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all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. the cook county medical examiner heavily criticized for cramming bodies into the morgue ... is stepping down from her job. good afternoon i am dina bair >>and i'm sean lewis ... wgn's randi belisomo has details on the resignation and other changes at the morgue announced by county board president toni preckwinkle >>she announced that the medical examiner handed in her resignation dr. nancy jones is going to get replaced in that's underway ... the hours of
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january and need never happen again ... there was a backup bodies in the works cooler 363 bodies were stored in a cooler designed for 300 the counterclaim this on suspended state funding for indigent burials the county's top forensic pathologist has been in office since 2007 and she will now be leaving along with kimberly jackson the executive officer toni preckwinkle asked for her resignation she says that jones chose to leave on her own peril jackson who is no relation to kimberly jackson will be the new executive officer he comes to the county from the illinois department of public health. other changes under way include the termination of four employees the testing of all employes for infectious disease a department of homeland security assessment of safety issues and an effort to secure funding for the implementation of an electronic case management system and march the board set a
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five-year term and clear rules for the firing of the medical examiner the johns appointment had been open-ended toni preckwinkle thanked her for her service >>she was a fine pathologist we hope to work with her going for hours after her resignation around some of our graduate training issues >>what we are putting in place will have a better trained staff better customer service and we will have or do things in a safer way >>the jones resignation is effective july 31st darrell jackson will begin his new job as executive officer july 16th >>search teams are combing the shoreline in the waters off lake michigan today looking for a man who disappeared yesterday is no recovery operation tonya francisco is there with the beverly shores drowning incident
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>>it's now being called the recovery mission 20 hours after lionel dominguez went missing >>the waters of lake michigan are, today as the search continues for lionel dominguez from the bronx new york ... they're using helicopters and sonar technology to find his body yesterday's 3 ft. waves and 35 mi. per hour wind flipped the $20 inflatable raft that he and his friend evelyn hernandez were in off the beach at beverly shores neither were lifejackets as they tried to swim ashore and became exhausted >>with those strong conditions the wind was strong with and they were able to paddle and they took turns swimming to get back and became exhausted what we're looking for is a recovery of the young man when female was
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rescued yesterday we want to bring closure to his family today >>no chance for survival? no ma'am >>a man who was no relation to the missing man heard cries for help and swam to save the two he was able to rescue the young woman and missed the young man >>she had given up all hope but she knew ... >>when that young man who witnessed the drowning swim out to get her he saved her life >>he is reluctant to be called a hero he is in annapolis naval academy graduate >>i'm glad god put me in the right place at the right time to save it evelyn ... but you wish you could have done more ... >>just to tell you how wrote
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ellen hernandez is that he was here he headed to the beach yesterday with his mother on a whim that ended up saving that young woman's life now the search for a companion is still missing continues >>and s u v driver is facing d u i charges after an accident on the eisenhower expressway that injured 19 people. a party bus was heading inbound on the eisenhower early today when it was sideswiped by in a city near the ashland avenue exit off 15 people on that bus and for the other vehicle were injured when the s u v hit the left side of the bus and rolled over ... >>someone hid us from behind and it flipped over ... >>most of those injuries were minor but one person suffered a
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broken leg the boss is owned by private limo service d u i charges have been filed against a man accused of hitting three teenagers in the humboldt park neighborhood the 19 year- old faces three counts of aggravated d.u.i. police say that he was speeding down 1600 north humboldt drive sunday when he struck three people he reportedly spent with the scene and had a median moments later the three female victims all teenagers are in serious condition he is scheduled to appear in court today defense attorneys for a man charged with killing his family are trying to pin the murders on his wife christopher vaughn goes on trial in august for the murders of his wife and their three children the family was shot to death in the family car five years ago the defense says that it was actually wants wife kimberly who shot her family before she killed herself his
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lawyer said one of the children told a classmate that the mother was hearing voices in her head the defense also argues that kimberly vaughn was taking the drug tokamaks for migraines and that the truck carries a risk of suicide coming up next in the noon hour the child molestation trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky could go to the jury by the end of the week rival greek party leaders are locked in the second day of power-sharing talks with hopes of a new government taking shape today and find outot sfilodour
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may testify today at his sex abuse trial. his wife and son may also take the witness stand. this will be the second day of testimony from witnesses for the defense. the defense could rest its case by tomorrow. his lawyer compare this trial to the soap opera all my children ... the jury may get the case by thursday ... an emotional roger clemens and his wife his family and teammates after use found not guilty of all have counts of lying to congress he was charged with perjury and obstruction in making a false statement when he told a congressional committee back in 2008 that he didn't use performance enhancing drugs this was his second trial the first ended in a mistrial roger clemens won 354 games over his
