ayinthegame.com to enter for a chance to meet me and watch the 2013 mlb all star game. a boy dies after he apparently snuck into a neighborhood swimming pool and drowned in lansing. good afternoon. i am nancy loo. and i'm dan ponce. steve and dina are off today. wgn's judy wang has details from lansing. the autopsy is complete but the coroner wants to run more testing the boy was visiting his grandmother when he was found in a neighbor's pool it happen 630 last night in a home located on the 2500 block of 183rd street

we have been unable to reach the owner of that home neighbors say that the family allows neighborhood children to use the pool provided an adult is present ... he climbed the fence with two other boys and men into the pool next door there were aged 10 and 11 years old when he did not surface the kids pounded on the owner store he pulled the child from the pool when the paramedics arrived he had been under water for several minutes and was not breathing ... he was pronounced dead one hour after arriving at the hospital ... >>i just had my grandchildren playing in a little pull i was frightened to leave them ... the thought is a terrible >>a few neighbors were thinking of their own grandchildren when they heard what happened ... the lake county coroner's office

says they want to run further tests to be sure there isn't deaf underlying medical condition before ruling on the cause ... a man is now charged with murdering his mother in chicago's burnside neighborhood. 34 year-old earnest l. mcgee is accused of shooting to death aletha mcgee at her home at 90th and dobson. police found her body after relatives reported they hadn't heard from her in a while. they said a key was found broken off in a door lock outside the house. earnest mcgee is expected to face a judge today. fire department divers are back at a lake in the far north suburbs today ... searching for the body of a man who may have drowned. police say the 62 year-old man jumped into west loon lake yesterday afternoon and couldn't get back into his pontoon boat. his 69 year-old passenger jumped in to help and had to be rescued by a boater nearby. more than 40 divers from several fire departments in lake county have helped in the search. authorities say they don't believe alcohol is involved. a group of church leaders is

offering a $3,000. reward for information that helps chicago police catch the person who shot and killed a girl in the austin neighborhood. 7 year-old heaven sutton was killed... when gang gunfire erupted at luna and wabansia wednesday night. the "leaders network" says someone knows what happened, and is challenging residents to do the right thing. the mayor expressed his outrage over the shooting ... >>this is not about crime this is about values. take your gang conflicts away from a 7 year-old ... who raised you? a 19 year-old suspected gang member is in custody, and police superintendent garry mccarthy says he expects more arrests very soon. the cook county medical examiner's office is being sued over a misplaced body. after brian warren died at saint bernard hospital late in december, his family looked for his body at the county morgue. but the family's lawsuit claims the medical examiner's

office told them the body wasn't there. so the family held out hope that warren was still alive -- when in truth his body was at the morgue the entire time. the family wants damages for extreme emotional distress. the hospital is also being sued. no comment from either the hospital or the medical examiner's office. midway airport is open for business again. a power outage overnight forced the airport to close for nearly four hours. wgn's randi belisomo has the latest: >>there are more passengers impacted by this power outage then there is space on the outbound flights to the airport has reopened but now airlines are playing catch-up air travelers were not expecting as they planned to fly and what was a clear summer night possibly run the travel schedule a power outage closing down midway airport for nearly four hours >>we were set to fly on the runway and the power went out

the runway lights went out and we were back to the terminal two hours later they shut the terminal down and all flights were canceled >>at 8:30 p.m. thursday the lights went out and four hours later the airport shut down not to reopen until 1:00 this morning >>wheaton even get off the plane and then three hours on the runway they brought us back and took us off the plane at about midnight ... >>midway operations are working with the airlines in the faa regarding diversions from this airport to others ... >>i got to spend another night at an airport happens once in awhile >>the cause was and an air lading volt problem ... this has

had a ripple effect lasting for hours ... >>i'm trying to get a rental car >>if you are traveling to day contact your airline about your flight schedule southwest suburban plainfield has cancelled its annual fourth of july fireworks due to the extremely dry conditions and lack of rain. a plainfield park district spokeswoman says the grass around renwick park is very dry, and there's concern that falling shells and debris from the fireworks could start a fire. the village will still hold its free patriotic picnic at the park on july 3rd, but people will have to go elsewhere for a fireworks show. next at noon -- the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed trayvon martin goes before a florida judge to ask to be released on bail, again. fire-weary residents get a break as wildfires hold the line in colorado. and president obama issues a disaster declaration.

