a memorial tonight for a popular suburban high school student the victim of a horrible crashed early yesterday. it is our top story seen all around the country tonight let's go to tom that given who has our story alive from faith lutheran church in aurora. remembering a good friend and a gifted athlete taken from them way too soon. it's an evening filled with hogs, tears and memories. whoever he is with is a laughing

he was always laughing ever sad or angry. some of the young people here never got to know dustin meadows. it's been really hard, the silence has never been so loud. he's always been a funny kid that you could always talk to, he always talked to us. >> his smile and friendly open to me there are the things they say they will remember them the most. the 15 year-old loved basketball football and crashed out for a ride with friends he was thrown from a speeding car when it left the road cleared a stand of trees and crashed into a house devon was the only one not belted, the crash scene was terrific the other teenagers

suffered just minor injuries, their classmates are now doing the only thing they can. trying to get through it together if anything he's the kind of person that you want to know. everybody wanted to be friends with him. >> devon's family has been asking for their privacy and that request is being honored no charges against the 15 year- old driver so far but that remains a possibility. an animal hoarding case could soon be resolved from what we understand it involved hundreds of birds in the west suburban town home filled with droppings and molt a court order allows the city to collect friday if they're not removed. i think the thing with me is that i am so sorry when i have done to my neighbors

because it's been a circus and this is a good neighborhood they're good people a remorseful apologizing to his neighbors admitting that his true two-story town home has been taken over by birds and is now becoming a public nuisance. >> i'm no longer going to be a quarter and i just want to do what's right. he volunteers with the greater chicago caged bird club delivering cages to his home at 247 shady brook lane the 57 year-old computer repairman says he is concerned about the swelling city of zero aurora price tag for removing the estimated 300 birds not to mention the cleanup. can you imagine what the bill is going to be to clean up the house? it's probably going to be more than the house is worth.

>> its security breach at 63 barnes and noble stores around the country including in chicago device's use swipe through europe debit or credit cards in the store have been tampered with their called penn pads and have been breached in each of the store suspected. a former employee says she had some of her credit and debit card information stolen and management was an honest with employees at first about what happened. anyone who used their credit card in one of the affected stores is strongly in fis to check their monthly statements to make sure they have not become evident of the crime. the family suing the chicago board of education after an 11 year-old girl was adopted in sexually assaulting a reactorabducted and sexually assaulted

rate on screeright on school grounds. but the teacher took until the early evening to notify parents, she was raped at an unknown location and the family is suing for damages. coming up, why it could costs us more money. why the r t h is apologizing to disabled riders. a beautiful day in chicago we could floor with a record but it will change after that into a thunderstorm and folks on the east coachcoast watching hurricane sammy. stay with us.

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this police superintendent was there to answer every question. is chicago putting enough cops on the streets to battle the murder rate that keeps the city in headlines all over the world? police superintendent gary mccarthy was they're dressed in uniform and surrounded by a fellow high ranking officer to answer any and all questions dealing with the department's approach to crime. mccarthy maintains that number is 12,500 and he likes where it is the police union says the real number is 700 officers less and they know.

there are 3000 chicago police officers that are retirement ready so the police department is doing very little to prepare for that. he appears frustrated by the number of non-emergency or less important service calls that his officers have to handle when there are bigger issues brewing in the street. >> this is a very complicated issue a dime less concerned about backing up their rio and more concerned with violence on the streets i understand we have to handle calls to service but

that's why i have to make policy decisions that is going to free those officers up and stop the violence in the streets aldermen who patiently waited their turn had mixed opinions on how to reduce rising crime figures by year's end the city plans to hire more than 260 new officers and starting in 2013125 cops each quarter will be added totaling 500 so the great debate continues is it enough and chicago have an image problem and how to fix it is up to the top cop and its boston mayor holding the strings on the budget this year. the difference between a new hire and retiring officer is about $40,000 and i think if we basically just... we can accomplish that within budget lines we've already

established for the 2012 year. the second of three public hearings on chicago's next fiscal budget taking place tonight on the north side residents are giving their thoughts to from emmanuel's $6.5 million budget at wells high school. paul lisneck is moderating the form by a group of aldermen who call themselves the city council's progressive caucus who think too much money is being contracted to private firms like the proposed speed cameras around schools, one man said it wouldn't cost millions

of dollars like the cameras. at south shore international high school the new ceo barbara byrd said that replaced seann card brizard after teachers returned to the classroom following a bitter strike. bird then it will receive $250,000.10 year for three years. unsustainable expenses along with inevitable tax hikes and budget cuts. >> became very easy for the

political system to kick it down the road thousands of dollars of they were pretending to solve a problem when in fact they were putting off playing for several generations ahead a bar when money to spend money. >> regional transportation authority chairman john gage jr. apologized today to members of the disabled community in chicago after calling the ada paratransit service a federally mandated limousine service in his apology he called the remark off the cuff and faultless. certifiedcoming up controversial

comments from an indiana senate candidate makes its way to the race for president and also donald trump reveals his so- called october surprise what he is asking the president to do and for what to and organic food is supposed to be the healthier option and why that may not be thear