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24 year major-league career he was a seven time winner of the cy young award ... >>negotiations on a new coalition government have begun in greece the new democracy party was the top vote-getter in weekend elections mainly because of its support for another financial bailout by the european union but the party got less than one-third of the total vote support representatives will meet with the third and fourth place finishers to try to reach a power-sharing arrangement the leader of the second place leftist party said he won't support a coalition government >>president obama is spending a second day in mexico meeting with other world leaders at the g-20 economic summit the focus of the summit is the sluggish global economy president has other priorities as well he is expected to meet with china's president regarding china's involvement with iran's nuclear program yesterday president obama met with the newly
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reelected russian president vladimir putin to discuss the unrest in syria republican presidential candidate mitt romney is in michigan today wrapping up basic state campaign swing his visit as part of this every town counts bus tour is aimed at swaying undecided voters living outside of america's biggest cities the presumed gop nominee is also predicting that he will win wisconsin during the general election against president obama former presidential candidate john kerry will help president obama prepare for his campaign debates against mitt romney massachusetts democrat will try to provide the answers that mitt romney might offer on debate questions he will also go on the attack and mimic the mitt romney speaking style said that president feels comfortable enough against mitt romney during their three debates this fall the shocking number of teenagers with pre diabetic conditions
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microsoft has unveiled a new tablet called surface it will run on windows zetas operating system with a large display and the cover serves as a full keyboard with a thick pad making it easier to type which addresses one of the biggest complaints about the i-popad it's a multi-billion dollar tablet computer market that microsoft hopes to take a piece of ... the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau at 13% total
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complaints from bank of america's credit card operation j.p. morgan chase had 11 percent if you like to find out more about what consumers complain about those files since june 1st will be public on the protection bureau website ... the biggest declines in housing starts had been in the northeast and midwest but those numbers are improving with the latest round of data ... americans plan to travel over 50 mi. by car over the fourth of july weekend in increasing numbers banks to lower gas prices and a longer than usual holiday weekend ... more than 10% jumps in air travel will also be occurring ... the g-20
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is having its effect on the markets ... the fed will take measures in a couple of days ... >>are you habitually late for appointments or work or social events? you can blame your brain ... here to explain more about the so-called tardy brain syndrome is jennifer weigel of trib-u ... >>some people are habitually late >>that's right and they never change ... some people reschedule an ally for those folks ... because they know they are habitually late so they push the time back on them ... >>that's true for me ... they push boundaries with time >>you need to recognize that this is a neurological pattern ... it's not a personality trait it's just the way the brain is
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wired depending on how you were raised or a psychological thing or biological thing ... >>if it's a professional situation you need to put things in a contract or what ever it is unique to establish stuff or else it becomes a pattern for these people >>you hate to have this become an excuse ... you just have to retrain your brain ... >>it takes dedication and and a commitment to rewire ... some people don't it's a big deal so forget it with them that won't change on them ... but if this is the way you are and you want to change yourself don't be discouraged it could take up to six months but this is the thing to do ... and use consequences for motivation to stick with it ... that's how people ought to be treating you to whip you into
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shape ... if you walk into a room and do not see people there knowing they abandon do is pretty powerful ... >>it's important for us as parents to train your kids from the beginning it is something that gets wired in the brain ... it is important to be on time it is a respect a share ... >>issue... >>sometimes people don't respect time they don't wear a watch or their parents raised them that way ... there are lots of factors ... there is also travel time that has to be factored in and you have to recondition yourself on that as well your children will learn from you after all so you need to discuss this with them
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... >>if you'd like to read more about this had over 2 chicago tribune .com/trib-u ... coming up next the penalty is one aldermen is proposing to fight a spike in gang graffiti in chicago neighborhoods hello, i'm alex trebek. for over 10 years now, i've been representing the colonial penn life insurance company and i'm here today to talk with some of their insurance representatives about their guaranteed acceptance life insurance. that was a really good point. hi, alex. hi, everyone. i thought it'd be interesting to hear from you what your customers say are some of the things they like best about colonial penn's whole life insurance. who's gonna start? well, it's guaranteed acceptance for people over age 50. they don't have to take a physical or answer any health questions. and it gives them peace of mind knowing that their family has some insurance to help cover funeral costs. and other final expenses.
