a proposal to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in chicago gets its first hearing today in chicago's city council ... good afternoon i'm dina bair >>and i'm dan ponce in for steve sanders ... we have julian crews at city hall with details he will join us a little bit later ... an autistic teenager who

disappeared from a chicago hospital tuesday's back with his family today after being found in north suburban glenview nancy loo has that story >>we're in glenbrook hospital one half an hour by car from comer children's hospital in the city is not known how the young man made his way to the suburbs ... regardless the special needs teenager and family is reunited ... it is the ending that the family hoped for they had no idea what happened he was 30 mi. away from where he was last seen ... nonetheless his parents are ecstatic >>the whole family is so happy and ecstatic ... it's like a dream come true we have prayed for two days ... >>after an emotional reunion we have an emotional meeting with the bicyclist who spotted the teenager mary all lander said

that chief suspected he might be the missing teen ... >>it was hard to understand him but based on his description and the way he behaved i thought it was probably him ... >>doctors examined him he checked out ok given the severe autism no one may never know where he was since tuesday >>he took a long walk ... he will be ok >>most of all he is alive even if he is not well atwe will make sure he gets better ... to the family thanked the bicyclist profusely but they also think the police and the media and the public for caring about their son ...

now to the top story the marijuana debate at city hall will join julian crews for details backers of the ordnance posted the fine and response to criticism that decriminalization of marijuana sends the wrong message to the public but in the tough economic times alderman raising new concerns with open- air drug markets in their communities if they are worried about out to under $50 fines will add to the problem and impact the people in their wards ... >>this is giving us the latitude to issue tickets will still retain abilities to prevent violence ... if there are gang members or shootings we can have the ability to take people into custody and charged them with state charges

>>it's the best of both worlds according to the police superintendent garry mccarthy ... those who are not threatening to the public let them pay fines and contribute to the revenue of the city and less free up police officers who typically spend four hours processing these marijuana arrests time spent better patrolling the streets and curbing violence >>first of all there will be training which will help our officers determined not only if it is canada's but how much based on observation ... there are three big parameters that will be an arrest situation one of them will be on school property the second in parks and a third is smoking vs possession of marijuana

>>and others have expressed reservations about the marijuana ordnance others had made the argument for the decriminalization >>the war on drugs has been around for 30 years and we have not eliminated it we have had our moments of progress and now it's time to come up with alternative solutions ... alderman ed burke a former cop is signaling a retreat ... he had raised issues about the message being sent to kids in the public apparently the superintendent garry mccarthy is easing concerns the vote will come up before the public safety committee before the day is over police have issued a community alert for the lakeview neighborhood after a man was attacked while walking his dog

and happened on june 17th at 11:00 p.m. in the 1200 block of west byron the man claims the suspect grabbed him from behind and then cut his throat he was treated for non-life threatening injuries police are searching for the suspect he is described as a black male in his '30's 6 ft. 1 in. with a dark complexion and an afro hairstyle he was last seen in a white t-shirt with black stripes and black shorts the governor today signed a new law requiring thousands of retired state employees to help pay for their health insurance premiums 78,000 state employees including retired judges and politicians currently receive health care for free if they will now pay a portion of their benefits based on how much they receive in pension the law takes effect july 1st illinois has $83 billion in underfunded pensions that's the worst in the nation >>the florida man charged with killing 17 year-old trayvon martin says that he shot him

after the teenager repeatedly banged his head on the sidewalk with such force that felt like his head was going to explode neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman describe the shooting during his interrogation by police, and in a video released today by defense attorney mark o'meara zimmerman re-enacted for police what happened on the night of the shooting last february ... he has been seen in the video with to bandages on the back of this had an apparent injuries to much of his face including his nose. sanford florida police chief bill lee who drew criticism for his department's actions in the trayvon martin case was fired yesterday. he came under fire after sanford police failed to rest george zimmerman. he

submitted a resignation letter in april but the city commissioners refused to accept it at the time martin's family said they respect the city manager's decision to fire bill adli. closing arguments are taking place right now on the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial the case could go to the jury sometime this afternoon before the closing arguments began the judge announced he threw out three of the changes against jerry sandusky producing accounts for 51-48 he said two of those charges were not supported in testimony he also claimed the third count was the same as another charge the former penn state assistant football coaches accused of abusing boys town of them over 15 years coming up next the video gone viral middle school students mercilessly "bully" schoolbus monarch has some people are now showing support for that woman officials in duluth minnesota declare an unprecedented flood emergency as heavy rain pounds that area and mitt romney looks to woo a key voting demographic