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the man who shot and killed trayvon martin faces a judge in florida today. he's asking to be released again on bond. george zimmerman shot martin during his shift as a neighborhood watch volunteer back in february. he's charged with second-degree murder. he claims he acted in self- defense. a judge revoked his bond on earlier this month when he learned zimmerman and his wife didn't fully disclose their financial situation. at today's hearing simmons' lawyer played the 911 tape and zimmerman is father testified that the background noise was his son's voice ... and a medical also testified at to his condition after the brawl ... in colorado, crews are gaining ground on the massive wild fire near colorado s the waldo canyon fire is now 10% contained, but it's already scorched at least 16,000 acres. firefighters say today's favorable weather conditions are helping them battle the flames. but it may not be under control until mid-july. one person is dead, at least one missing and 346 homes destroyed. 36,000 were forced to leave their homes. president obama is on his way to colorado to survey the damage.

the u.s. house plans to vote next month on a proposal to repeal the health care reform law. house majority leader eric cantor says the vote will take place july 11th. the move follows the supreme court's decision upholding the health care law. right now president obama and the democtratic-controlled senate stand in the way of a successful repeal. but house speaker john boehner says the court's ruling is a rallying cry to elect candidates in the fall that oppose the law. the house of representatives has voted to hold attorney general eric holder in criminal contempt of congress. holder was found in contempt for withholding documents linked to the failed "fast and furious" gun-tracking scheme. a large number of democrats walked out to protest the vote. a u.s. attorney will now decide whether to press forward with charges. but that's unlikely since holder is the attorney's supervisor. the house also approved a vote that allows members to hire an outside attorney to file a civil lawsuit against holder. a u.s. army battalion commander was killed and two others injured after a shooting

at fort bragg, north carolina. one of the soldiers opened fire and killed the commander on thursday. nbc news is reporting the soldier shot the commander three times in the head and twice in the chest. the shooter was reportedly critically injured. and a third soldier is suffering from wounds. a third soldier suffered a minor gunshot wound. the solders are members of the 525th battlefield surveillance brigade. the gunman was reportedly facing a court martial for stealing a box of tools. several air force instructors are being investigated in a major sex scandal. 31 women claim their instructors intimidated, molested, and in some cases, raped them. they say it happened at lackland air force base in texas. one airman told a hearing yesterday, a staff sergeant once bragged to colleagues about having sex with a trainee in a supply closet. there are people here that feel it's ok to train these recruits and then force them into sex ... a two-star general is investigating whether similar

treatment of women took place at training facilities in 12 other states. there is still no word whether any illinois bases are being investigated. the younger brother of convicted swindler bernie madoff is expected to plead guilty today ... to charges related to his brother's multi-billion-dollar ponzi scheme. peter madoff was chief compliance officer of his brother's investment firm when bernie was arrested in 2008. bernie madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to forfeit nearly 171 billion dollars. federal prosecutors say peter madoff has agreed to a 10-year prison sentence and to forfeit about 142 billion dollars in assets. he told the judge today he knew nothing of the scheme until his brother told him just before he was arrested ...next, a new study reveals a surprise ingredient in soft drinks like coke and pepsi. plus, the shot in the arm that could someday help smokers kick the habit once and for all. ...details on the anti-nicotine vaccine. and we have not one, but two tv hosts showing us some great grilling recipes... ty pennington and george hirsch are joining us for lunchbreak.

research and motions latest earnings are worse than analysts predicted sales plunged 43% of the first quarter and they're cutting 5000 jobs consolidating 10 manufacturing sites down to three and delaying the release of the blackberry's system again ... the company might have to sell itself break up or die ... meanwhile the i- phone turns five years old today it has generated $150 billion in revenue but some people are not celebrating "siri" that voice recognition software does not work that well

according to many ... 62% recognition rate and not much better in quieter settings ... usa today says some cities are forced to close to public swimming areas ... more high school students are spending summers taking class's rather than getting lifeguard jobs ... airline stocks are surging after the european leaders agreed to relax ... conditions on loans ... lawmakers on capitol hill are set to vote on several pieces of important legislation today..

