jury selection is under way in the trial of christopher vaughn.. he's accused of killing his wife and their three children along the side of a road. good afternoon. i am robert jordan in for 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 tonya francisco is live at the will county courthouse with our top story.... >>prosecutors had originally planned to try this case as a death penalty case but in the five years since this murder the death penalty has been abolished

in the state of illinois and that fund used to pay for the public defender has been eliminated so the defendant has new attorneys ... we are days away from getting the details of what happened when the family went to a family vacation at a downstate water park ... it considerably thinner and clean shaven christopher vaughn greeted potential jurors with a timid " good morning ladies and gentlemen " as he took his place in the courtroom he is accused of killing his three children and his wife he told police early on the morning of june 14, 1920 07 there were on their way to a downstate water park in springfield when he pulled off an access road off of interstate 55 to secure the luggage atop the s u v there were driving ... he claimed his wife shot him

tried to escape and then killed the three children ... but the prosecutors contend that he himself shot his wife and kids wanting a $1 million life insurance policy he took out on his wife is also alleged that he went to a gun range and used the same handgun for target practice that was used in the murder he did that tonight before ... evidence from the fda will be presented by the defense to prove that suicidal behavior is a side effect of some medication that the wife had been taking ... the judge plans to go late into the day today for jury selection the trial will not begin until next monday regardless and it is expected to last up to six weeks ...

chicago's west side communties are on alert after three women morning attacks. two of the three attacks happened in the 2700 block of west jackson in the east garfield park neighborhood last month. the third attack happened near adams and washtenaw on august fifth. the woman in that attack was sexually assaulted and found with her legs and arms bound. police say her attacker wore a mask or rag over his face, dirty white gloves and he threatened the woman with a knife. a man charged with shooting a weapon at a suburban mosque during ramadan services was in court this morning. wgn's amy rutledge is live in skokie with the latest: >>this judge came down hard on david conrad $45,000 bond and electric monitoring device and a stern warning to stay away from the mosque and its members ... the 51 year-old fired a high

powered air rifle with a scope at the community center this friday he narrowly missed two security guards who were guarding the security of the facility during ramadan services ... the man was said to have an ongoing issue with the facility complaining about its expansion vocally at several town meetings ... the man has been a volunteer the village for more than 25 years he now faces four felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor for not having proper documentation for the weapon ... it is believed to is also responsible for vandalism on the property but it cannot be proved ...

there has been another attack on a muslim institution... this time at a full time islamic school in lombard. a member of the islamic community and the school had a 7-up bottle with acid and other materials thrown at them last night during ramadan prayers. during the prayer, worshippers heard a loud bang and went outside to find an empty bottle thrown on the window of the school. there were no injuries. lombard police are investigating the incident. the sikh temple in oak creek wisconsin held its first service since last week's deadly shooting. hundreds of people from all over the country attended the service yesterday. they took part in a traditional sikh cleansing and rebirth ceremony that is usually held once a year, in april. it capped a week of events meant to honor the six people who were killed, and to restore the temple as a place of worship. president obama is bringing his re-election campaign to iowa

today. he's on a three-day bus tour through the state where polls show he's locked in a close race republican rival mitt romney. the president criticized mitt romney and his new running mate in council bluffs iowa before backing tax cuts to the wealthy: >>they have tried to solis this trickle-down theory before and guess what every time it has been tried it did not work it didn't then it won't know it won't create jobs but will lower the deficit it's not a plan to move the economy forward we don't need more tax cuts for the wealthiest americans we need tax relief for working families! before heading to iowa .... the president spent the weekend home here in chicago .... raising campaign cash. he appeared at five fundraisers across the city ... and collected nearly four million dollars.

after a whirlwind weekend of campaign stops and media interviews... the romney-ryan presidential ticket is splitting up today... to meet voters in separate states. mitt romney continues his four-day battleground state bus tour with two stops in florida. later today... his vice presidential runningmate paul ryan, will attend the iowa state fair. during an interview on "60' minutes" last night... the gop ticket addressed their plans for medicare. >>what paul ryan and i have spoken about a saving medicare making sure there are choices for the future and that it's there for current seniors >>we have to preserve their benefits governor has made program promises to them ... the sacrifices have to be made by those who are younger ... also in that 60 minutes interview -- ryan he would release two years of personal tax returns to the public... the same number that romney did. democrats and some republicans have called on romney to release more returns.

next at noon: pope benedict's bulter is charged with theft in relation to a scandal that has rocked the vatican. dramatic dash cam video from a bus accident that hurt more than a dozen people. and thousands of pink slips go out a motorola...as google begins its "moto makeover". i'm on break sweetheart. [ woman ] you know you don't have to put up with this. those annoying period symptoms. general pain relievers like advil, only treat cramps, but midol has three active ingredients to take care of that... and fatigue and bloating. because you deserve better.

