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she was killed in a hit and run accident as she was walking into work. today, cook county corrections officer nikki bostic-jones is laid to rest. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on w-g-n america and on the web. wgn's jae miller is live outside united baptist church... to tell us how officer nikkii bostic- jones is being remembered: many told us about the need for a stop sign near where she was killed ... >>something ought to be done we have had officers hit in front at 26 and california we had

nearly four officers struck there something needs to be done i hope the right people are listening and let's make an effort and it should be dedicated in her honor ... following today's funeral there will be a procession to 29 california where she worked and was ultimately killed from their share will be laid to rest in alsip at the cemetery there ... chicago police are looking for the driver of a car who hit a woman on the west side ... leaving her in critical condition. the woman was hit at lake and pulaski just after nine o'clock last night. the car was last seen heading east on lake street. police have not released a description of the vehicle. the woman is being treated for head and leg injuries at mount sinai hospital.

as a chicago aldermen pushes to halt chick fil a's bid to open a new restaurant in his ward.. others are speaking out in support of the fast food chain and its stance on marriage. wgn's nancy loo is live in our newsroom with the latest on the controversy: the controversy has grown in quite a national debate with both sides plotting action for and against chick-fil-a. meantime, alderman joe moreno is not only standing firm against a new chick-fil-a in his ward, he's explaining why in a lengthy editorial in today's chicago tribune. >>on the streets and online the talk about chick-fil-a today is not about chicken especially now that joe moreno is standing firm on his plan to deny them a permit to open on a lot in logan square fit the fight is due to the company presidents anti-gay remarks on a radio show that he is against same-sex marriage in today's chicago tribune he explained why and referred to that ceo as bigoted and homophobic ... >>to have this discriminatory policies from the top down is

not something we are open to i know people say what does that have to do with chicken but we are responsible people in want responsible businesses if you have entered discriminatory policies we will take a second look in the sort of been having this business is here workers at the only chick-fil-a in chicago expressed concern over this firestorm philip it will affect business a statement was issued: >>we are real people we are taxpayers each franchises and independently owned and operated ... supporters like mike huckabee are calling for an appreciation day for the franchise on august 1st ...

>>i like it as a restaurant i don't pretty much care about the political parts ... >>people ought to be able to do with their wish i believe in the separation of church and state but regardless of personal views they or to take this discussion elsewhere ... the conservative illinois family institue is calling moreno a hypocrite for discriminating against those with different views. but alderman moreno isn't the only politician fighting the chain. the mayor of boston has also told chick-fil-a it isn't welcome there, either. mayor tom menino has asked chick-fil-a to abandon its expansion plan in boston. in the newsroom, nancy loo wgn news. tribune by alderman moreno mentions the winshape foundation... which is a non- profit charitable arm of chick- fil-a and its founder truett cathy and his family. it was launched in 1984 and supports various projects a network of foster homes childrens summer camps and programs for marriage counseling.

but according to the group "equality matters", in 2010 the winshape foundation donated two million dollars to seven anti- gay groups like the marriage and family foundation and the athletes. police are still searching for the man who opened fire at a workplace in manteno yesterday. the shooting happened at a warehouse where the mars chocolate north america company rents space. the kankakee county sheriff's department got a call just before 2 o'clock alerting them of a shooting. police say a male employee shot another man multiple times in the chest. the shooter quickly fled the scene and the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. a package sent to the university of colorado... may help investigators discover a motive for the movie theater shootings. accused gunman james holmes was enrolled in the school's neuroscience program until he dropped out last month.

cbs news reports the package was addressed to a psychologist at the school... and contained a describing an upcoming attack. the f-b-i has not confirmed the contents of the package. we're also hearing what it was like for police and emergency workers who responded to the theater, right after the shootings happened. it took more than 20 minutes for some of the patients to even be put into ambulances. accused gunman james holmes is scheduled to appear in court again on monday. president obama is getting involved in the debate over gun control, following the movie theater shootings in colorado. >>i like most americans believe

that the second amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms. and recognize the tradition of gun ownership that passes between generations but i also believe lots of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers and not criminals ... president obama said that last night in front of the national urban league in new orleans. the president didn't offer any new proposals, but he did endorse background checks. republican presidental challenger mitt romney says america doesn't need any new gun laws. he says what's needed ... is a change in the hearts of the american people. romney says the colorado gunman should never of had any of the weapons he used in the massacre .... but police say holmes got them all legally. romney signed as assault weapons ban as governor of massachusetts ... calling them instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people. but romney says he supports the second amendment. the federal ban on assault rifles was lifted a decade ago.