including -- student loan rates and funds for transportation construction projects. funding for highway, bridge and transit projects is set to expire tomorrow... it took congress more than two years to agree on a transporation bill... the measure headed for a vote, covers spending for the next two years. the proposal also includes a one-year, six-billion dollar fix, to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling on july first ... to six-point- eight percent. peoples gas has been ordered to pay 2.3 million dollars in refunds, for making illegal charges to its customers. the illinois commerce commission made the ruling yesterday. it had initially approved a request from peoples gas to charge people more to pay for upgrades to gas pipelines, but later decided that was illegal. customers will begin to see the refund beginning in july and will continue to be credited for about nine months. those refunds will amount to just pennies for each billing cycle. metra just took a big step to make life easier for commuters...it now has a new feature on its website that

allows some cell phone users to track up-to-the-minute information on its trains. it's similar to the one already being used by the cta for its buses and trains. the new metra feature, "rail- time tracker" can only be used on i-phones, i-pads and android phones for now. metra says it's also looking into how it can someday provide free wireless internet service to its commuters. besides sugar and caffeine... guess what else is in your coke and pepsi? alcohol. scientists in france say they found small traces of alcohol in half a dozen brands of coke and pepsi. both pepsi and coke say natural fruit can ferment and produce traces of alcohol. the alcohol amount though, is extremely low... but some religious groups who abstain from alcohol may have to change their soft drink choices. the bulls make no trades to move up in the draft. who they did take for the 29th pick.. coming up in sports.

the contents of the storage locker belonging to the late john storger are set to go up for auction. what you can bid on, next. and a hollywood power couple announces a breakup ... and live music this midday from blues guitarist and singer coco montoya. he'll be preforming tonight viper alley in lincolnshire. [ groans ] [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue...

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a former chicago alderman and a former cook county commissioner have been charged in a public corruption case. federal prosecutors say, ex- alderman ambrosio medrano and ex-commissioner joseph mario moreno took kickbacks, to sell bandages to the area's public hospitals. moreno is also accused of personally taking a 5-thousand dollar payoff to support a waste-transfer station in cicero. for medrano, it's his second corruption indictment. he pleaded guilty in the 90's to taking 30- thousand dollars in payoffs as part of the "silver shovel" scandal. items belonging to former cook county board president todd stroger and his late father, john, are going up for auction this weekend. all of the items were kept in a neglected storage locker.

wgn's amy rutledge is live in elgin with the story. amy ... we're talking about eight tables worth of things and walls of pictures with notaryies... most are pictures magazines awards golf bags paintings works of art campaign memorabilia ... and the bulls' championship rings ... these are replicas but very cool to say ... several autographs and photographs with notaries ... very interesting personal letters

and a diary that's very revealing about campaign strategy ... how much will this fetch? >>it's hard to put a price on this who it was is where the value lies ... it's only because of him that it has value retained ... all of this will be sold as one linebig lot. if you like to review this year will be able to be here till 8:00 tonight and the bidding will begin at 11:00 in the morning

we have some very important breaking news to tell you about a hollywood break up: tom cruise and katie holmes are divorcing after five years of marriage ... the spokesman for katie holmes says that it's a private family matter and her concern remains for her young daughter ... they have a 6 year-old daughter it is the first marriage for katie holmes and this would have been the third marriage for tom cruise ... if the couple went in an italian castle in november 2006

we have been talking about how busy tom skilling has been in the weather center ... we have lots of information on facebook and our b log ... this is where we have an intense dome of hot air and around its periphery there are storm systems developing that's what's happening now this bodes well for the situation with the drought here but it will give this much needed rainshowers ...

look at this shelf cloud this is where the cool air gushes from the thunderstorms right behind that wall of clouds are the wind and rain storms coming down and buckets ... from eastern iowa across northern illinois into northwest indiana there have been hailstones and high wind conditions ... we have not seen the last of this ... we've put together the most consecutive 90 degree-days ... the record is 11 ... we might go through next weekend and that would be something ...

we have 27 states under various heat advisories' from the east to the southern midwest ... we have quite a thunderstorm watch in effect until 6:00 p.m. if you are out at wrigley field ... this will come barreling and we have to watch the dynamics of these thunderstorm clouds ... lots of moisture. we should be through the heaviest rain in the city stow you might be ok out there at the cubs game ...

we have more developing to the west ... we have had upwards of an inch of rain out in iowa and that's moving east ... gusts of 51 m.p.h. at geneva ... 43 mi. per hour of lombard and so forth 62 mi. per hour by maple park this is unfolding that looks like we're getting a quarter of an inch of rain accumulation here in chicago ... the warming will take place expeditiously

... let's take a look at the camera shot from geneva here is the storm coming and and there's schaumburg and fox lake ... the current wind gusts around the area are for testing huge ... as this passes partly cloudy skies this evening the sun will be out by noon tomorrow the heat and the midday will

continue this weekend the average rainfall will be 2 in. that's above normal the monsoon has begun out in the pacific southwest ... that will bring more moisture to our area as it travels in a northeasterly direction skirting the edge of that jet stream we're looking at a 10 day rainfall forecast: there are some encouraging signs that will

pull us out of the drought this will mitigate some of those conditions ... but it's very arbitrary where the rain will fall ... sun breaks through the mixed clouds later today we will get up to 95 later this afternoon ... partly cloudy warm and humid into the night 74 degrees and muddy this evening ... tomorrow the chance of scattered thunderstorms in the morning ... at the beaches upper 80s ... 95 degrees and land ... same thing sunday it will dry out.

