. with oral-b, life opens up when you do. kathleen savio's friend testifies she knows drew peterson threatened to kill his third wife. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's randi belisomo is live at the will county courthouse in joliet with our top story.... mary parks attended nursing class is with kathleen savio parks said that she hid the

marks on her neck where drew peterson grabbed her tried to strangle her and said why don't you just die ... this is hearsay evidence that the defense has worked to prevent ... the judge informed the court room that he had a hot tip with a letter from an inmate at the department of corrections ... he had information linking the peterson case to the lincoln assassination and the zimmerman case in florida he said this won't be happening ... in the park's testimony it was said that drew peterson broke into the home of kathleen savio dressed in swat uniform threatening her life ...

>>that want to convict someone based on character assassination ... other witnesses a corner and a pathologist who will say that the wound that kathleen savio sustained could not have been from a simple fall in a bathroom ... the badly decomposed body of a woman was found this morning on the south side. wgn's julian crews is live in the gresham neighborhood with the latest on the investigation. this body has been removed no id yet its young women between the age of 17-25 chicago police are being extremely quiet about the investigation but one person we spoke to in this neighborhood said that he noticed a suspicious vehicle 8:00 last night ... he did not think

anything of this at the time but thinking back he remembers a white s u v stopping near south wallace and then quickly speeding away the body was discovered this morning partially clothed and badly decomposed in these tall weeds ... this is a densely populated neighborhood so it was unlikely the body was here for long someone would have seen it here ... news of a gruesome discovery has residence on earth ... >>i have three sisters he has three sisters we are going to keep an eye on everyone ... no reports of any missing persons here in this neighborhood it is possible body was dumped perhaps the victim did not live in the neighborhood ... an autopsy will be

performed tomorrow ... a pregnant woman from gary and a teenage boy were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the lawndale nieghborhood. it happened in the 1600 block of south hamlin avenue just after police say the 22 year-old woman was hit in the chest, and a 16 year-old boy was shot in the arm by a gunman in a white minivan. the driver of that minivan was arrested. the woman is in good condition and her unborn child was not hurt. the boy is being treated at the hospital. one suspect is dead and charges are pending against three others, suspected of a home invasion in northwest indiana. and police say the incident was not random. police say the four suspects approached a woman at her home in valparaiso, asking for directions. they forced her inside her home beat and robbed her. the woman's neighbor followed the suspects as they sped off in a car. he chased them for ten miles to hobart where the suspects crashed their vehicle. the suspect who died, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police believe the incident had been planned for some time. the deceased suspect is a 20

year old man from crown point. his identity has not been released the other three suspects are being held at lake county jail. the woman's neighbor is in surgery to remove the bullet from his hand. the woman was treated at the hospital for her injuries. we're now hearing the 911 call from a woman who fell into a manhole in palatine on monday. the 74 year old had a few minor injuries but couldn't get out... so she used her cellphone to call for help. while on the phone with a 911 operator... police were able to track her phone's signal and rescue her. >>how far down are you? >>are you injured?

>>i think i have sprained something a little bit i am about 4 ft. down i have been trying to grab hold of the manhole but it is wobbly here ... megabus has settled a five million dollar lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was struck and killed by one of its buses. in february of 2010, 64 year-old wes krueger was crossing the street at adams and des plaines when he was hit by the bus. krueger was pinned under the bus and later died at northwestern memorial hospital. the driver of the bus was ticketed for reckless driving and striking a pedestrian in the crosswalk. the accident happened just blocks from tuesday's fatal crash ... where a megabus hit and killed a 76 year-old woman. for the second time in a week, it appears a tire on a megabus popped on a major interstate. a bus was on its way from atlanta to charlotte when one of its tires apparently blew. the driver was able to safely

pull the bus over and evacuate all passengers before the bus was destroyed by fire. last thursday, a megabus traveling from chicago to saint louis crashed... killing one passenger and injuring 30 others. a new book about rod blagojevich is making damaging new claims against president barack obama. the book is called... "golden: how rod blagojevich talked himself out of the governor's office and into prison." it claims undercover recordings caught the former governor saying he had heard that convicted influence peddler tony rezko secretly channeled 25,000 dollars to obama's 2004 senate campaign. the book also says federal investigators pursued the claim but ultimately gave it little credence. an obama campaign spokesman calls the accusation preposterous and false.

