, the number one biolog medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. >>early voting begins next week, and the chicago board of elections is making sure voters know where they can cast their ballots. good afternoon. i'm 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. w-g-n's julian crews is live in the loop with more on the get- out-the-vote effort. over the next several days in the city of chicago voters will begin receiving voter guides. it looks like this. this is a simple guide. it will tell you where you're pulling pacepolling place

will be come election day. >> approximately 15 percent of our voters will have a new polling place. >> it will result in changes for 15% of the city's 1.1 million registered voters. there will be a new precinct for these folks. the chicago board of elections doing everything they can to notify the 15%. your actual voter card will also have your precinct address. when it comes to the early voting the chairman wants to know that you do not have to go to the precinct address that is printed on your card. you have dozens of options across the city. >> whatever is most convenient

to you. fan of both websites on our web site. >>president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney faced off last night in a debate that was often heated and contentious. cnn's rene marsh is in

hempstead, new york with a recap. >> the running mates are weighing in after last night's matchup. >> they offer people a very concrete vision about how he has experience and knowledge. that is why i'd think he won the debate. i thought was incredible that governor romney had nothing but a sketchy response to everything. the have yet to come up with a solitary specific plan. >> have a contrast to his debate if performancerefused personal responsibility think about who he was talking about >> a recent study has shown the people in the middle class will

see $4,000 a year higher taxes as a result of spending and borrowing. i will not let that happen. >> the day after the attacks i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people that we were going to find out exactly what happened. >> it took the president 14 days before he called the attack an act of terror. the next debate is next monday. the issues will be foreign policy allows national security.

while many predicted that the president would be more direct against mitt romney. our political analyst paul lisnek says both sides helped themselves. a c-n-n poll taken just after the debate says 46 percent of americans believed, the president won the debate. 39 percent said romney won. first it was big bird. now mitt romney has set the internet on fire with another controversial debate remark. the republican candidate was responding to a question about equal pay for women. romney responded with a story about his efforts to include more women in his cabinet when

he was governor of massachusetts. within minutes romney's answer to the question triggered a flurry of women-in-binders- related tweets. a twitter account called "romney's binder" attracted over 12-thousand followers by the debate's end.

and the facebook page "binders full of women" had over 32- thousand "likes" by the time the forum was over. >> mayor emanuel will campaign for the president in one of the swing states this weekend. emanuel will be in florida from saturday to monday. he is expected to talk to seniors about medicare. emanuel will also talk about israel and the middle east with some jewish voters. though he's up for re-election. congressman jesse jackson, junior has not been seen in public for more than four months. questions are mounting about his medical condition and a federal criminal investigation into allegations of misuing campaign funds. wgn's tonya franciso spoke to some of his constituents today in the second congressional district. >> it is a little on professional. if someone is backing you you should at least show your face. >> revisits his doctor twice a day. he has also been spotted out twice at a bar not far from his own drinking with friends. >> that investigation is separate from those ethics investigation into whether jackson offered to raise a

million dollars in campaign funds and exchange for president obama is vacant senate seat. he is expected to easily win reelection. >> his name is pretty powerful as far as his father. it is unfortunate that people did not do enough research. if they did and see that things are not adding up. >> people are so not leave. we keep putting the same people back in office and think it is going to change.

>> when the editorial board after her she would run she said emphatically not. she plans to run for reelection instead. two young brothers continue to recover from serious injuries suffered when a metra train plowed into their minivan. authorities believe their mother, tristian williams, drove around lowered crossing gates at 115th and marshfield in the morgan park neighborhood yesterday. the train hit the van and then dragged it. causing it to flip

and roll. williams was killed. her 4-year-old son, jayvon, is recovering from bruises on his face. her other son, jon king, has two broken legs. today is jon's sixth birthday. the city's red-light camera vendor won't be getting a lucrative new contract. mayor emanuel's office says "redflex traffic systems" covered up a 2-year-old ethics case until it was brought to light just days ago by a tribune investigation. the city now says the company is ineligibile for the pending city contract. the company operated chicago's red-light program since 2003 generating 300 million dollars in fines for the city. the tribune detailed how the company paid a luxury hotel tab for the city official who oversaw its program. >>the worlds cheapest cars heading for america.ú=

>>federal agents raided the pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 16 people and sickened more than 2- hundred others. investigators searched the "n- e-c-c compounding center" in massachusetts yesterday. officials say more issues have been reported with drugs from n-e-c-c.