the vatican says pope benedict's butler will face charges for leaking hundreds of the pope's secret papers. the private documents were taken from the pope's personal apartment and given to an italian journalist. that reporter then put the documents in a best-selling book called "his holiness." butler paolo gabriele will be charged with aggravated theft. a second man, a vatican computer expert, will be charged with aiding the butler. video is being released from inside a city bus... which captures the terrifying moments when the bus rolled over. 16 people were injured last week when a mass transit bus crashed in kansas city, missouri. one passenger who was sitting behind the bus driver says a car bolted out of a nearby gas station and cut off the bus. everyone is expected to recover. >>she veered off to the right

and she clipped the back of one car and then the bus went rolling downhill ... investigators say the bus met all safety requirements. no word yet on whether any charges will be filed. the house oversight committee is expected to file a civil contempt lawsuit against attorney general eric holder today. the panel wants holder to release documents linked to the "fast and furious" weapons tracking program. the house passed a contempt of congress citation last month. republicans accuse holder of stonewalling the investigation by not releasing the documents.. while democrats say the citation was politically motivated. the justice department said it would not prosecute holder, after president obama asserted executive privilege. the death toll in iran has risen to more than 300 from saturday's twin earthquakes. the news comes just one day after rescue workers called off the seacrh for survivors more than 3,000 people were injured following the quakes in northwest iran. the quakes struck near tabriz, iran's fourth largest city. more than 100 villages were damaged.

officials are focusing their efforts on providing relief to the thousands that were left homeless. a national day of mourning is underway. in a move that ends 60-years of military rule... egypt's newly elected president announced a leadership shakeup. mohammed morsy seized power yesterday from field marshal mohammed tantawi... who was considered the most powerful man in egypt. morsy also retired a handful of other top military generals... and appointed a new vice president. political experts question whether military leaders will accept the changes... or take action against the new government. the olympics wrapped up the two- week international competition with a concert honoring some of the uk's musical greats. the most anticipated performance of the evening came from the reunited spice girls... performing hits like "wanna be" and "spice up your life." other acts included george michael, the who, muse fatboy

slim and queen... as well as a tribute to john lennon. many viewers were frustrated when nbc cut away from the closing ceremony performances to air the premier episode of a new show. more on the medal count coming up in sports. gas prices jump 18 cents. up next: what is causing the spike. listeria concerns have prompted the recall of a certainn packaged fruit from fast-food and grocery chains nationwide. and later in lunchbreak: chicago's own top chef stephanie izard is going to show us how to make a pan-sauteed salmon.

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united airlines is meetings its headquarters to the willis tower ... the chicago tribune says that once complete the company will occupy 25% to the building until 2028 ... layoffs are coming to the motorola mobile division ... google's takeover has certain cuts happening in the chicago area ... federal express will offer voluntary buyouts to some workers part of the steps the company is taking to lower costs ... slowing economic growth would lower earnings there ... if sears sells assets and ups

profitability they have a chance to put themselves into the black ... we have seen a rally in stock prices but no stocks are trading lower at the new york stock exchange ... while gas prices are on the rise nationwide--- chicago is getting hit the hardest. gas prices jumped 18 cents over the past two weeks--- the biggest jump of the year. here in chicago the price for a gallon of gas is highest in the city at $4.40 a gallon. the national average is $3.69... nearly 8 cents higher than a year ago. analysts say closed refineries and the drought are to blame-- which has pushed up the price of corn used to make ethanol found in gas.

almost a year to the day after the deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair -- another incident sends several people to the hospital. and later in the medical watch-- more cases of swine flu popping up across the country. find out which member of your family is most susceptibile to contracting the illness.

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private security guards shot and killed a teenager in south suburban richton park. it happened saturday night in lioncrest townhomes subdivision. the guards on duty confronted a car with two people inside after the guards saw them firing gunshots into the air. that's when one of the men... sean smith of chicago heights-- pointed and shot a handgun at the guards. the guards shot back and hit smith. he was pronounced dead at the scene. another person was hurt in the shooting. cook county police are investigating. a man and a teenage boy were each charged in connection to a deadly shooting inside a harvey sports bar. 30-year-old kevin gyce was killed early saturday morning after a fight broke out in the press box club. police say 16-year-old matthew smith was the one who shot gyce he's charged with first-degree murder. 24-year-old arsenio williams is charged with trying to help smith hide the murder. it's unclear what started the fight.