blagojevich was also reportedly considering putting the actress helene very into playallie berry in in the former senate seat of president obama said that he could " have a shot at having sex with her " ... illinois congressman joe walsh is being criticized for referring to president obama as "son." the remarks were made at a fundraising event in elk grove village over the weekend. walsh was referring to the tea party movement he believes will sweep the president out of office in november. "the daily herald" reports walsh said... "it's going to respectfully pick this president up and pat him on the head and say, son, son, son mr. president... ...you were never ready to be president, now go home and work for somebody and find out how the real world works." a civil rights group accuses walsh of stirring up racial fears. walsh responded by telling the group to "grow up, get a life and smile."

a judge has ordered former cicero town president, betty loren-maltese to pay nearly 240,000 dollars in back taxes and penalties. the ruling states that loren- maltese failed to report money withdrawn from a political fund as income in 1994. the money was used to purchase a new cadillac and to invest in a golf course with mob connections. loren-maltese served more than six years in prison for her role in a scheme that bilked cicero out of more than $12 million. red line commuters who have been forced to deal with slow zones for years will see improvements as soon as next year. the cta announced that it will be spending an additional $15 million to eliminate slow zones on the line. that, on top of the already $86 million being spent rehabbing other stations. the plan is to replace more than a mile of deteriorated tracks that keep trains from running at normal speeds. the latest pictures of mars look strikingly similar to the california desert. the color photos reveal gravelly terrain with what appears to be mountains in the backgroud... similar to the landscape of the mojave desert. curiosity is headed to mount sharp... a mountain several miles from its current location. nasa scientitsts hope believe they'll find evidence of water there.

next: the trial against neighborhood watchman george zimmerman... why his lawyers think his murder case should be dismissed without ever going before a judge. plus: why investigators returned to the new york basement where [ crack of bat ] ball. ball. [ crack of bat ] [ male announcer ] hanging out with cal has its benefits... so does taking one a day men's. go to stayinthegame.com to enter for a chance to meet me and watch the 2013 mlb all star game.

lawyers for george zimmerman will seek a "stand your ground" hearing in an attempt to have the case against him dismissed without ever going to trial. his lawyers made the announcement today on zimmerman's legal defense website. under florida's stand your ground law, people can use deadly force, instead of retreating, if they believe their lives are in danger. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year-old trayvon martin in sanford florida. police returned to the site of a former grocery store in new

york to search for more evidence in the 19-79 disappearance of 6- year-old etan patz police brought out several large paper bags wednesday from the basement where 51-year-old pedro hernandez says he killed patz. hernandez worked at the building as a stock clerk. patz disappeared on his way to school. police have not said what is in the bags. hernandez was charged in july with the boy's murder and remains held without bail. she is consider china's "jackie o"... now the wife of a former chinese politican is now awaiting the verdict in her murder trial. the closely watched trial of gu kailai was held under tight security today. the trial has now been adjourned... and justices are deliberating the case. a verdict will be announced at a later date. gu and an aide are accused of poisoning the victim last november. her husband was once considered one of china's rising political stars, before he lost his job earlier this year. the united states began a landmark project today.. cleaning up a dangerous chemical left behind from "agent orange" spraying during the vietnam war. the u.s. military used about 20 million gallons of "agent orange" and other herbicides during the war to destroy enemy cover in the jungles of former south vietnam. "agent orange" contained

dioxin.. which has been linked go cancer, birth defects and other disabilities. now, the u.s. is working to remove dioxin from a contaminated site at the former u.s. air base in danang. the project is expected to be completed in four years. the illinois national guard is the target of an email scam, intended for spouses of deployed service members. the fradulent email is sent directly to military spouses from someone claiming to be from the illinois national guard. it refers to a deployed service member by name, and asks their spouse to pay luggage fees in order for their loved one to be granted a temporary leave. anyone who feels they have been affected by this scam is asked to contact the fbi cyber crime website at fbi.gov. the top two leaders at susan g. common for the cure are leaving their positions ... nancy

brinker, the breast cancer charity founder and ceo is moving to a new position to focus on fund-raising for common president elizabeth thompson is leaving the organization altogether that shake-up comes just months after they found themselves at the center of controversy involving funding for planned parenthood since it was founded in 1982 this organization has invested more than $2 billion in breast cancer research and treatment news of a dramatic medical evacuation near the south pole as an australian medical team picked up a patient from a research station in antarctica the team arrived last night as the mitt murder station which is one of the few runways on the continent that can accommodate aircraft with wheels there's virtually no daylight for six months during the antarctic winter but the pilot was able to land during a brief window of

twilight the patient is believed to be an american citizen the u.s. asked australia to pick up the patient because no united states aircraft were in position to respond quickly ... fifth and airplane has landed at the wrong airport and the faa is investigating it in a happened in west virginia the united express flight run by silver airways was supposed

