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police surrounded town are heading to chicago to help prevent scenes like this the upcoming nato summit. but protest organizers say concerns about violence on the street are misdirected. tonya francisco has more on the need osama, just five days away. >> mccormick place is ground zero for the nato summit which gets underway on sunday in the u.s. delegation is reportedly
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staying here which is why they held this place to hold a press conference this afternoon. >> tang8 announced they have an agreement with the city to set up a sound system at the intersection of michigan on sunday mid-20s which happens to be the start of the need of summit. that location marks the end of the march rally that is expected to begin at noon on sunday. the march and rally is being led by the iraq veteran against the war, the permit had been approved for the grant park rally and march but the news today was that the officials got an e-mail last night that reaches an agreement to set up the stage and sound system here. organizers are also asked about what message they may have for the black block anarchist's that are supposedly going to show up, these are the protesters that wreak havoc in cities like seattle and vancouver over the years during these international
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summits. organizers did not want to address the past behavior directly instead this is what they said. >> the violence we are concerned about is the violence that happens with people who are meeting at mccormick place. to focus on people in the streets is focusing in the wrong place. we will respect them, that is the message we have said from day one. >> chicago police will be prepared. they have reinforced and coming in from philadelphia milwaukee and charlots in addition to the hundreds of state troopers and dozens of suburban police officers that will be joining them to assist in any way they may need during the summit which gets underway this sunday. >> keep your eyes open if you're parking downtown this week. less than a week from the summit and the no parking signs are going up. parking restrictions are in effect all over downtown with more to come. here is a map of
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the parking restrictions. >> after 20 years in prison, a chicago man convicted in a 1986 rate case is a free man today. >> it is a wrongful conviction case against of any that has been oaklawn its way through the system for the last 20 years and today finally, one part of the case has been dismissed. >> i am feeling great the fight is not over get past all have one more hurdle but it is a great day. >> standing next to his attorney, he is finally clearing his name of the rape charge that
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sent him to prison for 20 years and well he has been out for the last six years it has taken this long for the lake county prosecutor to dismiss an additional charges that he faced. >> that ends a two decade saw the of an innocent man wrongfully arrested, wrongfully tried, wrongfully convicted and wrongfully sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. >> attorneys from the innocence project found dna evidence that showed he was not the rapist. even so, he was not quickly released. >> this is not just an isolated problem, this is an epidemic and it shows problem with the justice system. >> this man also spent four years in prison after being wrongfully convicted stop by the court house to congratulate him. he was asked if he thinks are other innocent men behind bars. >> absolutely. there is a lot of people in jail that are innocent
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and it is not fair people who commit the crimes are still on the street and that is not right. >> so how does he planned to spend his life from now on? >> conductive lee taking one day at a time. spending time with my family and my grandkids and living. >> there's still a battery charge that remains before an appellate court and his team hopes the court will takethey take that decision clearing his record once and for all. >> police in burbank still have not said anything about arrest or suspects in the stabbing death of a newlywed in the southwest suburb. the 26 year- old was still wearing her wedding dress when she was found dead in her bathtub on sunday. her sister had police check on her after she failed to pick up her two year-old son and nine
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year-old daughter. she had just married her son's father on friday. police say the killing was an isolated domestic case but there's no word on where the father is. >> police are investigating to more cases of rock-throwing that damaged cars on every expressways. the sun-times reports to the windshield of a vehicle was broken yesterday when vandals threw to breesedebris from an overpass on the eisenhower expressway. nobody was injured. no arrests have been made. in the past week police have investigated five separate rock-throwing incidents. >> an employee at northwestern memorial hospital is accused of using credit card information from patients to pay her own bills. the 35 year-old is charged with aggravated identity fast. police say during a search of her home, they found credit card numbers birthdays and social security numbers from more than 50 patients. .
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>> country club hills us finalize a plan to pay back within $6 million it owes cook county. in october 2010, the treasurer's office accidently overpaid the town but the mayor said he only learned about the problem last month. after monday's meeting, he said the village attorney was negotiating repayment plan. the treasurer said a deal has been worked out to repay the money over a period of three years. >> a new poll gauges how people in chicago think mayor emmanuel is doing after one year in office. here are the results. you can see the full results of the pole on our web site or in today's chicago tribune.
