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well a lot has been made of mitt romney's tax returns. today, he released the 2011 returns. the republican presidential nominee made $13.7 million last year, the majority of that investment income. paid almost $2 million in federal income tax making his effective tax rate 14.1%. they donated more than $4 million to charity. ann romney's plane made an emergency landing this afternoon. the plane's cabin filled with smoke from an apparent electrical fire. mrs. romney's plane was headed to l.a. but landed in denver where it was met with emergency vehicles on the runway.

mitt romney not onboard. a spokeswoman wrote they were not injured. wrote on twitter all okay thank goodness. booed in an aarp event in new orleans. those in the audience did not like the comments when president obama's signature health care law should be repealed. >> the first step to a strong medicare is to repeal obama care. it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. let me get into it. >> president obama spoke to the same person earlier via satellite. the claim by republicans that $760 billion is being cut from medicare to fund health care is simply not true. pat quinn had good news from joliet. but some of them there wanted to tell them something as well.

the governor was in joliet to kick off construction on a $42 million transportation hub. but some state workers protested. they say they're not happy with pension cuts and deferred pay increases. stopped on the chicago high-speed rail line creating 400 construction jobs. he called out the protesters saying state workers have gotten a 45% pay increase in the last eight years. two decades of shuttle flights ended friday when endeavour ended at l.a.x. airport after a three-day cross-country trip. the shuttle show cased from coast-to-coast piggy backing on a boeing 74 up. crowds gathered to watch endeavour's touchdown. he launched his camera into the air with balloons to get great jobs of the city. then his idea went south literally in the case -- well, he's technically -- when the

balloon and the camera got away from him. taking the camera from the bridgeport neighborhood, the wind blew it all the way to laporte county, indiana. we caught up with the man behind the balloons and the folks in the hoosier staid who found it. >> when ben jordan and his girlfriend set out to get some aerial pictures of the bridgeport neighborhood they never imagined they would be caught up in what's been dubbed the great balloon mystery. the plan was to send a digital camera high to the sky with six oversized balloons like the one you see here all tethered to the fishing line bchlt uh the plan hit a snag. launched it here. it went up successfully. i was holding it. the line was strong. i stopped the line and then it just got weak and i was like -- well, it's gone. >> the balloons floated some 70 miles away, finally coming to a stop on a farm in rural indiana.

where helen found them. >> we have some neat friends. no telling nowadays. >> the camera still in good condition, had taken some 10000 pictures along the way, some of them above the cloud line. >> it will be fun to look at the path of where the camera went and where it landed. >> it was turned over to the laporte county sheriff's office where deputies scrolled through the thousands of pictures looking for clues. they found a picture of a brown-haired man, posted it on facebook, and asked for the public's help. amazingly it worked. >> one person led to the other. we started to get feedback on the page from people, that's my friend, i noe that girl, i know that guy. this is who it is. >> i'm thankful it got back to where it belonged. >> he had little hope he'd see his camera again ben said he's extremely grateful the sheriff's office tried so hard to track him down. he plans to pick up his camera

on monday. in laporte crystal gutierrez, wgn news. >> fall begins tomorrow. jim ramsey said it will feel every bit like it. the forecast is coming up.

some are saying the master the new movie is a masterpiece. does dean richards agree? he's got reviews on this and many more. >> i am a doctor a physicist and theoretical philosopher. but above all, i am a man. >> you're trying to call me down, but say something that's true. >> the master is the most talked about film of the year and one that we'll be talking about at oscar time next year. it's an amazing story. amazing performances, amazingly

told. written and directed by paul thomas anderson, the story of scientology as seymour hofman captivating the group called "the cause." they're joined by the drifter joaquin phoenix aimlessly drunkenly floating from one bad situation to the other until he's taken in by the group and se deuce bed i the rhetoric and the validation it gives the empty life. "the master" isn't an easy movie to follow, but the gutwrenching performances will draw you in to this mysterious story and engage you like no other film so far. expect oscar nominations and probably wins for hofman and phoenix for the amazing tales of tragedy and triumph. never appreciate what cops and their families go through every day. you follow two l.a. cops assigned to one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the