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... world food prices had their biggest increase ... crops are in the worst condition and the united states since 1988 ... and the united nations says that three continents will experience higher food prices ... households with annual income between 95 and $205,000 will have the biggest jump in student loan debt ... the tough economy is showing signs of declining pet ownership ... this according to usa today and the american veterinary medical association ...

better than expected jobless claims report is not enough to set of concerns about the european economies and markets are affected in trading today ... coming up a health warning about butter flavored popcorn and its white sox charities week how that team is getting back to fans and the community and

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we are in nearing the end of white sox charity week. christine oreilly, senior for the white sox, is here with more on how the team is giving back to the community and fans. we are so grateful to our fans ... and there's the ultimate

auction ... >>you can do this from home you do not have to attend you can go to white sox.com you will find all the information ... the auction begins at game time 6:00 p.m. saturday closing at 8:00 p.m. ... if your at the ballpark you can make a bid from your smart phone ... all of the bidding is online and the packages are fun ... one of the packages is a great opportunity with the broadcasters ... a greater opportunity to see the

sophisticated operation ... it's one of the really cool packages and then there is batting practice ... the hitting coach will give the winner private batting lessons and then you can meet adam dunn and that's what so neat because the players and coaches are also supportive of this project ... you could get pitching lessons with don cooper of spring training trip autographs packages and you can bring 20 of your friends at a watch party at a road game ... and then you can on the ball park for the night it's lots of fun ... ... and you can book the man's got to come to your kid's

birthday party we like to have something for everyone ... we cannot think our fans and this chicago community enough for supporting the white sox! we still encourage people to make donations to white sox charities in exchange for an autographed photograph and the possibility of coming to meet some of the players ... we invite non profit organizations to request through our grant program we run an urban youth softball program for the city kids and we commit lots of money to that but we also have other beneficiaries lots of great agencies doing amazing work through white sox charities

we do our part to support them as well i have the best job here in the world ... christine o'reilly, thanks so much for joining us. "the ultimate auction" is part of white sox charities week. it's saturday, august 11 at 6:05 p.m. during the white sox vs. oakland game. seven unique premium auction items will be featured during wgn's television broadcast of the game. viewers will be able to bid on the items throughout the game at white sox dot com slash ultimate bid. for game tickets, go to white sox dot com, or call 866-sox- game or of course you can buy in person at the u.s. cellular field ticket office.

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prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. waterspouts on lake michigan ... that's a tornado over water ... we have a rare set of conditions that will produce these tonight and tomorrow it looks good on paper and on the computer forecast we will see if nature will follow through ... these are not unheard of around here but they are more formidable during the months of september october or november ...

in this same set up we have a debate storm spinning with rain developing we've had pretty good showers across the region more are forming as we speak ... there's a better organized group up near green bay wisconsin this is where the conditions most conducive to the rain development are located ... these might get lake enhanced before we see them this has spent a wacky meteorological summer we've only had 58 percent of the

normal rainfall for this summer ... we may get wind from this particular storm as well if in your morning commute you happen to notice white caps up to 10 ft. high pounding the shore line along wakelake shore drive there are gayle storm watches the wind will be roaring down the lake ... overnight by tomorrow morning the wind will be gusting 30 mi. per hour by noon tomorrow and friday the

strongest wind will be focused near the lake ... those are friction free ... we are eight degrees cooler than we work 24 hours ago ... is 73 degrees right now here in chicago ... by the way death tallyvalley in california had 124 degrees yesterday there is a major heat wave happening in the southwest ... those mold spore counts are high today but not at

those previous advisory levels we had ... we are looking at wind gusts ... we are watching this jet stream buckled around the hot air dome ... this stage is set for those waterspouts on lake michigan ... we may get accumulations of rain fall up to 2 in. in certain areas ... by 3:00 this

afternoon you will see some heavy rain ... that will beef centered along lake michigan by noon tomorrow it will still be raining in chicago. and expect to see a lot of wind without rainfallwith that rainfall you can see these conditions coming together. showers more numerous heavier this afternoon

60% coverage throughout the chicago metropolitan area we will have rain tonight in waves with embedded thunderstorms and heavy downpours wind gusts are forecast at over 30 mi. per hour ... by afternoon tomorrow it will remain windy and cold 73 degrees we will have a gorgeous day here on saturday ... >>you have a big event coming up one week from saturday ... >>yes we will be talking whether and we willwaether and we

