despite a budget crisis at city hall the chicago police department is offering overtime to fight a surge of violence in chicago good afternoon i am steve sanders ... >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the internet nancy loo has the top story >>the overtime beefed up the force over the weekend but there is frustration over the crime statistics this year ... garry mccarthy says that over the last month the murder rate is down

17%, with an unacceptable level of violence in the city of chicago ... >>addressing business keep people at the union league club the top up here in chicago said that the reality is four times as many guns are on the street of chicago as are in new york more officers will go on the streets for weekends throughout the summer >>i have done this in several cities retreaded here last year this is one other thing we do we actually tried this last weekend >>but last weekend was one of the years worthworst ... there e multiple shootings with nine deaths ... a survivor is a pregnant teenager hospitalized

in stable condition the police union views the response as a band-aid >>we don't object to having overtime for employees but this is an admission that there is a man power shortage ... >>the union claims that 1000 officers have retired over the last two years and the department has only hired 150 officers there is no estimate yet on the cost of the overtime but garry mccarthy insists that this will be within the department's overtime budget three people were assaulted separately by several groups of attackers downtown last weekend one of them now says what happened to him was not

provoked >>when you are down on the ground trying to protect your life there's not a whole lot you can do that victim did not want to be identified he said that he was writing the red line saturday night when his wife dropped her i-phone the teenager who picked it up would not give it back that is when the group of seven teenagers attacked the man the group then left the train with the i-phone which has not been found there is surveillance video but no arrests have been made the victim has to cracked teeth a broken eye socket and a swollen eye >>i don't want my friends to have what was done to me down to them ... there were arrests and another mob attack one young man and seven juveniles are charged with beating a man from michigan on saturday night 3 nato summit activists were

charged in an alleged terrorist plot and made a very brief appearance in cook county criminal court today tonya francisco was 05 >>we know that an indictment has been returned ... the state will not share the contents of the indictment ... terry sullivan to the gm legal analyst joins me >>they just came back the state said they have an indictment and it's set for july 2nd in front of the chief judge ... the defense attorneys decided not to ask for bail because they need to see what is charged here in the indictment ... the defense

attorney suspects that there is a good reason why this was not put to federal court ... what he might be saying is that the federal government did not want the case >>this the first time that the state has brought multiple levels terrorism charges against anyone ... this is the first time in over 10 years that this is being used in court and it looks as though the charges may not see the light of day >>there will at some point they after but what will these people be charged with terrorism or will the state charged them with something less ... right after the attacks of 2001 various states ended up drafting their own terrorism loss ..aws... andn

federal courts have been over 400 convictions ... the only thing i've seen under state terrorism was that washington d.c. sniper case he was prosecuted under state law ... and there has been little success on the part of the state's the new york high courts have been in the past year undone one of the laws that were misapplied ... >>it will be july 2nd before we know ... the three were originally charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism and material to provide support and possession of explosives there were accused of planning to firebomb the chicago mayor's

home and the president's campaign headquarters downtown ... as well as police stations throughout the city there will be back in court and prosecutors will release the indictment ... we will continue to follow this case a federal judge has set a sentencing date for the former chicago businessman, the pakistan american convicted in connection with the 2008 terrorist attacks in india that killed more than 160 people he was cleared of responsibility for those attacks themselves but he is guilty of supporting the militant group that carried them out the judge rejected his request for a new trial and

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a teenager referred to as "victim number one" is testifying today at the sexual abuse trial of jerry sandusky. the teen broke down as he recounted abuse he says started when he was 11 years old... and continued over four years. the now 18 year old told jurors the first time sandusky forced him to perform a sex act was in the basement of sandusky's home. during opening statements yesterday... defense attorney joe amendola said the victims are looking for financial gain. an attorney for one victim denied that. >>the facts are ... he never sought this opportunity ... sandusky is accused of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. he has pleaded not guilty to 52- counts of sexual abuse. the perjury case against former baseball pitcher roger clemens is expected to go to the jury today. today in washington, d.c. -- closing arguments will be

delivered and then the judge will give the jury instructions for deliberation. clemens' former trainer admitted he lied to fbi and baseball investigators about the cy young award winning pitcher's use of performance enhancing drugs. during the trial, his trainer showed syringes, claiming he used them to inject clemens. the former player is charged with perjury for lying to congress about steroid and human growth hormone abuse. the man accused of shooting six people near auburn university over the weekend is still on the run. officers swarmed a house where they believed desmonte leonard was hiding out. leonard is charged with the shoootings that killed three people, and injured three other saturday night. police swarmed the home and fired tear gas inside. at one point police believed leonard was hiding in the attic. however, early this morning police left the home without any comment. the 32year-old mystery surrounding an australian baby's death has finally come to an end. nine-week-old azaria chamberlain disappeared on august 17, 1980 during a camping trip.