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a video posted online of a school bus employee being bullied by a group of teenagers is causing international outrage. karen klein was repeatedly taunted on a school bus near rochester, new york, on monday. the students yelled

profanities, threatened to sexually assault klein and even started poking her. one boy said klein's family killed themselves because they didn't want to be near her. her oldest son committed suicide ten years ago. klein says she felt helpless. >>i tried to ignore them ... trying to shut them out ... i think they should have some form of punishment i don't even know if they could be punished ... police and school officials are trying to identify the students in the video. after seeing the video posted online... a man from canada started an online anti-bullying fundraiser. he has more than 165-thousand dollars in pledges from people around the world. he plans to send klein on what he calls "a vacation of a lifetime." commerce secretary john bryson has resigned, telling president obama he's doing so for health reasons. attorney general eric holder is

president obama has accepted the resignation he has not addressed nominating a successor we have breaking news the new government of greece is no sworn in ... this brings to an end to hundred 24 days with an elected government the cabinet is dominated by lawmakers from the new democracy party the chairman of the greek national bank is the finance minister

firefighters continue battling the most destructive wildfire in colorado's history. the so-called "high park fire" was caused by lightning, just west of fort collins. so far, one person has died. nearly 200 homes and 100 miles of land have been destroyed. more than 1600 firefighters are working round the clock to try and get the fire under control. but they say it could be weeks before they have it fully contained. homes are underwater in duluth, minnesota following a series of flash floods. at least nine inches of rain have fallen in the area in the past week. the community is under a state of emergency. stay off the roads, and out of the way of emergency crews. minnesotra governor mark dayton will visit duluth today to help assess the damage. 11 animals from the lake superior zoo were killed in the floods. but one lucky seal survived.. it managed to swim through the floods and follow the current into the street. a man spotted the seal and got it help. the seal was safely returned to the zoo. a polar bear and a miniature horse also survived by swimming

through the flood waters. they're both ok. republican presidential candidate mitt romney focuses today on winning over latino voters he delivered a speech to the national association of latino elected officials in orlando florida his visit to the battleground state is fresh off a record-breaking fund-raising event in michigan he raked-in between six and $8 million yesterday more than five under people contributed at least one to $500 supporters who it's time

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dropping and overdraft fees on purchases of $5 or less ... they currently charge up to $59 an overdraft fees for people that can not cover debit card purchases ... americans have the gamez to view of the economy in five months 22% of u.s. households view the economy headed in the right direction that's the lowest since january according to the bloomberg consumer comfort index ... the slowing in the job market is top of mind with consumers samsung is offering its new galaxy smart phone in the united states it's available through t- mobile it will be sold by at&t verizon and sprint in the coming weeks samsung will promote the product with the largest u.s. marketing campaign for a mobile devices in its history ... and there is a good

humor shortage of ice-cream popular toasted almond ice cream bars and chocolate eclairs are in short supply according to unilever there is an effect from factory closings and certain commodity weather conditions ... live from the new york stock exchange i'm deborah kostroun chicago area home prices are up for the first time in more than four years according to reports by the illinois association of realtors the median home price in the city was $203,000 that's

up 6.8% from last year's $190,000 there was also a 25% increase in sales volume the report shows the gain came from sales of single-family homes rather condominiums realty experts predicting prices and sales to continue to increase through the end of the summer united airlines will soon begin offering faster secured screening for passengers at o'hare american airlines already let some of its frequent-flier speed through the metal detectors and x-ray scanners without having to remove shoes belts or jackets and exchange those passengers agree to provide detailed background information out themselves the program is called a t. s.a. pre- check united airlines will begin offering a program in the next several

it's a different experience today ford diners at the penn hera bread store at diversity ... there are over 100 and era bread stores around chicago but at this location the cashier will not give you a total just a suggested amount when you pay it or donate is up to you ...