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>> so what does the mayor himself think about the job he is doing? he gave himself an incomplete when asked to grade his first year. he sat down to talk about the biggest issues, like jobs and crime. >> when you deal with crime what has worked and will work is more cops on the streets getting kids guns and drugs off the streets. overall crime is down what is not working is we have a gang problem that is unique to chicago. stronger schools stable finances, so we can create economic opportunity and job creation and quality of life for neighborhoods. those are the building blocks. we will
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continue to do the things in those neighborhoods that are necessary so we have the greatest city in the greatest country in the world. >> he said he is havehappy with else in the budget, not raising taxes and a longer school day. >> next, the oldest daughter of john edwards is expected to take the stand at his corruption trial. what she will say. and a key aide to media tycoon rupert murdoch is charged with conspiracy related to the phone hacking scandal. and more than just film and a dark room supplies in kodaks basement. what the photo giant was also house anding. housing.
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john edwards oldest daughter is expected to testify possibly as soon as today as the defense presents its case at his corruption trial. the former north carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee is accused of conspiracy, making false statements and by leading campaign contribution laws. the chief financial officer for his a 2008 campaign testified yesterday that he had nothing to do with the reports the campaign filed with the federal election
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commission. >> a former major-league baseball trainer is testifying again today against roger clemens. he is charged with lying to congress in 2008 when he denied using steroids. his trainer said he first injected the pitcher with steroids in 1998 when their boat with the toronto blue jays. the trader said he saved the medical waste after injecting him including calls, syringes, cotton balls and needles. prosecutors are using them has physical evidence against him. >> the first round of charges are coming in a phone hacking scandal that has scarred rupert murdoch. prosecutors in england and said today that will file charges against trebek of brooks, her husband and four other people. she was the former head of news international. she is accused of plotting to prevent authorities from investigating the news of the world and son the templates. >> francois hollande officially been sworn in as the president
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of france. during his inauguration speech, he vowed to find new growth led strategy to end european debt crisis. after the ceremony he is travelling to germany to me with the chancellor over there very different versions to save your row. >> kodak is known for cameras but the shocking to report said the company had a secret nuclear reactor for nearly 30 years. the reactor was in the basement of their headquarters in rochester new york. from 1978-2006, the reactor was in rich with uranium. they say the reactor was used for research and testing to check materials for impurities. >> mitt romney will attend a fund raiser today. the campaign events will take place at the home of pat ryan, the founder of
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the insurance company aon. it is expected to break into $0.5 million. >> president obama attended a fund-raiser in new york yesterday cove hosted by ricky martin. he announced two years ago that he was gay. the joint appearance of solidifies last week's announcement that the president personally supports gay marriage. tickets for the fund-raising started at $5,000. the money raised will benefit his campaign for reelection. >> ron paul says he will no longer actively campaign in the remaining primary states. in and email ofto his supporters, he said it take many tens of millions of dollars that his campaign does not have an order to have any hope of success against mitt romney in the texas, california and new jersey. but he will continue to battle for delegates in states
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holding conventions. >> facebook raises its share price ahead of its initial ipo. and the delay that could burned consumers. new labeling to help you pick the best sunscreen get the light by the fda. and it may be time for lunch but we're making some great breakfast f [ female announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ ♪ one a day women's 50+
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cautious in april. retail's edged up just slightly which was the slowest pace this year. mild weather in march may have pushed sales earlier along with easter falling in early april. >> the cost of living was flat in april thanks to falling gas prices. >> j.p. morgan chasen ceo faced shareholders this morning and it did not drama free. he was confronted by upset shareholders and protesters in the tampa, he did survive a shareholder push to strip him of the chairman of the board position. this is five days after he disclosed that the $2 billion trading loss. the department of justice and the fbi said today that it will begin a criminal investigation into the trading loss. >> we have learned that apple is preparing in the lineup of mac book laptops featuring a more powerful intel chip and high-
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definition display. they are expected to display the new laptops next month. they will have an extended battery life and will feature high-definition screen like those on the iphone in the ipad. and a quick look at the numbers. >> we have all felt a little envious of friends or celebrities from time to time but what happens when that turned into jealousy and makes you unhappy? here's some advice on how to handle in men is a jenniferthat is jennifer weigel. >> let me ask you, how often
