the charges.

today's event is at the mcdonald's on navy pier. it costs 125-dollars per person. the proceeds will benefit the commissioners legal defense. a once-influential real estate consultant will be sentenced today, for his role in a corruption scandal involving some of rod blagojevich's top aides. john glennon admitted, he withheld his knowledge of a kickback scheme involving the "chicago medical school," to protect a six-figure commission *he* received. eventually, glennon testified blagojevich administration. former bears quarterback jim mc-mahon is being sued in connection with his work as a board member of now defunct broadway bank. the sun-times reports the f-d-i- c is targeting mcmahon and others in a lawsuit to recover more than one hundred million dollars lost from 17 bad loans. two years ago, federal regulators closed the bank, owned by the family of former state treasurer alexi giannoulias.. according to the sun-times, mcmahon served on the board for six years -- after his career with the n-f-l.

and -- the paper cited court records indicating the punky q- b -- approved one of the 17 loans that lost almost twenty million dollars. mcmahon said in a statement to the paper quote -- "the allegations in the complaint are utterly without merit." a cuban american group is planning demonstrations against ozzie guillen and the miami marlins, after some controversial comments guillen made about fidel castro. according to the orlando sentinel, a cuban group plans to send a caravan to the marlins' ballpark tomorrow. the group's leader says they will boycott the marlins until guillen steps down. in a new issue of time magazine guillen is quoted as saying he "loves" castro. he apologized over the weekend and said he is against the way castro treats cubans. the marlins have also issued an apology. the days top business stories next. how a mother's weight during pregnancy could affect her child's chances of developing autism.

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devices including a slumping television business affecting their sales in a deal worth more than $1 billion aol is selling some of its patents to microsoft. groupon has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in addition to others that were filed last week. attorneys are accusing the company of misleading investors about its financial results for an initial public offering. it is trading at its lowest point since going public since last november. >>are we looking at relief at the gas pump?

>>perhaps in time for the summer road trips season according to the lundberg survey the prices are going down about 10¢ since last week chicago still has some of the highest prices in the country but oil prices are continuing to drop that should put a lid on prices at the pump coming up next new concerns about the nuclear ambitions of north korea. and it could revenge be a motive in a deadly shooting spree that left five men dead in tulsa oklahoma and the two suspects are charged in the crime going before a judge to have their bond getting set today and he's being remembered for his÷ç@[7o7o7o

million dollars each for two men accused of shooting five people in tulsa, oklahoma. 19-year-old jake england and 33-year-old alvin watts are charged with three counts of first degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill. the victims are all african american men ... though investigators say they appeared to be random targets ... with no connection to the alleged killers or each other. authorities say ... before the shootings .. england posted a racial slur on his facebook page about the 2010 murder of his father. but so far ... police have not called the shootings hate crimes. authorities say england and watts were roommates. that were arrested after police matched england's burned pickup truck to a truck spotted at the crime scenes.

the special prosecutor in the trayvon martin case said that she will not turn the case over to a grand jury for a special indictment . legal experts say the parents of trayvon martin may have a strong case if they sue the homeowners association over their son's death. the teen was killed in sanford florida in february. neighborhood watch leader george zimmerman told police he shot martin in self-defense. zimmerman hasn't been charged because he's protected under the state's "stand your ground" law. but some lawyers say martin's parents could successfully sue the homeowner's association because the group gave zimmerman the power to police the neighbhorhood. hopes for a cease-fire in syria are fading. the syrian government had promised to withdraw its forces from cities by tomorrow. but over the weekend the foreign ministry said the regime would *not* commit to pulling its forces out unless armed rebels lay down their weapons. today, there are reports of new clashes between rebel fighters and syrian forces. and for the first time.. cross-

border gunfire has injured three people in a syrian refugee camp in turkey. north korea is expected to go forward with a controversial rocket launch this week. the north korean government allowed journalists to record these pictures of the launch site, to back up its claim the mission is to send a science satellite into orbit. but western diplomats say, the launch is just a cover for a ballistic missile test. at the same time, new images from space reveal north korea is preparing an underground cave for its third nuclear test. many analysts see these actions by korea as a bid to extort more aid from the international community. new jersey residents aren't so happy about footing the bill for whitney houston's funeral security. the late singer's home town of newark, new jersey spent 187- thousand dollars in police overtime. nearly 200 police officers were stationed at the new baptist church where the service was held. many taxpayers argue houston's family should have paid for its own security. newark's council memeber said police protection was necessary to hold back the thousands of people who swarmed the area for the funeral.