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the teenager whose drawings sparked a city sticker controversy will announce his artwork receive a national honor. this design by 15 year- old herbert bulger will hang in the capitol complex in washington d.c. for one year that drawing was entered in a national congressional art contest by congressman les could tear asluis gutierrez. bulger and his mother will see the drawing unveiled in washington today there will also get a tour of the white house and the capital it's a surprising turn of events for this young man back in february his winning vehicle sticker design was rejected over concerns it showed gang signs ... if you spray you could pay chicago alderman wants the city to toughen laws against graffiti
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vandals by hiking fines and threatening to jail time nancy loo has that story >>many homes in the 23rd ward were cleaned up recently but city cutbacks have fewer crews out to catch all of these britax and symbols and that raises concerns here just this weekend vandals' targeted the memorial for fallen police officers at soldier field the graffiti problem has this alderman proposing fines of up to $2,000 and a return of the cases to the courts system so that the vandals know they can wind up in jail >>people going to remember ... because of the fact that this is festering ... so i thought this was time to listen to my community the very people who brought these ideas to me lots of this happening now is just a
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slap on the rest ... the sanitation department and the past cartography in today's the with cutbacks in and takes two weeks ... there crews showed up shortly after we arrived today ... also parents or legal guardians of these channels may be liable in this new proposal for legislation it will be brought to the floor sometime next month >>is a visitor at an art museum in houston was admiring a picasso painting when someone walked up with a can of spray paint the vandal was caught on a cellphone camera he used a stenciled to paint the image of table along with the word cannes keester which is spanish for concord as he walked away the person with the camera asked him why he said that he was an artist who wanted to honor the work of
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picasso but the houston heart community condemned his actions and were saddened over the permanent loss of a picasso original with another hot and windy day here in chicago tom skilling will be back
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it has been up in the '90s are a lot lately >>this is day #12 at or above 90 degrees ... you have to go back to 1977 where there have been more 90 degree days that year had 13 by this time ... and in 1988 it was the heat wave and drought year likened it to the dust bowl in the '30's ...
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those were the highest number of 9100 to gray0 and 100 degree-days ... there a big thunderstorm strumming the upper midwest ... from minnesota across wisconsin and into travers city and northern michigan charlevois was hard- hit.... in our region you cannot buy a drop of rain ... here you see the temperatures at 91 degrees right now at o'hare off 89 at midway ... the wind is blowing
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not quite as much as yesterday yesterday we had 50 mi. per hour wind and more ... currently the heat index is are into the '90s the wind is blowing warm the '90s are spreading from eastern colorado across ohio moving east here are some of the regional temperatures in the our midwestern area: the humidity is currently 45% ... we are at that muggy two
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point leveldew point level.. we also have some moderate pollen counts ... summer begins officially at 6:09 p.m. tomorrow night ... there will be about glenn the jet stream thursday and friday taking things into the 80s ... there will be a canadian cooler air mass developing sending us comfortable easterly wind ... we may see some overrunning showers or thunderstorms saturday afternoon into the evening ... a few thunderstorms are possible as we transition from this ims to thursdayhot air mass to thursday...