>>panera bread cares community cafe serving more than bagels the nonprofit pay what you can model shows the company's compassionate side ... >>this is at an eclectic neighborhood it's exactly what we're looking for ... this is the fourth community cafe and the first in chicago ... it's no soup kitchen it's a place to lift people up providing dignity for those who are down on a lot ... if you have the means we ask you to lease more force house to read if you do not have the means we offer food ... it's not really free you are asked to make a suggested donation or it done and what you can't if you volunteer to work

here you are given a meal voucher many are eager to donate ... >>i have a good job but i know people who are hurting out there and this is a good idea and i tried to give every little bit helps ... >>sometimes it's good that we give back ... i just hope this doesn't turn into something that will get all out of whack ... company officials say that this is a fitting location and its at the heart of its core of elia's >>this is where we rope division for panera bread co. this is what it became this is what it grew into ... the panera bread community cares cafe opened at the corner of diversy and clark and it's a packed house ... everyone we spoke to is really excited and

hopes other restaurants in the city follow the model ... we're getting a break from temperatures tom skilling will have that in the forecast coming up next

a rare hat-shaped cloud appeared near mount fuji after a strong typhoon swept through japan. the hanging cloud was seen in the sky wednesday morning. the phenomenon occurs with strong winds swirling around mount fuji or after tropical storms. but experts say such clouds rarely appear at this time of the year. the cloud disappeared after about 30 minutes when the sky became overcast. >>is in that amazing they are

called lanticular clouds, with the appearance of it being stationary looking like a flying saucer ... you might see it in mount olympia were some of those alaskan mountain ranges in the pacific northwest ... >>it's amazing the number of viewers to send us these pictures ... there is a mammoth flood up in duluth minnesota let's take a look at what happened it took out roadways it produced sinkholes ... this is from victor martinez ... he send us a picture of a collapsed roadway it's been described as a war zone there's a sinkhole there

... this storm hit the night before last indignantly yesterday morning this is what happened when hot and humid air from our area goes north ... we have had clusters of heavy rain in parts of the midwest duluth got stuck under it and it has rained repeatedly there ... they have lots the last couple of weeks and the thunderstorms were very scary. there is a front that similar coming across our area now giving us these scattered showers they are also associated with thunder and parts of michigan and northern indiana east of lake michigan ... taking a look at the rate are we see those lightning flashes there is

further development of this front moving eastward as thunderstorms there will be ending here in chicago ... we will not get bake accumulations of rainfall as a result here we have some other storms appear in lower michigan off of lake superior ... these storms are piling up along this front. the cooler and less humid air breaking up our heat wave is moving ... here are some of the rain total accumulations: these are not drought busters

73 degrees here in our wgn studios on the northwest side ... 72 degrees in carpentersville ... here is the bullet the heavily concentrated area of rainshowers going across duluth ... by the way we have had the most sunshine in a month of june than we've had in quite some time ... little rain and well over 65 percent the norm in sunshine ... we are very dry and area around

kankakee county had been hit hard last week with the rain but we have missed out here in chicago ... we are considerably cooler today and we were yesterday by the way ... we had a 95 degree high temperature for yesterday as far up to kenosha ... this was the 13th day this year we've had 90 degree temperatures and now the east coast is really broiling new york had 98 degrees yesterday ... the temperatures get warmer on the east coast because of the appalachian range of fact effect that's compressional warming at work ...

here we have the humidity dropping in chicago here is the forecast: it's the first day out of the '90s. five of the last six have had 90 degree temperatures today the high will be 83 degrees with increasing sunshine ... northwest winds are 8-18 m.p.h. tonight is clear and cool and less humid northwest wind will be light tomorrow will be gorgeous sunny warm with comfortable humidity ... partly sunny warm saturday height 88 degrees lower 80s that the beaches you will feel that lake breeze this weekend we may get a shower on sunday it's time now for today's trivia ... the word fettuccine means

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the sox are not back in first place, but they were at least able to avoid a sweep by a last- place team. cubs pitcher randy wells did not make it out of the fourth inning. while gavin floyd gave up a lead-off triple in the sixth... he strikes out alfonso soriano for the second out, and escapes the inning... he didn't give up a run.