he was one of the most respected -- and feared -- journalists of his day. mike wallace, a staple for four decades on "60 minutes"... has died. he was 93 years old. sandra endo takes a look back at his life and legacy: he was known for his hard- hitting journalistic style and aggressive questioning ... decades before millions of television viewers watched him on cbs news, mike wallace already had a colorful career ... he was born in brookline massachusetts in 1918 after graduating from the university of michigan he began his career in radio he worked as a radio host getting spots in television ... that included

commercial work. his love for the news made him drop that line of work in 1963 when cbs hired him as a correspondent. his feisty brazen style made him a good fit for the network's new magazine show 60 minutes that debuted in 1968 ... he did not care or to any leader american or foreign ... he asked the ayatollah khomeini all the hard questions ... media critics said that his

attack dog style was relentless. >>he pioneered the ambush interview which has fallen out of favor ... he taught generations of younger journalists about how to go and get that story by 2008 he had triple bypass surgery after minimizing his assignments at 60 minutes ... his relationship with viewers spanned decades he will have an everlasting impact on the field of journalism he was 93 years old. chilly and wet weather on tap for this week. tom skilling is next with the full forecast.

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this will be the coolest air and about a month at the second cool spell that we have had in a week and we have had five below normal temperature days in the past month ... but colder canadian air will be entering our area but not before a warm- up comes back for us for the weekend ...

the big story is the mild weather and the windy weather today we have a red flag warnings low humidity high wind and dry conditions are fueling this ... there are also frees watches as you see on the map the jet stream will buckle bringing down that canadian air. you have to go back to march 5th to find such cool weather that

we are going to see in the next couple of days ... there will be a big warm rebound this weekend it will be wet in the next couple of weeks ... and that's above normal in terms of the totals spring has had only 82 percent of the normal rainfall thus far.

we are really looking at this canadian air front ... today tomorrow and wednesday. their repetitive severe weather outbreaks in the plains states. it's two degrees cooler than it was 24 hours ago right now. the northwest wind is gusting to 37 mi. per hour here in chicago right now. banned down the hatches if you are headed out this afternoon and on....

the cooler air will displace this warm air we are experiencing today. low humidity and dry conditions are feeding that red flag alert. it is currently 51 degrees at midway airport. we have gorgeous sunny skies in most of the metropolitan area today.

we will be having our 32nd annual tornado laboratory this weekend. friday we will be addressing these issues right here on the show. the high temperature today will be 59 degrees tonight we will have scattered clouds windy and cooler ... possibly 34 degrees at o'hare. tomorrow the high temperature will be 49 degrees sunshine mixed clouds cooler with a frost or freeze warning for the

overnight hours and wednesday will be mostly sunny windy and cold at 53 degrees it is time now for today's trivia question: will more wrote 17 novels and two short stories about his frontier family who are [ male announcer ] this is lois. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups it's back to more pain back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lois... who chose two aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. [ female announcer ] try aleve d for strong all day sinus and headache relief. that was me trying to be discreet with my vial and syringe. me, drawing my insulin dose. and me the day i discovered novolog flexpen.

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time for sports: robin ventura earned his first win as a manager over the weekend, but he can't be happy with the lack of offense against the defending a-l champions. ...sox wrapping up a series in texas: gavin floyd pitched into the hits, but three of them were homeruns. third... carlos beltre homers in the next inning. then josh hamilton adds another in the sixth. the sox managed six hits, but get shut out, 5-0. they visit cleveland tonight. cubs trying to avoid a sweep

against the nationals: his first start since 2010... he struck out eight, no walks, and and two- thirds. it was tied until the sixth when alfonso soriano singles in darwin barney for his second r- b-i of the day. carlos marmol earns his firstthe brewers visit wrigley tonight. derrick rose played in his first game in a month. the knicks blew an early 21- point lead... bulls up in the fourth when rose nails a three and the foul... he had 29 points. but the knicks close the game on a 10-0 run to force overtime... and then carmelo anthony drains a three to re- take the lead... anthony scored 43. bulls down one in the final seconds... rose takes the shots at the buzzer, but it's no good. bulls lose 100-99... they have a re-match with the knicks in chicago tomorrow night. the final round of the masters came down to a playoff. on the second hole... bubba watson's second shot is from the trees... and he hooks it 15- feet from the hole. he'd two-putt to win the hole and beat louis oosthuizen

it's bubba watson's first win at a major. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next.