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mount prospect and crystal lake have gusty wind and temperature is flirting with the 90 degree area ... here are some metropolitan temperature readings: we have beautiful sunny skies you're looking at a view of out of the station here ... the hot air in this area is capped ... we will get up to those 90 degree heat indexes by tomorrow there will come down into the 80s by thursday along with the temperatures ... in
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spite of the heavy rains in parts of northwest indiana this weekend we have had very little rain here in the chicago much of an areametropolitan area ... we see lightning across northern michigan but that is winninganing.... ... the heavy sh towering above the great lakes region ... violent weather on the northern edge of our own hot air mass is producing some flooding and tough conditions up theirere..
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it is feast or famine with this summer whether when it comes to the rain fall ... there is no rain today is mostly sunny and windy hot humid weather the high temperatures expected to be 97 degrees this afternoon that it was the highest reading of the year thus far ... the winds will be gusting at 35 mi. per hour at times ... it'll be muggy and warm this evening we will be into the low 80s in the chicago loop this evening ... wednesday will be very hot and humid into the upper 90s once again there may be a thunderstorm late
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tomorrow night or early thursday ... mostly sunny less humid thursday afternoon ... we will be into the 80s friday and saturday and and maybe some thunderstorms over the weekend ... >>we sit here and luxury with air-conditioning ... >>and we thank you for that ... it's time now for today's trivia question in indian cooking lassi is a drink made from hi, anne. how are you doing? hi, evelyn. i know it's been a difficult time since your mom passed away. yeah. i miss her a lot but i'm okay. wow. that was fast.
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time for sports: the second round of the crosstown classic kicked off with the smallest crowd in the series' history. only 33,200 were are the cell last night. no score in the third... bryan lahair hits a two-run homer for his 13th of the year... also moved from first to right field. cubs lead 4-0 in the fifth... alfonso soriano hits his 13th home run... zach stewart gave up six earned runs. in the seventh... nate jones gives up a three- run homer to luis valbuena... part of a six run inning. cubs win 12-3, matt garza's first win since april 29-th. the cubs had a season- high 15 hits, 12-runs, and five home
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runs. >>the percentage quality of at bats ... we took the advantage of mistakes we had a good fastball ... throughout the lineup everyone had a good day >>we pitched great yesterday ... lots of teams go through little spurts like this ... but you show up every day doing at it's a long way to go ... sox starer john danks has a torn muscle in his shoulder. it won't require surgery... just more rest and therapy. it's unclear when when he'll return, since he's already on the 15- day disabled list with soreness in the shoulder. cubs pitcher ryan dempster is joining him on the 15- day d-l with tightness in his lat muscle near his right shoulder. the problem first came up three starts ago, but he pitched through it. the cubs say it is a precautionary move, and the injury is not serious. dempster should return well before the july 31-st trade
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deadline. get ready for the final round of our breakthrough band contest. we had more 90 bands enter, you submitted your votes and now we are down to our top two favorite bands: *years* and *blood red boots* . tune in to the wgn midday news this friday june 22nd to watch the bands face off to win studio recording time valued at ten thousand dollars, and a winning gig at the at the arboretum of south barrington music fest this weekend, june 23rd-24th. your live illinois lottery drawing as nextis next... here are the winning pick three
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asian-americans are now the nation's fastest growing racial group the u.s. census figures show asian-americans make up nearly 6 percent of the united states population nearly three- quarters were born abroad and about 8 million came to america and the last 30 years asians have overtaken latinos in recent years as the largest stream of new immigrants arriving in the united states in a report from the pew research center says that asian americans are also the nation's best educated and the highest income racial or ethnic group >>a teenager's accidently shot in the head by a spear gun incredibly he is expected to make a full recovery yes sir lopez was fishing with a friend in florida early this month when it is by the accidently fire the three for its peer into his head in center just above his right eye and amazingly did not hit any of the major blood
