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♪ ♪ chicago police and fire rescue units have been searching for missing teenager and they have recovered a body from lake michigan we will have more on that story next but first we have some breaking news out of indiana. police have a hostage situation at members of a swat team have now arrived on the scene where police are surrounding their real-estate office. they have confirmed a man with a black band is inside holding hostages we do not know how many hostages at this time.
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there are reports that shots were fired inside of the building roads have been closed in the area we will continue to update you again at the top of the noon hour. >> we are back to our top story this search for missing teenager in lake michigan we have more now. >> crews have found a body but they will not release information about the sex or who they found. >> based on witness interviews we had a decent idea of where to start off we have had a lot of wind conditions and we have expanded the search area until we locate the victim. >> how far away was the body found from the original area. >> it was in the area we were told to search. >> this photograph was taken
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right before she disappeared. she and a few friends came to the lake yesterday and fire department and divers searched until 2:00 a.m. this morning. a search helicopter was held this morning looking for the teenager. the family of the young girl was waiting on the shore and was praying for a miracle. the family does not understand why she was in the water because she was not able to swim. she was found in an area that is about 15 ft. deep.
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police officers say with it the water temperature at around 50 degrees it would take only 30 minutes for hyperthermia to kick and. >> the f.b.i is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the rest of the man who is suspected of killing his new bride. authorities believe this man stabbed his wife to death just hours after they were married. investigators now focusing their search for him in the state of durango mexico where his family lives. the ruling could be made today in the drew peterson case to
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limit the use of e-mail. county prosecutors filed the emergency motion on wednesday over concerns that there were too many conversations about the case through e-mail and after work hours. the judge uses e- mail to communicate with attorneys in believe it could casue issued in thes in the case. >> police looking for this armed robbery suspect who took money in cigarettes from its tobacco store and may have hit two more stores. police say this video shows the man entering after the last customer leaves. witnesses say he asked for cartons of
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cigarettes and then showed a weapon in demanded money after taking the money the man fled the scene police believe the same man hit another shop police believe the two got away with it three cartons of cigarettes and over $600 after and overthe store clerk. >> hundreds of thousands of low- income citizens will lose health care coverage under a bill passed by the state general assembly and then sent to the governor. the bill would slash more than one-and-a-half billion dollars from the budget we are live from the north side with a look at how one family would be affected by this. >> many families have children with rare disorders in need or around the clock care for their family members but this could all change if the governor signs this bill. this family has it
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for fuel that has a very rare muscular disease she uses a ventilator and is very smart funny and laughing. if the governor signs this bill this family along with 500 other families could loose the round the clock nursing care . this family lives paycheck to paycheck and has no more savings or 401 k after paying for all of the medical bills their only option would be to take to a hospital where she would have to live. >> this is not just hurting our family but others this is our biggest fear the fear of losing her this is the last thing we want we love her so much we are
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so blessed to have her. >> the $55,000 a month it would cost to move their daughter to a hospital which medcaid would cover and the at home care would cost over $16,000 a month which is state very steep increase. the fault of their family having to leave the home is devastating not only for the parents but for the son of the family who is 7 years old and would miss his sister. this is a very big issue if you would like to learn more about this go to this website.
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back to you guys. >> high gas prices are not keeping people from hitting the road this holiday weekend. you're looking at a live picture of the dan ryan expressway. today's expected to be very busy and chicago area roads as people try to get an early start to their memorial day. officials expect 7 million vehicles to pass through the illinois tollway system. triple a projects at nearly 35 million people will travel 50 mi. and more this memorial day please try safe. >> coming up next to the suspect in a three decade old disappearance of the new york boy said to appear in court and
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at the first commercial space capsule a rides at the international space stationrrives at
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cockpit of the airplane. in near port spokeswoman says the crew became concerned with the man's behavior when he tried to enter the cockpit to passengers restrained him into the f.b.i is not questioning the man whose identity has not been released. >> a man suspected of killing of six ruled boy in new york exactly 33 years ago today goes to court to face murder charges. etan patz disappeared on may 25, 1979: his way to a school bus stop in new york a block from his home. no one was ever charged in his disappearance and his body was never found yesterday's former stock clerk was arrested at his home in new jersey. police say he confessed that he lowered the young boy into a store and then strangled
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him. etan was one of the first missing children to have this picture put on the back of milk cartons. in his honor may 25th is also national missing children's day. >> the president of france has announced that all french combat troops will be out of afghanistan by the end of the year. the president traveled to afghanistan to make the announcement he said the troops have carried out their mission and it is time for them to leave. france currently has a 3300 troops in afghanistan 2000 of them will be pulled out by december of 2012. >> a u.s. senate committee has voted to cut aid to pakistan to show our rage over the sentencing of the doctor who helped the united states track down osama bin laden. the senate panel agreed to cut aid to
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islamabad by $33 million. that is $1 million for every year of the doctors 33 year sentence. shakeel created a vaccination campaign in order to collect dna samples are round his compound in pakistan. the results led to his capture in death. >> a milestone in a new era of commercial space technology is reached. the space x dragon has docked with the international space station. it has brought food to clothing computers equipment and science experiments. >> coming up next what morgan
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we are live from the new york stock exchange for your bloomberg on the money report. the countdown for an extended weekend is on the way. paying rent may also become a bit more stressful rent has risen up by 1.6 % on average area renters are paying more than $1,400 a month but rent in philadelphia has increased the most. investors are waiting out the situation the situationand