sox up 3-0 in the bottom of the inning, when gordon beckham hits a three-run homer... he tied a career- high four rbi. scary moment in the next inning... cubs pitcher casey coleman takes a broken bat off of his right hand... it's swollen, but the x-rays are negative. sox go on to win 7-0.. it's floyd's second win in seven starts, and first career win against the cubs. the nhl just released the >>he had his curve ball going more than anything ... he didn't make any mistakes there. he kept on the outside corner all night and kept you off balance ... the nhl just released the schedule for next season, despite some labor uncertainty. the blackhawks home opener is

saturday, october 13th against the columbus blue jackets. they hit the road for the first time tuesday, the 16th when they visit the jets in winnepeg. the current collective bargaining agreement expires september 15th, but the league and players are expected to start negotiations soon. derrick rose is making progress in his rehabilitation from knee surgery. some people thought he suffered a setback, when he traveled to to alabama to visit renowned orthopedic surgeon, doctor james andrews this week. the visit was planned from the start, and rose is doing some rehab there. his surgeon says he's actually "ahead of schedule." recovery will still take 8 to 12 months. college football will move to fort team playoff system in 2014 the four teams will be chosen by a selection committee and the semifinal games will be played at alternate games sites ... this will be on a bidding basis ... 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 tomorrow 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. time now for your live illinois lottery drawing ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 5 4 6

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a cook county judge today agreed to combine two separate lawsuits which claim the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional into one case. the lawsuits claim by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples... the cook county clerk's office is violating the couples' constitutional rights. the cook county state's attorney's office and the illinois attorney general's office... which would normally defend the state in court... say they also believe the ban is unconstitutional. a public interest law group that opposes same-sex marriage... says it will petition the court to defend the state's marriage laws.

in medical watch.. new studies conclude low to moderate drinking during pregnancy has no harmful effect on young children. danish researchers analyzed data on alcohol consumption of expectant mothers.. and tested their children to assess i.q., attention span and thinking skills at age five. low to moderate drinking during pregnancy.. between one and eight drinks a week.. had no significant effect on the children's brain development. neither did binge drinking.. five or more drinks on a single occasion. there was a link between high levels of drinking during pregnancy.. nine or more drinks a week.. and lower attention spans in children at age five. commonly used baby soaps and shampoos can trigger a positive result in marijuana screening tests of newborns. university of north carolina researchers report even tiny amounts cleansing products in a urine sample can cause a positive result. the researchers began studying the issue after an unusually high number of newborns in their nursery began testing positive for marijuana exposure.

positive results can lead to an investigation by child welfare authorities.. and the researchers say families need to be protected from being falsely accused. traffic noise is not oy annoying.. it may be bad for your health! a new study led by reserachers of the danish cancer society reveals traffic noise raises the risk of heart attacks. the study results are based on health and residential data of more than 50,000 people who live in denmark. they found every additional 10 decibels of traffic noise is linked with a 12-percent increased risk of a heart attack. scientists say the exact reason for this relationship is not yet known, but may be due to increased stress and sleep disturbances associated with high traffic noise. lunchbreak is next. reality t.v. star teresa giudice is showing us how to make her favorite, go-to side dish.

it's time for a lunchbreak... you may recognize our guest from "the real housewives of new jersey" or "the celebrity apprentice". teresa has become a big reality t.v. star. teresa adelgid chguidice and i pronounce

this the italian way >>lots of my recipes are 10 ingredients or less ... today we are making chicken ... bruschetta the chicken breast filet is pounded we have tomato

onion garlic celery and parsley and for kick red pepper flakes, olive oil and optional white wine.... mix this together and put that on top of the chicken 290 calories per serving.. easy and healthy 450 degree oven for 20 minutes. balsamic green beans

on the side. vegetables are great for you ... and these 85 calorie pignoli nut cookies makde with egg whites..... >>so tell me about the show this season there seems to be some friction ... >>0 really ... >>of course ... >>well in the plot line and had some family members going behind

my back and now my friends are turning against me so that's another revelation for me so when you are going through tough times you don't want to be knocked by family and friends as well ... >>we are told that sometimes these plot lines are contrived do you feel like you are part of a staged scenario? >>people have to make their own observations about passthis.. have been fortunate to have lots of outlets as a result of the show the celebrity apprentice and my cooking tour now... what you saw

on the celebrity apprentice is really who i am i'm not generally confrontational >>you are certainly a great coke ... >>thank you >>i just launched an adult beverage you will see this on season for it is my version of the popular bellini ... there will be a launch party with a surprise guest from the past in the series ... lots going on ... >>i wish you luck and success with this cookbook that has fabulous recipes ... >>italian food does not have to be fattening thank you.

theresa will be appearing tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the bookstall on and on street i you

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