the fourth of july looks very warm as well >>is the rain coming too fast >>you have a good point there nancy it doesn't have a chance to saturate the ground ... in time we should get the situation helped but it won't and right away happy friday time for today's trivia: who wrote the popular book "shane", despite not having ever been anywhere near the west? a.) e.b. mann. b.) jack schaefer. c.) fred gipson. the answer is ahead....

time for sports. the bulls did not make any trades to move up in the nba draft. gm gar forman says he never actively shopped luol deng, and still likes to core of the team. the bulls selected marquis teague with the 29th pick. he played point guard for the national champion kentucky wildcats. he's not considered a strong shooter, but the bulls like his potential and quickness. teague is expected to contribute right away, and the bulls were surprised he was still available. we feel we got real value in this selection he was the starting point guard as a

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interest rates on federal student loans this just breaking out of washington ... in medwatch -- a vaccine to treat nicotine addiction. researchers say they have sucessfully treated nicotine addiction in mice, according to reuters. the researcheres say just a single dose protectes mice against addiction for the rest of their lives. the vaccine works by injecting nictoine antibodies that prevent the nicotine from reaching the brain or the heart. the study was published this week in science translation medicine. people who need hip replacements are being advised to stay away from the metal-on- metal hips. the f.d.a. reports the devices can break down early and expose patients to dangerous metallic particles. the replacements were originally marketed as a longer- lasting alternative to the ceramic and plastic models. governement health experts say they are few, if any cases where they would recommend the devices. but the f.d.a has not recommended taking the devices off the market. lunchbreak is next. we are getting some great grilling tips from george hirsch

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it's time for a lunchbreak... and what a treat... lifestyle tv host and chef george hirsch and tv personality ty pennington are here. they will both be at naperville rib fest this weekend. grilling is happiness ... we have a surf and turf menu today.

we are putting a dry rub on the fish ... massage therapy ... this is a wonderful sears kenmore grill ... we soaked the this is cedar plank in water for a half-hour ... you put olive oil on the fish and the dry rub you can oil the plank

sure that your drilyou're grill is clean... this is a mobile drilling unitgoill lots of giveaways at the festival including this baby ... >>this is very cool this is a grill with a bicycle wheel ...

we also have sliced steak with grilled asparagus ... we have caramelized garlic and multicolored peppers and some couscous and some grilled lamb inemon... and for dessert a tour tier with chocolate banana and pecan ... you do that right on the grill ...dessert tortillas...

>>where are the rhythms of? ribs... the naperville rib festival has gotten huge. >>we are bringing the heat and that bicycle grill ... >>steer clear if you are in naperville! you can meet ty pennington and chef george hirsch at naperville ribfest. head over to knoch park tomorrow from noon - 6pm. they will be at the sears grilling tent. and for more information on today's recipe or to watch the segment again.. log on to wgntv.com/midday. or: grilling is happiness.com

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and now the answer for today's trivia question, who wrote the popular book "shane", despite not having ever been anywhere near the west? a.) e.b. mann. b.) jack schaefer. c.) fred gipson. the answer: jack schaefer. >>weren't those amazing barbecue grills? >>they sure were lots of fun ... the showers are dwindling

it's still raining but the big stuff is pushing out wind to 50 mi. per hour in the yellow areas there are a thunderstorm lunches and in the orange area watches ... the sun will come out later and we will heat up once again and 95 degrees this afternoon ... the southern suburbs will see more rain tonight into tomorrow a few scattered ones tomorrow afternoon we should see some son around noontime same thing sunday ... the index will be up there ... by sunday we are back into the steam bath ...

downstage we will feel like over 100 degrees ... 101 the high yesterday here in chicago ... the records are amazing. the storm prediction center pointed out that 52 of the highest temperatures ever observed have come in this month many over the last seven days ... these have been record high temperatures a hot summer shaping up ... 95 tomorrow 97 sunday tuesday wednesday fourth of july holiday looks pretty steamy as well ... the '90s could be a record string through to next weekend ... have a great

weekend ... >>you do the same timetom thanks for joining us today. we hope you have a great weekend. we leave you with more music from blues guitarist coco montoya x@"@+úú