country jake guillen hal are friends and trying to keep order but you can see how bad the bad guys can be. the video plays out like a video diary. the brotherhood, the dangers the politics of police life. while all of the hand held video makes me nauseous, this enhances the jagged edge tribute to reality. not as impressive is the new clint eastwood movie, "trouble with the curve." once again, the oscar winner is playing the same old grumpy man character we've seen over and over. this time as a scout is about to be put out to pasture. amy adams is the daughter he never had time for to step away from her own successful life and care for her cranky dad and ease him to the retirement. it wants to be a moving father-daughter movie and also a old timers know baseball better

than youngsters sports movie. it's a swing and miss on both counts. text the word "dean" to 97999 brought to you by million dollar quartet at the apollo theater. have a great weekend, dean richards. wgn news. >> taste of chicago will be five days again next year. it was cut from 10:00 to 5:00 after reports that they were losing money. restaurant revenue were down. we'll look at the final invoices to see if this year's taste finished in the black or the red. how yogurt can change your blood pressure.

unofficially, fall is right now today. >> yeah. it comes up about eight hours from now. >> 9:49 a.m. >> is that right? >> that's the equinox so we're starting off the fall season in fine style this year. going to be very chilly. about as cool as we are right now across the chicago area be the high temperature for sunday. look at the time lapse pictures from the day. what a great dismal day we had in chicago. rain off and on from the afternoon right on through the early evening.

most of the heavier rain is pushed out of chicago. but we do have a chance of picking up an isolated shower or two. but more rain is going to be redeveloping tomorrow. looks like tomorrow morning, it will be rain or maybe even a flash of lightning. 59 degrees the afternoon high temperature. this morning, 60 shortly after 11:00. plenty of warm air you notice down

notice, we have red over the chicago area. that suggests gusts approaching 25 to 30 miles per hour. a breezy morning expected. but, you can see the winds do diminish by the time we get to sunday. now, what about the radar? well, the heavier rains have moved off to the east but no p right now we're watching a

little pocket of rain. light to moderate rain for the most part. cracking to the chicago area. that will move through the next hour. farther to the north, another wave is developing in parts of northwestern wisconsin going to swing into chicago tomorrow morning and keep it dismal up until at least 11:00 or so. this area has pushed through chicago and some of the weather has been rather fussy today. there have been a number of severe weather reports, mostly hail reports, as you can see down through parts of central illinois ipin and up to parts of michigan and wisconsin. there's the forecast. first of all for tonight. skies mostly cloudy. no surprise there. passing showers. a shower is possible. i don't know where that shower is possible in spots toward means. but in a apparently snuck in from a previous forecast. low temperature, 41 to 49 degrees. then, for tomorrow, we're expecting some early clearing by

tomorrow night. high temperature in the 50s. areas of frost with winds subsiding. by sunday, mostly sunny skies, continued cool with the high temperature of 15 degrees below the normal. so we're looking at readings probably low to mid 50s on sunday. winds will be dying down a bit. the wind will make the air on saturday feel very uncomfortable particularly saturday morning. this is saturday morning, isn't it? >> we're into it. >> we're into it. well give it a few hours yet. but the winds will be kicking up as the rain redevelops coming out of west. a sloppy start for the day once the sun comes up. it does improve in the afternoon a little bit. >> back with the seven-day later on? >> seven-day coming up. >> sounds good. >> all right. >> in tonight's medical watch, safer surgery. you should worry less about going under the knife. surgical procedures from 87 different studies from all over