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have you seen somebody post on facebook talking about a miserable divorce and losing a house? it is never anything bad. we want to put our best foot forward. >> we do not realize that those people that we idolize or are jealous of have problems too and that is what the experts are trying to help us with. you need to know there is a full story and the author of finding thishappiness has some tips. >> not everybody definition of happiness in the same. being
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generous to those who do not have what you have or if somebody calls you up and says i just got engaged and instead of being angry that you are not the one, called them up and say you are congratulations. >> even if you have to fake it, the active faking it could help to trade those neurons. >> sort of like the act of forcing a smile makes you smile. >> and another tip is getting exercise. it helps your endorphins ago and and shutting down the negative or the nba shut down social media cites altogether. break up with debt for a while. >> you only see the good stuff on there and nobody is posting
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the bad things. >> the most important suggestion from your expert, be grateful for when you have. >> we can all look and say i wish i had that but what about looking right in front of you? also you can physically write down what is going well. >> he will be here may 23rd for a finding happiness seminar. >> if you want to learn more, head over to the chicago tribune website. >> coming next, shed workers to step up and camp out to make sure aquarium residents are well
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cared for during the upcoming summit. and later a surprising reunion for a white sox manager robin ventura when it was like a red rash... very sore looking kinda blistery. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember it well. i was in the back yard doing yard work. i had this irritation going on in my lower neck. i changed shirts because i thought there was something in the collar of the shirt irritating my neck. and i couldn't figure out what was going on. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. i always thought shingles was associated with people... a lot older than myself.
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weekend, up to 60 chef employees. >> with 32,000 animals here at the aquarium and then closing for three days over the summit it poses a unique challenge for animal handlers. because of that, 50 d-60 and please are hunkering down for a long weekend. >> day of working out the details for months. final food and medicine deliveries are coming in today staff are stang for the weekend and they are betting their office to become temporary homes. they are keeping an extra close eye on their pregnant often said to give birth any days. >> one of the things we have learned from watching these animals in the wild is that first-time mothers have difficulty. after go to the experience to understand what is happening and we have done a lot of things to try and help her
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but we have our fingers crossed and are hopeful but we understand our risks. >> they expect attendance to be down for the month of may by about 12% because of the weekend. they say that they hope the city of chicago will get money from the summit will help them in the long run. >> it is nice and warm outside but severe weather could be overcome later today. we are have your fall forecast. [ water ] hey, it's me water. does this faucet make me look fat? probably because of the lead i can pick up in your pipes. luckily, pur water filters remove 99% of lead. ahh, now i can fit into my skinny glass. hello.
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this time lapse of view of the northern hemisphere in the single shot. these are the highest resolution pictures ever taken of the earth. these images are captured on may 14th and will end on may 20th. >> it is 82 is out there. we will see several more 80 degree temperatures this week but we will have a cold front that dropped tonight and may trigger some showers and thunderstorms and some have the potential of being strong. you're looking live at michigan ave. plenty of blue sky but late this afternoon we can expect the clients to start increasing. here are the temperatures around the nation. you can see plenty of warm air around the south. we will have
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another weekend of the degree temperatures. 80 degree temperatures. what a day this has turned into. the winds are quite an issue. we will have some gusts approaching 30 mi. per hour. there is plenty of moisture for the approaching cool air that weto work with and that is what we are suspicious of some rain tonight. the cool air will drop through tomorrow and then we will warm up again. as we go into next week, will cool down again briefly on monday and tuesday. the storm up to the
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north is moving through central wisconsin. not a big deal so far but it is raining modern moderately and it is moving in our direction. it will turn into thunderstorms between 80 and-and i am. it is rather messy and parts of the northeast. the computer model shows the storms and tonight expected and noticed that the timing. they should be through the area by midnight and at that time we expect the skies to gradually clear. as we go into thursday, the weather will be fine with sunshine. here is the forecast. beforeit looks like