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>> life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in the horrible situation of rape that is something that god intended to happen 01. then he clarify his statement saying that rape is not the will of god. i spoke from my principal and my faith again that is what's wrong with washington today is win at any cost. he appeared in an ad with murdoch this week and issued a statement saying he disagrees with murdoch and his comments do not reflect gov romney's views. tonight he is in cedar rapids iowa also apply to nev. florida virginia and ohio this week trying to round up votes in these two states in stay with a message on

the economy. i'm not as optimistic about winning i'm more optimistic about the future for america things are about to get better and i am convinced of that. he is also trying to put to rest another distraction he apologized for saying he wanted to take a swing at him during the presidential debates what he called his father mr. romney a liar. tomorrow he returns home to chicago to vote early in an off-camera interview today he revealed a second term plan he says he is confident he can pass immigration reform tonight he is in denver on a marathon 48 our cross-country bush saying that he is changing his position to please different crowds. he is counting on you to forget what he stands for he's hoping that you to will come down with

the case of what we like to call romnesia. but i'm donald trump delivered is a bombshell he has been promising about president obama. >> if barack obama opens up and gives his college records and applications and if he gives his passport application and records i will give to a charity of his choice inner-city children of chicago american cancer society aids research, anything he wants a check a media elite 4 $5 million. a staunch critic of the president

basically trying to fan discredited rumors about u obama is u.s. citizenship. a teenage girl hailed as a hero tonight after she scared off a thief that broke into her family's home in northwest indiana. we have more on the story. some really scary intense moments in this neighborhood fortunately a brave young girl enter bravesgirl and her brave brother barricading themselves this afternoon. both parents had just left for work to kids were home a 14 year-old and a eight year-old getting ready for school police say they believe the intruder was watching a home after they say the parents left he broke into the home, both kids were inside at the time she

grabbed her little brother locked inside her bedroom and called police it's believed the intruder heard the kids calling the cops and was scared away when they heard them on the phone with police by the time kops arrive he had taken off police searched the surrounding neighborhood for hours to schools were on lockdown the kids were scared here to but again they knew what to do they called police and scared him away. i heard a loud noise and i get annoyed really fast with him so i thought it was him being allowed. i just walked to my door and it was in him and i kept hearing this banging so it was obvious someone was trying to come and so i shot my door in the barricaded it i turned my lead off and then called the police and then i heard glass shatter and a couple seconds

later my room door was open and i was screaming at the person and i was holding my dresser so he wouldn't get in. when you saw someone trying to get in were you scared? >> yes. but your sister did a good job right? >> yes. what do you want to tell the thief that tried to get in here? >> if you tried to do it again you are going to get busted son. i just want to say that might be the best sound bite of the year. still ahead by an organic for kids may cost you more money but is it really worth it find out more in medical watch.

in tonight's medical watch do not delay your diet because the longer you do the weight gain may become irreversible that's the finding of doctors from the university of michigan who studied the most frustrating mystery of weight-loss why the

fed always back, the longer mice became overweight that became the body's long% point which meant that any attack dad died and was unsuccessful, the concept of irreversible obesity is troubling for health experts to urge people not to allow themselves to keep gaining if you are choosing organic foods for children thinking it will keep them healthier you may be wasting your money, eating organic foods will limit exposure to pesticides and antibiotics but it does not offer any greater health benefit instead it urged parents to opt for conventional or organic fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy and protein if you choose to let your kids have a tv in their room you may be making them overweight and added to sleep problems they call it the electronic affect studies and fifth graders by canadian researchers when kids have access to technology in the

bathroom they gained weight, slept less and developedthan their peers that had no tv in their room. one more day of mild weather and then the big chill. how low temperatures will go. pa perfect day

of ground chicago warm weather days in the last 30 years came close to hitting 80 degrees in some areas and we just missed it by 2 degrees at o'hare. how beautiful will the rest of the week be? tomorrow we're going to hit a record. one of the day's hit 83 but we have 78 today. it's looking like much of the day tomorrow will be filled as well. late in the day

big thunderstorms are going to hit and temperatures will take a dive after that. this will feature the coldest air in april in six months and the first time we have been in the '40's we could even see mixed raindrops and snowflakes next week. look at the hill tracts these have been growing as depicted by radar then there is no out to the west. there is a powerful jet stream running along.