for the second year in a row an accident at the indiana state fair sent people to the hospital. five people were injured when a stage coach tipped over during a turn, at the pepsi coliseum yesterday. the state fair queen was thrown to the ground. four others were inside the coach, but none of the injuries are life threatening. no word yet on what caused the accident. this accident happened one year after the stage collapse that killed seven people at last year's state fair. hundreds of thousands of products containing apples are being recalled because of possible contamination. ready pac foods is recalling apples shipped to illinois and 35 other states because of potential listeria contamination. the bacteria was found on equipment used by the company's "missa bay" unit. no illnesses have been reported. the apples are sold as slices in fast food restaurants. oak brook-based mcdonald's has

stopped serving apple products from the "missa bay" facility and removed them from all restaurants and distribution centers. the mars rover - curiosity - is getting a brain transplant. that announcment comes from nasa which said engineers are updating curiosity's software. the improvment will allow curiosity to use the geo- chemistry lab sampling system and to move about more easily. scientists had to wait until after curiosity made it through the harsh environment of space. the initial processor was built years ago and is limited compared with today's technology. another rollover for the "powerball jackpot" means wednesday's drawing is now worth 305-million dollars. no one matched all six numbers in saturday's multi-state lottery drawing. however... tickets worth one- million dollars each were sold in florida, north carolina, pennsylvania and new jersey. no one has won big in powerball since june 23rd.

it's a day for southpaws to celebrate --it's international left handers day. today marks the 23rd left- handers day. some of the most notable left- handers are president obama prince william, marilyn monroe, and leonardo da vinci. the 'left handers club' says its a day for lefties to re- arrange their homes and workspaces for their own conveniences. the club also aims to spread awareness about the special needs of left-handed children. and happy left hand areas state to our own bob jordan a wet start to the work week. tom skilling is next [ female announcer

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chicago students at more than 240 "track-e" schools returned to class this morning. schools ceo jean-claude brizzard helped welcome students to their first full school day at lindblom math and science academy in the englewood neighborhood. radio station wgci also helped ring in the new year. these student will have a longer school day four days a week. brizzard says that means more time for recess, math and social studies. the majority of cps schools return september 4th. that green land dorm ofnland dome of hot air

is back bringing us some cooler weather ... when the warm air forms there it brings us cooler weather and helps to increase rainfall it's a cooler weather regime we will see here for the next couple of weeks ... we made it through most of the summer with unusually warm temperatures sometimes in august the temperature can turn around .... we can also use more rainshowers. there were a bake thunderstorms downstate every little bit helps ... we are looking at some of the rain fall numbers ... we've had

four tenths of 1 in. ... 66 degrees currently in chicago this is a summer with the most 90 degree temperatures on record we are seven away from the all- time record we only have about 40 right now ... we may get some fog in stunt's clouds showers to end

thunderstorms will not be likely until wednesday night or thursday more likely ... this will be the fifth consecutive day to have below normal temperatures we haven't done that since last october 9th and a half months ago ... october 27th-31 was the last time this occurred ... meanwhile the seven western states are experiencing their heat wave ... toward the middle of the week we will leave the back into the 80s next week and looks to be cooler weekend looks to be cooler

... temperatures will rebound into the next two days into the mid '80s but then gusty thunderstorms will arrive thursday.... this is interesting: these are below normal temperature readings in those five state increments ... we will be about three and half degrees below normal and then gradually 2 degrees below normal over the next 15 days around here here is the high pressure system coming in with sunshine tomorrow ... we will see 92 g temperatures

possibly thursday into next week ... the rain distribution is going to break up overnight we will see some fog developing but that will quickly dissipate under those sunnier skies tomorrow. the dome of warm air developing over green land pushes cooler air down to the lower 48 states that significant pattern changed where nine degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago the temperatures have left the nineties and hundreds in most of the midwest ... oklahoma city is

finally cooled off into the 80s and st. louis has 70 degree temperatures right now this is a summer that has been punishing lay warm and very dry shares will diminish toward the afternoon some sunbreaks are possible the high-temperature today will be around 75 degrees with sunshine ... after lingering showers overnight we will clear c 65 degree temperatures and fog tomorrow morning the high to a 86 on wednesday ... shares and thunderstorms should arrive thursday is a joy to have some cooler weather sorry that the pollen counts are still high ... the mold spores proliferate in the

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time for sports: first place in the central thanks to career- years from a.j. pierzynski and chris sale. sale struck out eleven oakland a's and walked no one yesterday. it was tied at one in the sixth inning, when pierzynski hit his 23rd home run of the year, to make it 3-1 sox. in the next inning... alexei ramirez hit a ground ball, but the third baseman and shortstop collided... pierzynski advanced the third... and then went on to score since no one covered home plate. sox won 7-3, and now lead detroit by two games. the sox visit toronto tonight. the cubs closed out a series against the 1st place reds at wrigley. there was no score in the fifth when jay bruce hit a two- run homer... rookie pitcher brooks raley gave up three runs in his second start. the cubs struggled at the plate and managed only four hits in the game. they lost 3-0, and dropped 3 of 4 games to cincinnati. it's the fourth time the cubs have been shut out in two weeks.

they host the astros tonight. brian urlacher missed practice again with a sore knee cap ... he will be ready for the bears opener september 9th ... the defensive and will also miss a week or two with a sprain ... team u.s.a. beat spain on the final day of the olympics, for back-to-back gold medals in basketball. kevin durant set a record with 156 total points in the games. the u.s. won the final medal count with 104 medals, compared to 87 for china. it's the most medals the u.s. has won on foreign soil. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next.