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let's recap the cleaning games. [ bottle #2 ] mr. clean magic eraser extra power was 3x faster on permanent marker. and he didn't stop there. aw, he never stops. i-i can't watch. cut to commercial. yeah, this is a commercial. [ male announcer ] mr. clean magic eraser extra power. the cubs and white sox both wrapup two game series this afternoon while one of the best pitchers in baseball is still looking for his first victory. ryan dempster took the mound in st. louis. the cubs gave him a
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four run lead but he gives up four runs in the sixth inning. tied in the eighth inning, and rbi single in the cubs: to win a 6-4. >> jon danks struggled against detroit, but adam dunn his 12th home run of the season. the white sox down their run in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and a chopper up the middle of drugs and to run runs. he had a career high for rbi. the white sox win 7-5. it will go for the sweep of this afternoon. >> a judge may soon dismissed a charge the new bears receiver brendon marshall punch a woman in the new york nightclub. the woman says he hit her and she wants him to face criminal penalties. espn reports police
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are struggling to find evidence against him and sources say the case will likely be closed. >> jay cutler took some time away to educate students about diabetes. he visited the perspective middletown me on the sell side to discuss how he deals with type 1 diabetes. he is also excited about the new offensive system with his former coach. he said his surgically repaired thumb is doing fine. >> if you want your chance for your band to play a gig and when studio time, enter our breakthrough band contest. one band will play during the midday news on the june 21st and when a studio recording session valued at $10,000. enter your banned at our web site. >nd at our website.
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former gov. rod blagojevich got a visit from his family over the weekend. his wife and their two daughters and a couple days with him in the visiting room at a federal prison in colorado. he is two months into a 14 year sentence for official corruption. in a new facebook poston the wife said she and the girls are happy for the visit but family visiting rooms to be one of the saddest places on earth. >> tens of thousand of commuters are relieved to hear this, the congress park in the loop is back open. the governor was on hand this morning as all lanes of traffic reopened. for the last year and a half there was heavy construction between wells ave. and michigan ave. the governor said this work to
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create 400 jobs. >> we are all about jobs and that is what this program is about, investing in our roads our bridges our highways, our water systems like the chicago river, we have to make sure we put people to work. >> work on the congress park bridge is expected to be done at the end of the month. >> sunscreen makers to get more time to clarify how much protection their products provide. not many of us goes on bidding in december but that is the new deadline for major sunscreen makers to change their product labels. the fda wants labels to distinguish which brands protect against ultraviolet b rays of which cause sunburn in which protect its culture but iagainst a rays. >> sleepwalking may be more
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common than expected. 30 percent of americans that episode an episodemay experience an episode of sleepwalking once in their life. they found that those who took sleeping pills a suffered by discretion are more likely to suffer. they say it is usually harmless but it can lead to injuries. >> the new children's hospital opened in june 9th and the final days of the old children's memorial hospital, some special visitors are taking a look back. robin ventura made his way to the hospital yesterday visiting patients offering gift bags and a few smiles but it was a special surprise for him that inspired everybody. >> he walked the halls like he has so many times before, first as a player, now he is back. >> i am the manager of the white sox. >> this little one knew exactly
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what to say. >> into you come here for the first time and see what the kids are going through the parents are going through the whole other set of circumstances it just takes you in the gout you feel like whatever you can do. >> he signed autographs, looked to the white sox book with current patients and then look back through time. >> he has been waiting for your autograph with the longest time. such a fan. >> the very first heading here, he met ryan, a cancer patient. he joked that rai and looks better now. >> you continue those relationships and keep in contact and walking around today was pretty special. >> net was special inspiration seeing a former patient so
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healthy. >> that is a picture of us from 1991. >> in the end transformed into a lifelong white sox fan. >> after rabin met ryan in 1991. he stayed in contact with him sending him tickets and christmas cards but this is the first time they have seen each other again. and take a look how was that the game last night and and his wife scored some pretty good seat sitting with the coach's wife. >> we have been smelling our comfort food. we're going to find out what any time is a good time [ female announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ ♪ one a day women's
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of a shower or thunderstorm tonight which could be strong but tablatures after tomorrow will be moving back up.temperatures after tomorrow will be moving back up. monday books and the most promising for more rain.looks the most promising for more rain. >> thank you for joining us today. have a great afternoon.
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