the company is linked to a deadly multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis that appears to be spreading. most of the patients got sick after getting contaminated steroid injections for back and neck pain. the newest infections are from drugs used in heart and eye surgery. >>an attorney for n-e-c-c says the company is cooperating with investigators. >>two u-s sailors are accused of raping and robbing a woman in japan. seaman christopher browning and petty officer third class skyler dozierwalker were arrested in okinawa yesterday. police say the sailors harassed the 27 year-old women outside a bar where they were drinking,

then followed her into an empty street and attacked her. authorities claim dozierwalker confessed to the crime, while browning is denying the accusations. the u-s embassy in tokyo is promising to cooperate fully with japanese officials. >>a trial date is set for the man who shot and killed trayvon martin. an incident that sparked heated debates about race and gun rights. george zimmerman will go on trial on june 10th. he's charged with killing the 17 year-old during his shift as a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford, florida back in february. he claims he acted in self- defense. but, prosecutors argue he suspected martin was about to commit a crime, confronted him and opened-fire. attorneys in the case expect the trial to last three weeks. >>lance armstrong is no longer the chairman of his "livestrong" cancer charity. he stepped down yesterday. a week after the u-s anti-doping agency released a damaging report. it detailed evidence of widespread doping by armstrong and his teammates when he won

seven consecutive "tour de france" titles. armstrong was banned from cycling for life. in a statement on the charity website, armstrong said he wanted to spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of the controversy. he will continue as a board member of the foundation. >>armstrong will not be doing anymore commercials for nike. the company announced yesterday it will end its contract with the disgraced cyclist. in a statement nike said. due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that lance armstrong participated in doping and misled nike for more than a decade, it is with great sadness that we have terminated our contract with him. the deal earned armstrong millions of dollars in endorsements. >>still ahead the misconduct uncovered during surpise raids at the cook county morgue. target goes on the offensive against a major online competitor to match prices this holiday season.

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on new homes >> the dollow has fallen off a little bit. the company said they lost employees. new attendant will start training in january. the university of phoenix closing 25 campuses and 90 smaller sentencecenters. it is affecting students. they were actually be offered alternative

locations and on-line courses. the world's most inexpensive car is coming to the u.s. the little "tata nano" is built in india. that model has minimal creature comforts. a meager 37 horsepower and no airbags or electronic stability control. those safety features will have to be added to meet federal laws in the u.s. the base price in india is about 35-hundred dollars. it's expected to go for as much as ten-thousand dollars in the states. next, a one-on-one with the woman choosen to head-up the chicago public school system. and is that once-a-year visit

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some workers were caught slacking off during an inspection at the cook county morgue. the inspector general says three workers, on the overnight shift, were caught sleeping or watching movies on county computers.

two employees were suspended but the third has not been disciplined. investigators also found thousands of documents that were supposed to be entered into a computer, but they never were. the county says it has since added a supervisor to the overnight shift. morgue operations came under scrutiny after photos revealed the overcrowding of remains. classes are back in session in north shore school district 112. where a teacher strike was settled after just one day. the teachers walked out yesterday in highland park and highwood. the two sides returned to the bargaining table around noon yesterday and reached a tentative agreement around 5:00 this morning. details on the tentative contract are not being released yet, but neither side is described as thrilled. >> you have to have compromise on both ends. the most important thing is that it may not be perfect but we are back here to teach the kids.

>> new chicago public school she says she is ready to take the new challenges on. >> when you have a mayor with the expectations and the school system with a big deficit a because a big challenge. a former teacher believes she can deal with the many complex problems. >> she inherited a deficit. she is already in the process of finding a way to pay for the new teachers' contract. >> changed to improve education and not just test scores. she is working to fix her relationship

with teachers. >> she believes he is a perfect fit for chicago. she is used to dealing with a very dynamic mares who want to play a very active role. i think she has all of the credentials. she says she does not have a strong opinion about charter schools. >> you take a look at a process for what we need to do. we want kids to do well. >>

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>> the crowdclouds are increas ing. chars to follow in the days ahead. these calls are not thickening up. on this temperature change maps a cold front is sweeping much cooler air into the western midwest. we sit here about 3 degrees warmer than just 24 hours. this sets up

a huge upper storm. for the bears game on monday we of this warm air looking at a big political heir. it looks like we could be warm until then. here's a big storm. is about a dramatic weather change. when the arrogance that will it encourages the air down here by comparison to rise. it's an

initial precipitation will be in liquid form. we're heading into day for of 70 this month. this is a far different october that we have been traipsing through peerh. 30 per mamph wind. it is warm.