her parents said she was taken by a dingo -- an australian wild dog. the baby's body was never found. her mother was jailed for three years before eventually being cleared. today, a packed courtroom erupted in applause when a coroner ruled that evidence proves a dingo *was responsible for the baby's death. the chamberlain case was dramatized in the movie "a cry in the dark" starring meryl streep. thousands of people marched today in moscow to protest vladimir putin's return as president of russia. it was the first protest called by the opposition since putin took office on may seventh and began tightening a government crackdown on dissent. the march was peaceful, with a diverse group of participants.. including nationals, communists, and liberals. as it was getting under way.. several protest leaders were called by police for questioning about the last big rally in moscow, on the eve of putin's inauguration. that protest turned violent.

thousands of twitter accounts get hacked. the days top business stories, next. ahead in the medical watch , some popular cholesterol- lowering drugs might be taking a toll on people's energy levels. and later in lunchbreak, the author of main street vegan is showing us how to eat heathly everday.

we're live from the new york stock exchange with your bloomberg on the money report ... thousands of twitter accounts have been hacked ... lulz-sec is claiming responsibility ... there's an application and requires users to share information including their real name passwords and

bios which the hackers made public ... starbucks has chosen american mug of ohio to sell a line of new merchandise ... that town has been crippled by unemployment and this contract is going to create more jobs there ... starbucks will be raising money for its create jobs at small business program employers plan to boost hiring next quarter manpower staffing says that the hiing hiring indexes at the highest level in four years ... leisure and hospitality companies are most optimistic at the apple developers conference yesterday in san francisco it unveiled its latest version of mobile software as an

upgraded mapping section and integration with facebook and this also replaces google maps ... there's also a high- resolution screen ... stocks are trading higher today there is optimism that the federal government may step in to stimulate the economy it's commonly known that we have five senses - sight, hearing, smell might be the most overlooked for it's true power. jennifer weigel of trebek you joins us now get me some jasmine for 30 years there have been tests ... jasmine helps with

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the city of dixon, illinois is suing its auditors.. accusing the firm of failing to find out that millions of dollars was being embezzled. dixon's former treasurer and comptroller, rita crundwell, was arrested in april. she's charged with stealing 53 million dollars from city coffers over nearly 22 years. prosecutors say crundwell used the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle and a championship horse breeding operation. now, the city is suing accounting firm "janis card associates" and its owner, samuel card.. accusing them of negligence for overlooking the thefts since 2006. an historic ceremony is taking place today -- it's the first graduation of the class of the 10-thousand small businesses program -- in chicago. mayor rahm emanuel is there. and so is warren buffettt -- who is a member of the advisory committee. wgn's bob jordan is live at malcom x college theatre with details.

it was historic there were movers and shakers there from wall street's there to support this plan ... small businesses had opportunities to be more successful and grow their business and that the mayor feels in the long run will be helping the city of chicago ... >>i applied to the program because i wanted to expand the capacity of my business to serve law enforcement professionals whose sacrifice daley and deserve all our gratitude and support ... >>that was one of the graduates from the small business initiative ... he studied a wide array of courses to become a better business owner learning

how to grow his company on the stage with him the mayor william buffett and the head of goldmansachs ... >>today there 37 great businesses in front of the warren buffetyou, warren buffete are truly honored to meet you. they tell me you have been doing pretty good in your hood ... >>if you take care of your customer well they will take care of vieyou... i have never t a business person who has failed when they have delighted customers ...

>>the best investment we can do is to invest in the people of this city.. the mayor was correct and so are the businesses to recognize this ... there were 37 business owners graduating in the first course the projectionist to have thousands more ... the entire graduating class of university of chicago charter school woodlawn is going to college. many of these students say the school turned their lives around.

the commencement ceremony was held at university of chicago rockerfeller chapel last night. the school educates students from some of the most troubled neighborhoods on the southside. ucw administrators say its non- selective lottery based acceptance process proves all children call learn and succeed in the right environment. more than 100 students received their diplomas. for some it was a major milestone. tevin jones is the first in his family to graduate from high school. he says 'ucw' changed his life. >>i did a 180 and my life changed for the better >>the teachers here and the faculty really care about their students and the school and their well-being the school says the senior class has also received more than 1- point-5 million dollars in scholarships. stay with us, jim ramsey is next with the full forecast.