the world. they found postanesthesia deaths declined 90% since 1970. the risk of dying of any cause on the surgery plummeted 88%. the stats show you are more likely to die in a traffic accident than from complications of surgery. medical students are less likely to go to the critical work of primary care. the reason? it's money. it's the first to spot signs of trouble in your house. they diagnose illness know your history and refer you to a specialist. they are the lowest paid of all physicians. with college loans and the economy in crisis many medical students say they can't afford to join the ranks of those on the front line of health care. instead new doctors are choosing radiology anesthesia, and dermatology. low-cal rooe yogurt may help lower blood pressure according to a study of the american heart association. they have lower systolic

pressure, the measure of how powerfully the blood pushes on the artery walls. those who enjoy yogurt are less likely to develop high blood pressure. that's associated with heart attack and stroke. back to you. >> thank you dina. rich king has low lights from anaheim and the sox tried to extend their lead in the al central. cubs playing the role of spoiler on a rainy afternoon. wrigley will explain that.

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1-0 jake peavy had a poor outing. angels tied the game. pujols thumps one to left center. 3-1 angel lead. 5-1 when they got more thanks to the bat of mike trout. the young man, 28th of the year. he crushes it to right center. the angels win this one 6-2. the tigers rained out. the sox-lead a game and a half. cardinal fans getting ready to celebrate today. not so fast. two outs, two on in the ninth. there's life in the two-run homer. tied at 4-4. blow in the 11th. david dejesus up there, a chance to win it. he does. a base hit. fred jackson scores. a body blow on the cards. the cubs win 5-4 in 11. matt forte will miss the game with an ankle sprain. ten days not enough.

so getting the start for the noon kickoff on soldier field. bush came in did a decent job. 14 carries. brian urlacher did not practice yesterday. he will be ready to go again. if he has the problem -- >> the more i'm out there, the better i'll g tet. i didn't have training camp as we all know. the more i get out there, the better i practice, the better i'll be i think. just seeing things getting back into it. that's what i expect -- i expect to get that every week. >> friday night high school football. challenging providence. grabbed the lead in the first quarter. brandon price on the short t.d. run. providence defense took over after that. the mustangs could not get a point all night long. the rush for 109 yards. providence wins, it 14-0. tiger woods once again in agony on the golf course. six back after the tour champion

championship. bubba watson the shot of the day. putter from way back off. he sinks it. the leader is jim furyk. he nails a birdie here. also on 17 hard to start the round. how about that. shot a 64 one up on justin rose at the halfway point. and a big loss for northwestern's basketball program. cobb has been suspended for the entire season for violating team rules. >> not what they needed. >> no that's a good young star. >> thank you. >> seven-day forecast with mr. ramsey. >> a lot of good things to show you in the seven-day. temperatures will almost be mild. >> eventually. >> monday and tuesday don't look too bad. mid to upper 60s. we were hoping to see a 70-degree temperature in there the surge of cool air will be coming down the middle of the week. that will keep things very chilly for the balance of the seven-day period. take a look at the weekend. this is going to be interesting.

we've got two days here in which we're going to see mostly cloudy skies to start with, showers and thunderstorms possible in the morning hours excuse me on saturday with the high temperature in the 50s. then a little bit cooler on sunday. the winds will diminish. saturday we're looking at winds at 12 to 22 miles per hour. they could occasionally gust as high as 30. that will accompany the rain when it comes to the area. >> a mess. >> doesn't look like a pretty morning at all. it will slowly clear i'm thinking, by later on tonight. then sunday, not bad at all. but you can see the rest of the week has a lot to say for it. temperatures not at all uncomfortable. a couple of days with the chance of showers and thunderstorms. temperatures moderately cool. >> pretty good fall temperature? >> nice for football. >> northwestern home 4-0. >> wouldn't want to play baseball. but football is good. >> 54 and sunny.

perfect. what's y'all's weather. >> often it's snow. >> he has, often. glad you guys joined me up here. i felt like clint eastwood. >> that's our news for this saturday morning. >> for all of us have a good weekend. withe. >> elysee you on monday. p