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time for sports: the sox could be without their captain for a few games. paul konerko suffered a mild concussion in tuesday night's game, and could go on the seven- day disabled list. the sox wrapping up a series with the last-place royals. no score in the second... when jose quintana gives up a solo home run to mike moustakas... quintana only gave up two earned runs in seven innings, but he got no support. jeremy guthrie pitched eight scoreless innings for kansas city, and struck out adam dunn three times. the sox lose 2-1... but the tigers lost as well, so they still lead by a half game. they're off today. and just a reminder: white sox charities week continues. "the ultimate auction" is this saturday august 11 during the white sox vs. oakland game at 6:05 p.m. on wgn. you can bid at: white sox.com/ultimate bid. the cubs trying to avoid a sweep in san diego. it's scoreless in the second... when will veneble doubles down

the line to drive in a run... it's the only run jeff samardzija allowed. same score in the seventh... and samardzija strikes out to end the inning... then he breaks his bat over his knee in frustration. cubs lose their eighth straight 2-0. they return home to face the 1st place reds tonight. the bears open the pre-season at solider field against the broncos tonight. it's unclear if the new father, jay cutler will play. most of the starters will likely only play a series or two, but expect to see offensive lineman like jamarcus webb more than that. the bears also re-signed former defensive end alex brown to a one- day deal. this allows hims to retire as a bear. brown played eight of his nine nfl seasons in chicago including the nfc championship year in 2007. the united states has regained count over china. misty may treanor and kerry walsh won their third straight gold medal in beach volleyball, beating fellow americans april ross and jennifer kessy us track and field also had a big day with five medals,

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you may want to think twice before ordering that big tub of popcorn at the movies. a new study shows the butter flavoring on popcorn may cause alzheimer's disease. researchers say diacetyl... the chemical used to create the buttery flavor... can travel to the brain and trigger the mind robbing disease. the chemical is also linked to lung damage in people who worked in microwave popcorn factories. so far, scientists have only seen the effects in test-tube studies and say more research is needed. if you have to wait a long time at your doctor's office.. it may not be the physician's fault. a detroit plastic surgeon tells cnn, a lot of delays are caused by patients. many arrive late for their appointments, and have to be accommodated anyway.. even though the medical staff tries to re-schedule late arrivals to avoid delaying everyone else. and patients often bring up other complex medical issues at the tail end of their appointments.. causing their visits to extend long past the allotted time. lunchbreak is next. we're learning all about this weekend's six annual talyor street italian fest! the folks from francesca's are here with three savory dishes

it's time for a lunchbreak... we have a preview of taylor street's 6th annual

"festa italiana"... francescas corporate chef kevin ives is here with three dishes: a healthy italian salad, roasted halibut, and a cold tomato-based sauce served over hot pasta. first the panzanella salad made with bread: some oil.... halibut is an excellent fish.... back to the salad: we chop some tomatoes.... at the restaurant we like to take fresh seasonal ingredients and manipulate them as little as possible ... the salad has the bread the olive

oil the tomatoes and some fresh basil.. the trick is to toast the bread and you want to add that to this salad with the olive oil just before serving so that the tomatoes blend with the bread and the oil without the bread getting soggy it's always good to tear the

basil... this is linguini with garlic and spinach and chopped cold tomatoes and basil this is my favorite at the restaurant. the festival is going to be part of a great weekend we will highlight tomato in everything we do ... and we are doing promotional menus for the remainder of the month at the restaurant. and the fish is nearly done... lightly sear the halibut. when

done take the salad and plate it with the fish we use a ba lsamic vinegar and honey reduction for a sauce for this fish.... kevin ives, thanks so much for joining us. taylor street's festa italiana runs today through sunday.... on taylor street between racine street and ashland avenue in chicago's historic little italy. to learn more, go to: festa italiana chicago .com

conditions are becoming increasingly supportive of for all of this rain ... we also will see some waterspouts over lake michigan ... these can do some damage so we will watch that carefully. late tonight the showers and storms keep coming.

their heaviest rain totals will be in the areas and counties adjacent to lake michigan some communities conceit toinches can see 2 in. we are looking at how zero cool it is getting in the far northwest near alaska.... will be in the '70s tamara we will have a beautiful weekend the 7 day forecast shows the coolest readings since late june 78 degrees saturday 80 degrees