in the wake of the colorado shootings... many people are call for tougher gun laws but chicago lawmakers are weakening a city gun ordinance. during a city council meeting yesterday... aldermen approved mayor emanuel's latest version of chicago's assault weapons ban. a previous version... which was struck down by a federal judge last month... denied a gun permit to anyone convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor. the "suntimes" reports the new version changes the provision for anyone convicted of a violent misdemeanor. they will now have to wait five years to apply for a gun permit. anyone with a felony conviction still faces a permanent ban. yesterday .. the mercury jumped to 100 for the fifth time this year ... and it felt even hotter for those still without electricity after tuesday's violent storms. by yesterday afternoon ... com- ed crews had restored 99 percent of the power outages ... but there were still several

thousand who had no air- conditioning or refrigeration. the heat advisory was lifted at 10 p-m last night. and com-ed says all their customers will get power back by the end of today

you could feel the full impact of the drought of 2012 in grocery stores next year. the dry weather is killing corn, soybeans, and other crops. the drought has prompted agriculture secretary tom vilsack to call on congress to take action to provide assistance to farmers hurt by some farmers have already given up and plowed over their fields. money and government assistance to hold them over until next year. more than 1200 counties across the country have been designated disaster areas because of the drought. the state of illinois will polluted water supply next week. told people at a community meeting last night the state can't wait a month or more for the village to take action. so the state will install new water filtering equipment on the two primary wells in the south suburb to remove cancer-causing vinyl chloride. for now ... sauk village is handing out bottled water to residents who want it. a national consumer federation warns that federal crop subsidies are paying for junk

food. the u.s. public interest childhood obesity rates skyrocket, the government is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to make the problem worse. in its latest report, "apples to twinkies 2012".. the group says the government is subsidizing junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup.. enough to pay for 21 twinkies per taxpayer each year. at the same time limited subsidies for fresh fruits and vegetables would just half an apple per taxpayer. illinois lawmakers may vote next month on a bill to roll one proposal would give current and future state retirees the choice between full pension payments and no healthcare... or full healthcare benefits. aproved it. the house may consider it during a one-day session on august 17- th. enough votes for passage, or even whether it'll be put to a vote. join mark suppelsa monday for a games" at 9:30 monday night. then at 10, flip over to cltv where he'll host a roundtable discussion looking at the lawmakers plan to fix it. governor quinn and others will be here to answer your questions. that's monday - starting at 9-30 p-m.

hospitals in at least eight states are trying to find out if patients may have come into contact with a lab technician accused of spreading hepatitis c. david kwiatkowski.. who has the diseases.. is accused of injecting himself with painkillers meant for patients, and then leaving the syringes to be used again. he was arrested and charged this month in exeter, new hampshire.. where 30 patients have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis c as kwiatkowski. kwiatkowski also worked in arizona, georgia kansas, maryland, michigan, new york, and pennsylvania.

wer'e learning new details about the kidnapping of cal ripken, junior's mother. 74 year old violet ripken was found safe... but severely shaken up yesterday after a gunman forced her from her home in maryland. police say they drove around in mrs. ripken's car... and the gunman used her credit cards at several places. the ripken family was not contacted for a ransom... and it appears the gunman may not have know she was the mother of a famous baseball player. the whole ordeal lasted nearly 24-hours. michael jackson's mother returned safely to her home in california today. 82 year old katherine jackson left the home she shares with michael's three children on july 15th. she had no contact with the children while she was gone. that led to speculation she was being held somewhere against her will... amid a bitter family dispute over michael jackson's estate. a judge temporarily revoked her guardianship of the children yesterday. her attorneys say she was staying with relatives in arizona. the heaviest rainfall in 60 years in beijing china...

washes away a steel bridge. the driving rains broke the bridge apart, and then the powerful flood waters pulled it down. officials are trying to organize emergency responders to clean up the river. the rainfall has killed at least 37 people. not much is known about the wife of north korean leader kim jong un.. but we're learning a south korean intelligence service. kim jong un and his wife, ri sol ju, paid a visit today to the "rungna people's pleasure ground".. an amusement park in pyongyang. kim's wife's *name* was announced only yesterday. today a south korean lawmaker says his country's national intelligence service has learnedit has not been confirmed whether they have a three-year- old child, as some korean media reported earlier. just ahead: why some farmers may actually still make money in the wake of this season's drought. and, still to come this midday:

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wayne gacy's nephew is winding down in a mchenry county courtroom. prosecutors were caught by surprise when the accuser changed her story while on the witness stand. wgn's tonya francisco is live at the mchenry county courthouse in woodstock with more on the trial. both the defense in the prosecution has rested. closing arguments are set for tomorrow the case ended with the defendant the last to take the witness stand. the 49 year-old father of three walked into court this morning by himself. if he took the witness stand shortly after and he explained that he had nothing to do with the case that is before the

court right now. if he spoke directly to the jury when answering questions he got choked up but he did not cry if ... he met the girl's mother 10 years ago they moved and shortly thereafter he became a father figure to his girlfriend's two children and they called him dad ... he is accused of sexually assaulting the woman's daughter several times in 2011 ... the girl took the witness stand and through the prosecutors a curve ball saying that she thought she dropped the whole thing ... ... but prosecutors maintain that there were injuries consistent with that sort of abuse ... the defendant said that the girl was angry because she believed that he cheated with another woman on her mother ... and that it was

revenge for the affair ... the jurors have not been told that the man is the nephew of john wayne gacy the infamous serial killer ... both the prosecution and the defense say that that information is irrelevant and the judge instructed the jury not to pay attention to media coverage of the case ... if convicted he could face 27 years in prison investigated for sexual abuse of a minor. it allegedly happened thirty years ago. 43 year old kelly currin told "the washington post" ... that coach rick curl had sexual relations with her for four years, starting when she was 13 and he was 33. currin and her parents later accepted a finanical settlement with curl, along with a 23-year non-disclosure agreement. that time period has expired. currin says what happened was a crime, and she wants curl

punished. curl has taken a leave of absence from the swim club he co-founded. the olympic journey comes to a disappointing end for a gymnast from aurora. 23 year-old anna li fell as she trained on the uneven bars on tuesday in england. she tore a ligament in her neck, and she's now wearing a cervical collar as a precaution. li was one of three alternates. the women's team has to set its roster on saturday and competition begins on sunday. still to come this midday .... tom skilling has your full forecast.. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'.

we are getting us some relief before the heat wave comes back

next week it's interesting the drought is bad and we do not want to minimize this but eight out of the last 18 days at o'hare have had reasonable rainfall ... not everyone in the area has reaped the benefit ... i am sharing some beautiful lightning shots from a viewer who has come through for us in the past ... we're looking at this as the storm went through the bartlett area that created some microbursts out at o'hare very early this morning people were able to look to the west and see the tearing tops of the cumulonimbus clouds

we are still unstable at the air so an isolated showers can be expected ... the big grain is gone for at least the next 24 hours ... it has cooled off considerably the triple digit temperatures are alive but they are down near missouri ... those people have been suffering this season ... we're looking at that squall line as it went across chicago this morning it is rolling eastward ... the rain in parts were very substantial ... let's take a look at what is

happening of north ... the air is still aloft and your answer, he and you see those big thunderstorms with lightning we expect some scattered showers tomorrow afternoon ... the heaviest rain fell in wisconsin last night ... we also got some strong wind gusts 70 mi. per hour out at o'hare... and elsewhere in the region ... at this hour it is 77 degrees set joliet ... 82 at mchenry

... no hundred degree temperatures today in chicago. we have a thunderstorm watch areas and some under heat advisory it's all going below us ... yesterday we were 99 degrees at o'hare ... 1988 is still beating us in the records

for those high temperatures northern indiana had 55 mi. per hour wind gusts last night ... we are still getting pretty could rain forecasts for the next coming week ... the really powerful storms will develop to the east for now ... but we will see that hot air dome setting us up as early as sunday afternoon for some more thunderstorms ... we have a slight risk for severe weather later this afternoon ... there is low pressure that will create disturbances

downstate ... we are expecting the weekend to be okay until sunday afternoon when we may get some showers ... here is the chicago forecast: this afternoon several scattered showers and gusty thunderstorms could develop high temperature will be about 86 degrees. tonight the showers will leave the clouds will scatter we will

have moderate humidity the low 71 to the mid-60s ... tomorrow overcast skies moderate humidity and isolated afternoon shower possibly the high temperature 84 degrees ... mostly sunny and warm over the weekend 85 degrees expected for sat. ... august begins next week ... time flies time for today's trivia: on this day in 1943, mick jagger was born. he was captain of what team when he was in high school? a. baseball b. basketball c. lacrosse