beautiful fall colors fading with time. look how beautiful it is at lincoln park. aha there are 16 states under various winded kaiser is. advisories. these blue areas are freeze warnings. we are in the warm southerly flow. the wind is roaring all the way

south. we're going to get into the center of this. the wind it tends to slow down. in southern illinois it will be very windy. the wind will not be quite as extreme after tomorrow on friday. each of these is associated with a cloud to ground lightning. look out

west. 1.5 inches of rain is the average amongst all the models. windy and warmer. a high of 70 today. tonight showers and storms. tomorrow cooler a brief period where we look at the sun. showers re -develop late

afternoon. small hail could accompany some of these showers. time for today's trivia. when young children first learn to count, what set of numbers are they learning? a. rational numbers b. transcendental numbers c. natural numbers the answer still to come this midday!

>>time for sports. the bulls won't have derrick rose for awhile, but his back- ups appear to be an upgrade. nate robinson started for kirk hinrich last night, who sat with a sore thumb. rose was on hand for the fourth pre- season game against the bucks. the bulls trailed with time winding down in the first, when

robinson splits the defense for a three- pointer at the buzzer. still up in the second. robinson gets the steal and delivers it off the back board to jimmy butler. robinson scored a game- high 24 points along with 13 rebounds. bulls win 100-94. rip hamilton scored 23 while joakim noah had a double- double. >>the bears have cut former- first round pick chris williams. jerry angelo drafted him 14-th overall in 2008. he started 38 games at various spots on the offensive line, and competed at left tackle in

training camp. williams says he's already gotten interest from other teams. the bears filled his roster spot by re-signing cornerback zack bowman, who will help on special teams. the n-h-l has made an offer that could end the lockout. the league offered the players a fifty- fifty split of revenue. that is down from the 57- percent players currently get but it's better than the preivous offer. n-h-l commissioner gary bettman says if the deal is approved within the next nine days, a full 82- game regular season could start on november second. the players union is reviewing the offer, and sources say another meeting could take place tomorrow. alex rodriguez was benched for game- three of the a-l-c-s. tigers up one- nothing in the fifth. triple crown winner miguel cabrera doubles to the center field wall to drive in a run. the yankees pull within a run, but with two outs in the ninth. raul ibanez strikes out swining to end it. tigers win 2-1, and are one win away from the world series. the yankees are hitting just two- hundred this post-season. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next. >>winning pick 3 numbers 2,97

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in today's lunchbreak. a week's worth of recipes for a family of four for under 50-dollars! stephanie odea is here now. she's the author of "make it fast, cook it show". thanks for coming in. >>i could not wait to find out how you did this. >>i am so excited. today i am showing off the cooking system.

you have an entire stove top and an oven that goes up to 425 degrees. you can do anything. >>we are going to use the oven setting. these chickens have a little bit of color. we will add a little bit of flavor. we are going to lower these in. so pretty. put the lid on. it cooks slowly. it is going to cook in an hourl .

>> we are totally on the budget. i save my money after three little girls. . i have 3 little girls. >> a nice chicken meal. everything is nice and juicy. all the steam gets stuck. it swirls around. way better than a dry oven. this is a stir fry we did. it is seasoned with ginger. it is easy to do. a

little bit of rice. we are repurposing everything. >>you have teenage boys, they can figure this out.

>>if we open it up. it is still in the same pan? >>you do not need the roasting rack for the slow cooker. >>if you have a typical slow cooker recipe, it is okay. it flips over to warm and keeps it safe and sound until you can eat. ofyou can eat when you are

ready. >>turning this chicken into all these different meals. >>i made granola the other day. stephanie o'dea, thanks so much for joining us. for more slow-cooker recipes check out her website: stephanie o'dea dot com. for today's recipe, or to watch the segment again, log on to wgn tv dot com slash midday.

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time now for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked: when young children first learn to count, what set of numbers are they learning? a. rational numbers b. transcendental numbers c. natural numbers the answer: c. natural numbers

there is more developing out to the west. thunderstorm action embedded within that. this is around 4pm. a little patch of showers coming from the west. these waves of rain are going to come through over night. here is one model's take,.. this is notn just for the rain tonight. a look at the full rain event.

here is what is happening. sags down right over our area. a closer look at just the rain. we could even see some water spouts. here is our 7 day forecast. 58 tomorrow. 53 friday. quite a rebound. thank you so much for joining us.