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a family in elgin spent their easter mourning the loss of a marine killed in afghanistan. family and friends of 21-year- old alex martinez paid their respects yesterday at elgin's veterans memorial park. martinez died on thursday in afghanistan's helmand province. it was his second tour of duty there. his parents received his remains at the dover air force base in delaware over the weekend. chicago area residents might be able to go camping next year... right here in cook county. the forest preserve is looking at plans to open up some areas of the county's 68-thousand acres of forest preserve to campers. campers used to be allowed in the preserve... they could even build their own cabins. but that stopped in 19-29 when it got out of hand with littering and overcrowding. now, the forest preserve is looking at options for campers... including security, and on-site staffing.

a record number of families were expected to sign up on line for summer day camps and other programs at the chicago park district. there have been a number of complaints from people waiting a long time for processing on the website. but it handled the volume. at eleven thirty -- there were 7,600 completed registrations. the website is www.chicagoparkdistrict.com in person registration begins on saturday the 14th. if you got locked out of a popular park district program -- the parks district says try another location. in medical watch.. a mother's weight and diabetes could be a risk factor for autism. a new study found pregnant women who were obese were 67 percent more likely to have a child with autism.. compared with normal-weight mothers who did not have diabetes or high blood pressure. the researchers report a pregnant woman who is obese also doubles her child's risk of having another developmental disorder.. such as poor

communication skills or lack of attention. the study appears in the journal "pediatrics". scientists have discovered two gene variations that appear to increase the risk of common childhood obesity in the first few years of life.. even in children as young as two. the gene variants predispose some children to obesity more than others. it's not clear exactly how the genes work.. but the researchers say it may have something to do with bacteria in the gut. previous research has isolated gene variants that impact extremely obese children and adults.. but this is the most extensive effort yet to pinpoint genes involved in more typical childhood obesity. eating berries may lower men's risk for parkinson's disease.. according to a new study. researchers analyzed data from more than 130-thousand men and women. the study shows men who regularly ate foods rich in flavo-noids, such as berries reduced their risk for developing parkinson's by 40 percent. no such relationship was found in women. flavo-noids have also been

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octopus. i love octopus but sometimes the texture is a little bit chillyewy.. we recommend tenderizing the octopus and olive oil before you saute the octopus na very hot pan ... i would think this looks overcooked but you say that it is tender and the inside because you have steeredseared it on the outside....

i would recommend buying the octopus if you can pre- tenderized.. we do it uy soaking it in olive oil... we are making an italian style dsalad preserved lemon -- a setcret of the restaurant. whole lemons are cured with salt and sugar

aslong with roasted bell peppers, parsley, and red onion and cannellini beans. and high quality extra virgin olive oil. we make a tabasco mash sauce -- and as an interesting flavor is made from a byproduct of making

that tabasco sauce. every ingredient is served at room temperature with the exception of the octopus which has spentbeen sauteed. in addition to the fabulous food at your restaurant you have lots of vintage album covers at the restaurant we only play vinyl and we have lots of albums in our collection that the diners can choose from. they

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c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! frontier family--the subject of his novels and short stories were the sacketts. we have a red flag advisory out ... fire can spread easily in this high wind low humidity environments so please take extra care. the pollen counts

for trees and weed pollens are off the charts the mold spore situation is lower. and we are experiencing the close temperatures since early march we are looking at temperatures in the high 40's and into the low '30's overnight and we will climb back up into the 50s moderating slowly by the time we get to friday temperatures will be into the '60s and then hopefully in the '70s by the coming weekend.

we're looking at some strong canadian wind flowing down from hudson bay toward our area that's cooling things down. it will be windy from texas to lake superior by this weekend but that will make for some warmer temperatures. we are looking at 810 dave rain forecast we can sure use some grainrain here..