wyoming had 16 in. of snow. that is the cool air mass here is what it looks like in evanston wyoming. we're off to a fast start out west of us but not here to look at the high today.

there is a little wind blowing off of the like out there. for us we will floor with a record. our normal height is about 20 degrees cooler. look at the pool from which that cold air emanates. we will tap some of that this weekend. seven degrees warmer tonight. all of this

moisture in the air is evidenced by the 60 degree gulf coast level he point. it feels like spring out there. here is the weather map. late in the day this front comes through. a sprawling high pressure system that comes in on the back side of that. we go thru noon and lunchtime and that's about 5:00 tomorrow evening. we could see about a third of an inch of rain. the other area of action is on the east coast. storm.some

models bring it into the mid atlantic and new england that would be a serious situation late in the weekend. unseasonably warm here low temperature to 967 degrees. mostly sunny and windy near record early september level temperatures tomorrow. showers and possible storms and tomorrow night sharply colder and 49. we

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the lowered load of the left want it then went across the entire heart. he was still alive but not able to communicate. he was conscious and kind of mel than words but no words were coming out. and important testimony came from this man on the street where the shooting happened. a total of 10 witnesses took the stand today several more investigators and i witnesses are scheduled in court tomorrow around 1030 in the morning. stay with us for continuing coverage of this case and you can watch live updates from this side of the court room. mayor from emmanuel throwing his support behind a referendum on the ballot next month. it's called municipal

aggregation the city has scheduled a series of public hearings to approve the measure on voting election day. the theory behind this is that there is power in numbers. by aggregating all consumers you will be able to get a better price is the theory. >> 7 out of 10 chicago voters know little or nothing about it but you can learn all about it at their web site citizens utility board.org.

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libya. separately bbc news is reporting another suspect died in a firefight with forces at an apartment in cairo the benghazi attacks killed the u.s. ambassadors in libya and three other embassador staff as well. texans like to say everything is bigger in their state now they can claim it is also faster. they're not alone in craving

speed, safety experts say the chance of surviving a crash at 80 m.p.h. is essentially zero. the zero red beacon news reported the council vote was not unanimous 10-1, aldermen stefanie voted no saying the fee is just too high. tom skilling has your forecast. >> another lovely day tomorrow this front keeps slowing down probably in reaction to the storm at the of the attack right now. look at the winds coming in

from the south tomorrow morning and tomorrow evening. here are the temperatures tomorrow. that is the satellite view of what's going on into there are the showers and thunderstorms coming in late in the day tomorrow passing late tomorrow night those are rates we had yesterday in the weather system. not a huge amount of rain but enough to be interesting. frosted visor is down in the southwest and the southern plains a look at this patchwork of hurricane warnings in the bahamas. hurricanes and the cubs

no. word with its 80 mi. per hour winds across cuba tonight and it emerges a hurricane out there to the atlantic. once that cool air starts ramping into it the storm ceases to a tropical. look at this forecast stepping through time of wind and rain. gusts of 50 mi. per hour in miami according to our model. there is the hurricane center's track on this there is a huge greenland a block up to the north and here are two different models solutions that is the

weather from the weather center back to you. more recognition for the bears' defense. ar

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has a soft spot in for the bears it continues to be their offensive line. i always heard it be the guy don't be the guy. you want to be the guy, but you don't want to be the guy.

patrick kane is headed for the swiss league after the hawks participate in a charity game on rosemont friday. so far he has resisted the temptation is but he is not ruling out the possibility of joining five of his teammates for a taste of competition on the continent. i am excited about it, i am very fortunate. at the end of the day we are hockey players. edibles practiced today while his sword

growing may keep him from games and carlos of those are 24 and 12 last night had 24 points in each of his last two games. he has put a lot of work into this preparation. we are searching them out more we have to keep them in rhythm. he has already shown that and we have to score. the islanders are moving to brooklyn for the 2012 nhl season if there is one babe ruth, reggie jackson albert true hall paull below sandoval of the giants did it tonight. unbelievable. two against verse lander the giants cannot stop

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