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facebook ipo is still front and center according to jp morgan they will adjust prices for some investors who may have overpaid the ipo and sony says they will pay for the 3d glasses for the new men in black movie and sony says they will pay this time but not the next. >> your vehicle's license plate will cost you an extra $2 a year if illinois lawmakers get their way. the state house will
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consider a bill to boosted the annual license fee from $99 to $101. the extra revenue would go to support state parks and some operations and the rest it for maintenance. >> coming up next exercise could help to alleviate a very common in variate 80 skin condition and she picked up her first guitar when she was just five years old. we have live music from chicago singer xoe and her new album archi
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memorial day days the unoffical start of summer and chicago beaches are open for business we are live that north avenue beach. >> all of these people are held at the beach today. the word is out the first official day of
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beached sea sand and clearly chicagoans are eager to move into the summer. she was among the first to grab a spot on the beach today. >> i wanted to watch it the sun rise this memorial day weekend. >> meanwhile these two are marking their wedding anniversary. we wanted to watch the sunrise over the lake and then sunset all in one day. >> the city's 24 public beaches are ready to serve. we want people to remember even though the area's top water is still chile is only around 62 degrees regardless lifeguards will now be on duty and it this year the
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swim flag warning system will be based off of real time bacteria levels. each season isbeach season is on! this is amazing is never a tough day at the office here. >> we have a lot of college kids home for the summer and they are heading towards the beach we are live at the beach with wgn
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news abck to you guys. >> we will be right back with your
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fired in the building. people are advised to stay away from the scene into local schools are on locke down until this is resolved. >> we are taking a look at the weather for this weekend. this could be the warmest memorial day and over six yearsy in over six years. we could also break another record with temps above normal for the first time in years and at such an early time to the
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seasion. we have clouds developing out to the west we have the front that has passed through the area that left us this bubble of cool less humid air. this will move across the area until tomorrow and will emrge with hot humid weather for sunday with record breaking temps. the temperature is at 75 degrees yesterday we had temperatures reaching below
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'90s. temperatures are very comfortable right now and these lakeside temps will make it cooler later today. the humidity is that 37 percent today. we have the strongest sun of the year so far with an 18 minute burn range for the sun. we have had 390 degree day 90 degree
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days and that is a record too. we have thunderstorms developing for later tomorrow. we are going to average 15 degrees above normal next week and then we will heat up the following week. during the afternoon to winds will turn southerly andf by e in form throm that front bringing very
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hot and humid air. this could develop into a tropical storm is moving offshore but is expected to head back towards the florida coast. take a look at the warm front it a still south of los tomorrow morning on sunday all of the storms will
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move north and we will have no rain but plenty of heat and humidity. the heat index will be in the high 90's for sunday but tomorrow the war frontm front will psuh in and bring that hot weather. the highest temperature recorded in may was 98 degrees back in the 1940's.
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we will have base on a cloud mix with lower humidity today. we will reach the low 80's and more clouds will move in tonight's said a sinsetting this up before rain tomorrow morning and possible afternoon showers we will have record key on sunday with plenty of sunshine and breezy conditions.
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thanks tom. >> it is time for today's trivia question. which two continents are separated by the drake passage? we will have
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it is time for your sports. phil is still looking for thehis first win since perfection after giving up five runs last night. rapper snoop dogg threw out the first pitch at the game... the red sox win 11-8
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and take the series. >> larry i do not remember anything the next day my arm was bothering me and i told them that i could still pitch but they said better safe than s. >>orry larry bird's pacers are trying to avoid elimination in game 6. miami wins 105-93 to eliminate indiana. that has been
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food when we are stressed out. this can get you out of the mode of over eating and help you eat better and easier. i made some french toast. we're not reinventing the wheel that eight whites, and a carton all of these crazy aches to get your egg whites they write their we just had a little bit of sentiment in some vanilla for sweetness. my favorite part of this is peprdige farm bread that is only 80 calories a slice.
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the bread is smaller than your normal slice. this is just about swapping out ingredients in making sure you are hitting everything that you need to fuel your day. my children are only allowed to have two days to eat cereal out of the week i think there are better things to eat in the morning to help them out at
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school. what are some of your favorite recipes in your book. >> i take some of the favorite recipes like meatloaf or was on theilasgana and we just keep a few of the heavy ingredients out. sometimes it is a process of elimination i have tested at all of these recipes and i put the best ones in the book obviously!
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drake passage? the answer... it is the body of water between the southern tip of south america and antarctica ... we're looking in the beautiful holiday weekend with temperatures reaching below '90s with plenty of sunshine and humidity.
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cloud coverage will increase tonight with a possible chance of thunderstorms later tonight and into tomorrow morning. by sunday the temperatures will keep upheat up in the low 90's the heaviest rain will fall in the upper midwest over the next few days. severe weather is out to the west and south of us today we will have no problems to tomorrow but by sunday those severe thunderstorms will make their way in by monday.
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we will have much haveair for tuesday and able look like that for the rest of the work week next week. we will reach temperatures in the mid '80s for tomorrow and by sunday all areas will reach temperatures in the mid 90's. on tuesday we can expect at some cooler temperatures and less humidity. have a great weekend. thank you for joining us today have a great holiday weekend!
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