it is a gorgeous day out there ... >>the whole pattern will change once again and we will be back with warm weather but for now we have comfortable conditions with warm sunshine ... it's a beautiful day beginning as perfectly as you can imagine temperatures are in the low to mid 70's across the area ... the cold front has moved to the east. the heat will be back in a couple of days taking temperatures to the mid '80s by

thursday. but at the moment is very comfortable across the chicago area including northwest indiana ... the wind is not strong 5-15 mi. per hour ... the heat is hot in that desert southwest ... that will be the source of some of that warm air coming our way ... look at the numbers off of the lakefront ... it is still a bit cold for swimming there ... the pollen count is not a big issue today we are dry ... we could use some rain but it doesn't look like that will be happening instead that's headed for the east coast and the gulf states louisiana is

getting hammered with hailstones and strong wind ... northern florida once again is getting shorter hours and thunderstorms ... the gulf coast is under a severe thunderstorm watch today as well as parts of northeastern texas ... computer models show nothing for chicago until thursday when a line forms to the west ... that won't make it here in tack but there will be a slight chance of thunder for friday and maybe saturday ... the wind is not a factor ... for the remaining hours look for

sunshine today the high- temperature 73-77 tonight cooling to 61 degrees a beautiful evening ... tomorrow 73 to 78 degrees by thursday evening we may see some cloud cover ... we have a chance of '90s by the time we reach the weekend ... time for today's trivia:

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time for sports. theo epstein has landed one the best free agents in baseball, but you won't see him at wrigley field for awhile. the cubs signed 20-year old cuban outfielder jorge soler to a nine-year deal worth at least thirty million dollars. they out-bid the yankees, dodgers and other teams for him. soler is projected as a five- tool player, and he'll likely start in single-a to get acclimated to the u.s. the nine- year deal is the longest in franchise history, surpassing alfonso soriano's eight-year deal in 2006. the cubs host detroit tonight. the sox visit saint louis today, but they spent the off- day at the chicago baseball

museum. al mvp dick allen was on hand to honor the 1972 team that's credited with saving the frachise. that team finished twenty games over five-hundred, and allen hit 37 home runs, with 113 rbi. i am very proud of this 1972 team we learned a lot of baseball ... the thing i am most proud of it is the way the white sox play the game now ... we set a precedent... several celebrities on hand for game six of the stanley cup finals. it's scoreless in the first when new jersey's steve bernier earns himself a five- minute major with this boarding penalty... he was also kicked

out of the game. during that power play, the kings scored three goals... and that was plenty for goalie jonathan quick, who made 17 saves to earn the m.v.p award. the kings win 6-1, for the first stanley cup in their 45-year history. captain dustin brown is just the second american-born captain to win the cup. we had nearly 2 million votes in the first round of our breakthrough band contest, now its time to vote for the top 10! two bands will face off during the wgn midday news, at the arboretum of south barrington music festival on friday, june 22. the winning band gets a gig at the fest and studio recording time valued at 10 grand. vote now at wgntv.com/contests. your live illinois lottery drawing is next

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to confirm fear.. scientists measured eye blinking responses to sudden burst of white noise. good sleepers got used to the noise, while poor sleepers got more anxious from the sounds when the lights went out. to help the insomnia, researchers said those who have a fear of the dark should work on overcoming it. they may be a man's best friend.. but dogs are still animals so we have to consider they can bite when they're under pressure. wgn's ana belaval is joined by a dog trainer offering tips to know when our four legged friend must be left alone i am outside the studio with amber from animal intuitions. we are talking about being safe around every dog including your family dog, because according to amber, it can bite you too ... >>yes your family dog absolutely can bite you. anything with a mouth can bite you. however, there are some good things to keep in mind when you are with her family dog at home ... you need to leave it alone and give it some quiet time ... they may

be less likely to have issues with you where they would want to bite you. >>for example eating. >>here they are enjoying a nice meal, so leave them alone. do not interact with them. don't hold the food bowl or pat them. move away let them eat and enjoy their meal. >>resting >>if your dog is lying down or resting ... allow them to. if they're in their crate don't stick your finger in the crate. if they're on their bed let them enjoy their down time. and finally if they are enjoying an afternoon snack, if they have m bone or something they are preoccupied with chewing on do not take that away or try to interact or tease them... just let them enjoy their snack. >>amber, tell us about the signs when a dog would be in distress ... >>if your dog is growling, it is a precursor to a bite. any yawning outside of bedtime, and any chomping up or flicking of any chomping up or flicking of the tongue, or smacking