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time for sports: the braves pulled their trade offer for ryan dempster, but he still likely made his final start for the cubs last night. cubs going for a sweep in pittsburgh.... no score in the first, when anthony rizzo hits a solo home run for his fifth of the year... he was 2-for-3 with two rbis. but it's tied with two outs in the sixth, and garrett jones doubles off dempster to score the go-ahead run for the pirates. dale sveum pulled dempster after the inning, and he displayed his disagreement in the dugout. dempster says he likes and respects sveum, but he's a competitor and wanted to stay in the game. cubs lose 3-2, and they're off today. sox going for a sweep of their own on the south side..... they lead the twins 4-2 in the fourth... dayan viciedo hits a 2-run homer to dead center... he was 3-for-4 with four rbis. still up in the sixth when jake peavy strikes out alexi casilla

to end the inning... he had six strikeouts in six innings for his eighth win of the year. 8-2 the final, and they stay tied for first place. sox are off today, so kevin youkilis should return from a minor ankle spain tomorrow. the bears will practice for the first time this season in bourbonnais, but wide receiver johnny knox won't be. the bears placed him on the *active* "physically unable to perform list" while he recovers from a back injury. knox is not eligible to practice until he's taken off the list, and since he's expected to stay there when the season starts... he'll have to be inactive for the first six weeks of the year. that's a look at sports

in medical watch.. new research questions the use of c-t scans to rule out heart attacks. journal of medicine" reports heart scans cut time spent in the hospital, but did not save money. the scans also prompted more tests and questionable treatments.. and gave relatively large doses of radiation to people at such low risk of a heart attack that they probably didn't need a major test at all. an accompanying commentary says there is no evidence that adding these tests saved lives or found more heart attacks. a panel of doctors researchers, and public health officials is calling for new guidelines to prevent more people from abusing powerful and addictive opioid painkillers. the group is asking the fda to

to revise prescription labels for medications such as vicodin and oxycontin. they want to prohibit use of the drugs for moderate pain.. add a maximum daily dose.. and only allow patients to take opioid painkillers for up to 90 days, unless they're being treated for cancer-related pain. changing the label would not limit how doctors prescribe painkillers.. but would stop drug companies from promoting them for non-approved uses. new york's jfk.. los angeles international.. and honolulu international airport rank highest on the list of the top illness. mit researchers looked at the nation's 40 largest airports to figure out which are most likely to spread a disease in the event of an outbreak in their cities. o'hare international airport ranks sixth on the list. and even though atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport has the most flights, it ranks number eight. public health crises like the sars outbreak have shown how easy it is for diseases to travel.

lunchbreak is next. the chef from the south loop's gioco is here with a seasonal italian recipe: grilled pork with peaches.

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it's time for a lunchbreak... we're making italian grilled pork chops and peaches with arugula. chef gaetano ascione is here from gioco in the south loop. you have an impressive reza may you have cooked for presidents ... >>and world leaders ... but i like cooking for the everyman ... >>i was in south africa cooking for president nelson mandela and the only picture i treasure is the one he sent me he was a great man and a great leader when he was in office ... and now he just had a birthday ... this is a kurubuta porkchop ... the japanese translation means that it comes from a black

"payback" it's a different breed ... to call this pork is like calling a furry a car ...errari a car.. this is a rich and healthy cut of meat ... the pig has been pampered ... it is a high-fat content so the meat is tender ... it's like the pork version of kobe beef when you think about it ... and there is our never troubles with diseases because it is a cleanly bread animal you don't need to marinate this

the pork has plenty of flavor i like to add rosemary because that enhances the flavor ... just salt pepper and olive oil are necessary for the grilling ... they need to be cooked slowly. around 12 minutes for medium ... a lot depends on the type of grill you are using ... just make sure it's a very hot grill ... we are serving as with the

summer touch ... some are ruhollarugula ... italian parsley basil garlic shallots olive oil and balsamic vinegar for the dressing may be with some tomato ... we don't like to have the sulfites in the wine or the vinegar ... the name of this wine is pack el reno which is also the name of a grape that comes from a part of italy that makes fantastic wine ...

peccorino grapes! not the cheese! here is the dressing ... lots of herbs ... gaetano ascione, thanks so much for joining us. gioco is hosting a special cooking class next week, "giochiamo a gioco" .... it's wednesday, august first from 10:00 a. . until 3:00 p.m. it's $120 a person, which includes a three-course meal with wine pairings. for reservations call: 312-939- 3870. they're located at 1312 southto learn more, go to: gioco restaurant .com for a recipe, or to watch the

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time now for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked: on this day in 1943, mick jagger was born. he was captain of what team when he was in high school? a. baseball b. basketball c. lacrosse the answer is: basketball ....and we have a quick weather update: we are out of the '90s for a short time ... we are looking at thunderstorms pumping up later today ... it is still in humid the water temperature is 82 degrees ... mold spores are high the pollen counts are moderates ... taking a look at the thunderstorms to: this is

wisconsin ... we have some active storms developing theirre there were severe weather reports from overnight strong gusty winds and hail stones a good corridor of rain went through wisconsin and parts of our chicago metropolitan area ... we have more developing at dinner time ... there may be a shower toward morning we will have a sunny afternoon but there is a severe weather risks we will be in the '80s through sunday watch for an isolated thunderstorm that afternoon and then a hot week next