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it's not a food-borne illness so you can't get it from eating pork. the regular seasonal flu vaccine will not protect against the h-3 n-2 virus. daily aspirin use may reduce your risk of dying from cancer.. but not by as much as previously thought. researchers followed more than 100 thousand men and women for up to 11 years. about one quarter reported daily aspirin use at the time the study began. the researchers report aspirin use was associated with a 16 percent reduced risk of death from colorectal, stomach and esogphageal cancers. a previous study by others found daily aspirin reduced the cancer death risk by 37 percent. the researchers say the discrepancy indicates there's still considerable uncertainty about how much daily aspirin would help. a new study finds the benefits of taking cholesterol-reducing statin drugs outweigh the risks.. even among people who are likely to develop diabetes. researchers analyzed data from a previous study and confirmed statin use does increase the risk of diabetes.. but only among patients with major risk

factors for the disease. and even among those patients, statin use led to fewer heart attacks, strokes, and deaths. more than 20 million americans currently take statin drugs. a picture of a man from wisconsin and his best friend is getting worldwide attention. it shows the man floating in lake superior with his dog. rachel slavik spoke with the dog's owner who explained the reason behind the trips to the lake. >>pet ownership comes with a certain routine. >>he has an incredible demeanor ... >>this is what he took on when he adopted the stock for the last 18 years he has a constant companion ... >>is a comfort for me having in this close >>time is taking its toll >>it is tough to see him get old >>the dog lost his sight and age

brought arthritis ... >>he has been very stiff here and threw his tip ... >>it's a pain that offers little relief ... >>until john hance 1 mi. from home ... >>looked at him go! >>and the shallow waters of lake superior the owner and the dog find peace ... families to have really bonded they really love each other ... >>water takes the weight of his tired joins ... >>i know this takes his pain away ... >>and has an owner's arms he gets a few moments of serenity from sore lambs so he stays in his arms ... >>there's so is the thought if this will be the last swim ... >>he has always given me his all ... age will separate man and his best friend ...

>>doesn't everyone want their loved ones to pass pills peacefully i wish he could pass in his sleep ... people from around the world have been so moved by the story... that the dog's vet has received calls offering to pay for the dog's medication and treatment. lunchbreak is next. chef stephanie izard is showing us how to make a great summer recipe using an environmentally friendly type of fish.

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today we are making this beautiful salmon ... >>these zero our spawning right in the middle of the glaciers they are full of omega fatty acids ... >>not only are they healthy but you think this particular salmon taste better

during the wild salmon season some have different coloring you could get these year-round and they are amazing ... it's hot outside so we are going to do something simple this is going to get pan roasted in a little bit of canola oil and some butter ... we are going to service with an onion fennel, garlic and in some red pepper

and summer squash and zucchini ... very colorful with the onions the garlic and the fennel go first and then add the rest ... this particular salmon also is the sushi grade and tastes great ... we are going to brown mass slightly on one side and flipped it over in this pam you do not want to overcook this new one at a little bit crunchy on the outside

we will introduce some capers for a salty taste and some fresh tarragon. we can puree some yogurt and some chives in a blender and serve that on the side as well this is also great for grilling.

the family gives it a great bouquet you can find this particular salmon being served at other restaurants in chicago ... hoesch girl & the goat is located at 809 west randolph street in chicago. and you can buy skuna bay salmon in chicago from fortune fish company. for a recipe, or to watch the segment again, log on to: wgntv.com/midday.

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the temperatures are amazing in this summer of heat 64 degrees now in chicago ... looking to the arctic you are seeing the first signs of autumn as the days are getting shorter in the northern hemisphere ... in the

short term we have some lovely and pleasant weather for the next day or two ... it is 78 degrees right now in st. louis ... 64 degrees at 0 hera 67 degrees at midway ... the wind is moderate ... we may see some fog forming overnight. the pollen counts are low the mold spore counts are still relatively high ... the shore line readings are down to 75 degrees ... swim farther out you can make it to 80 degrees ... 8 tomorrow 87 wednesday 84 thursday much cooler toward the weekend