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vessels and his brain doctors at jackson memorial hospital in miami work fast to save his life he has only had one surgery thus far and will have to undergo up to three months of rehabilitation he doesn't remember anything about the accident in the medical watch the rising risk of high blood pressure and children and teenagers a new study reports the number of young people sent to hospitals for high blood pressure doubled from 1997 to 2006 those hospital stays cost more than $3 billion obesity is one of the key reasons for that trend the cdc says about 17 percent of kids and teenagers in novi sad the blood pressure high blood pressure often follows children into their adult years putting them at greater risk of heart disease and stroke the faulty french breast implants that sparked global health scare last year did not
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pose any long-term medical threat this according to a new report released by british health authorities the reports as the silicon gel filler used in side of the implants is not toxic and does not increase your risk of breast cancer the report does state that the implants made by the french company are twice as likely to rupture as other brands are more than 400,000 women worldwide relief to have received those faulty french implants the unusually early start to summer temperature has brought more than just sunshine mosquito's are here in force earlier than expected war mosquitos means more chances for the west nile virus mchenry county has already seen much earlier positive tests for the mo
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it's time for a lunchbreak... anupy singla is a foodie tv reporter turned cookbook author and blogger for chicagonow. her first book, the indian slow cooker, has been the number one indian cookbook on amazon since its release in 2010. congratulations, that's great ... and today you have a wonderful snack ... your kids love to them and you made more ... >>these are chickpea paupers and begin is not meant to scare people it's just something that goes around the highlight on the plate ... even though it is not fall or winter you can use your slow
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cooker with some dried beans they're cheaper than the canned version and there healthier ... you cookies in water for about four hours dina thaw chickpethought that salad bar chickpeas' were fresher than the canned version ... but we're making the real thing here ... >>you can do lots of prep work in advance ... i use rapeseed oil it's better in the oven
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i am using indian spices, sea salt by the way you can find my a spice this systemspice system at williams sonoma... some of the spices are found to have anti-inflammatory benefits ... you are going to take this mixture in the oven for about 15 minutes after you shape it ...
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these are spiced just right they have a little bit of crunch ... this is a great snack for the children after school ... any spice combination can work with this recipe ... this is a quick bread that you can only find in an indian grocery: papadums... it is a lentil based mixture that crisps when you cook it on the stove ... you can really spice things up with this ... there is no oil
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or frying involved ... >>you don't even need a dip they are so flavorful ... >>you can add vegetables to any one of these ... >>when you buy the indian sub icebo spice box uyou designed do you have recipes ... i have just designed a whole line of indian spices as well
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and if you go to my b log you can get all kinds of ideas on how to work with them anupy will be hosting a cooking class in long grove at sunset foods tomorrow from 6:30-8:30pm. and for more information on today's recipe or to watch the segment again.. log on to: wgntv.com/midday.
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and now the answer for today's trivia question: yogurt is the main ingredient for lassi in indian cuisine...
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>>there will be a whole series of serious weather watches and flash flood watches to the north in minnesota and michigan and wisconsin and there is a wind advisory in oklahoma and kansas ... we expect some of these storms to get into a tornado territory ... we're watching the moisture and the possibility of some thunderstorms for tomorrow night into thursday morning as we transition from this oppressive heat into a less humid air mass it will be cooler after thursday ... looking at the temperatures we are above normal for the next 15
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days ... it will be cooling however ... we will be looking at a weekend rain system saturday night's tomorrow we will be in the '90s right to the lakeshore ... we will be in the '80s thursday and may fall into the '60s by friday morning ... over the weekend we had lake temperatures at 70 degrees in and around the chicago area ... we're in the '80s friday and saturday sunday in shaping up to be a beautiful day

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