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home the biohazard sign was still on the door police are still questioning the boyfriend of trash was mother. she also said her boyfriend disappeared around the same time he was arrested later in the day after bloodhounds picked up on both his scent and joshua said. about a mile from the apartment. >> police are questioning the boyfriend of joshua's mother. police are not saying if the weather is affecting the search today. now explaining a lot. the biohazard simon is on the door.
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>> and south side man on the run is caught and faces charges. >> he was drinking with his neighbor in his backyard on 103rd street of the washington heights neighborhood. the neighbor reportedly lost his temper and detect smith with a chainsaw. smith underwent surgery yesterday. a man on the southwest side is charged with animal cruelty and after he used fishing hooks to set a trap for his neighbor's dog chicago police said the man laid out fishing hooks and fishing line to injure his neighbor's dog. the owner found the dog howling and pain
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with hooks and its flesh. the owner says his neighbor has threatened to set the bear trap for the dog. the neighbor is charged with assault and cruelty to animals. police and northwest indiana need your help finding a robbery suspect. the took place in other 7-eleven store or the sixth at 3 in the morning. they have images of the man on surveillance video. approximately 270 lbs. wearing a white baseball cap at the time. >> breaking news out of california. the san diego mayor will resign as friday. providing the city council except steve mediation agreement. officials told cnn that it is still our understanding that his resignation as part of the deal that the city council needs to sign off on during the closed session.
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the news comes as an 18th accuser comes forward claiming that he made unwanted sexual advances. a man ousted as ceo for complaining about patronage says he is willing to return to the job and revisit his massif severance package. he could receive a $900,000 payout. the agency that oversees metra says the deal was not as smart financial decision. the sun-times reports that they are exploring options >> h chairman and, under pressure. we hear the 911 call as a school employee convinces a gunman to surrender. >> choose kidnapped by a neighbor and then rescued after catherine shot and killed. hanna
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andersson speaks out for the first time. >> you can call him chelsea. he began his prison sentence. he announces his plan to undergo hormone replacement therapy.
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a nightmare on fulton son of a
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georgia elementary school. an employee keeps her cool and becomes a hero. this entire incident began to look like a terrifying copycat of the sandy hook school massacre. police say a bridge school worker prevented this from becoming a tragedy with her words of compassion. >> look into an elementary school >> was on the phone with an eye and one when she came face- to-face with the 20 year-old gunman. >> phil fired shots inside of the school and police were preparing to bust and. she began to talk to them and let her life and life of students in his hand. , it worked as
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a go-between for police. >> tell me why he wanted a television camera to come out there to the school. with the school on lockdown and everybody on edge and >> to not feel that my husband is left me after 33 years. i knew at that time a bigger than me. >> i can help you. to you want me to talk to them? those words saved the lives according to police. she talked him into putting down the gun and ending a standoff. finally breathing a sigh of relief as she tried to insure the safety
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>> i've never been so scared in my life. >> you did great. facing a long list of criminal charges including aggravated assault. also has a and long criminal history. >> is also a man believed to have killed her mother and little brother. now anderson speaking publicly about him and his experience parent tells the today show about letters she wrote. letters that fbi officials found in the home. the letters were from like a year ago when me and my mom were not getting along very well.
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>> there were not anything bad. there were just to help me through credits her mother for giving her the strength to be a survivor. thanks all of the people who took part in her safe return home >> want to thank the horsemen, the amber lager. my friends and my family and all of my supporters to help spread the word and the news. the news helped get out there fast. >>jame's family wants dna tests to determine whether he was hannah and eaton's father. friends are trying to raise money to pay for burial costs.
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>> the army psychiatrist the mets that he shot and killed 13 u.s. soldiers and wounded many others. he told a military judge yesterday that he launched a shooting spree because the soldiers were going to take part in an illegal war. >> if convicted faces the death penalty. reaction with force might be necessary if it is proved that syrian forces used chemical weapons against activist. this video shows just a few of the victims that were killed. they say rockets armed with a nerve gas killed up to 800 people. >> transfer this morning to a
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military hospital where he'll be on the house arrest. still faces trial in connection with the deaths of 800 protesters at the end of his regime 200 yeartwo years ago. >> announces he is transgendered wants to live his life as a woman. the sentence to 35 years at a military prison for leaking classified documents. and a statement he says he wants to begin hormone therapy and was to be referred to as chelsea not the attorneys say that he is seeking hormone therapy and not a sex change the defense suggested that the bill is part of his decision to leak classified information. the army says they cannot provide hormone therapy. >> fernandez will be back in court in less than an hour to find out whether
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he'll stand trial for murder. he is expected to be indicted for killing his friend. >> been jailed without bond since june 26th. crews from the air rescue windchill and other firefighters to bedell the mass of rimfire. the fire started saturday. it is only 5 percent contained. it is also forced the shutdown of the highway into yosemite national park. >> president obama wants to make colleges and universities more affordable. president proposed a rating system that will grade schools on their value. >> i've heard from a
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lot of young people who are frustrated. the have done everything they're supposed to do. >> the got good grades in high school apply to college, did well in school. they come out and have this crushing debt that is crippling their sense of self reliance. >> his visit to buffalo was part of it today bus tour through new york and pennsylvania chicago >> public school's decision to shut down and consolidate a record number of schools includes one named after an african american hero who publicly humiliated adolf hitler. >> >> puzzled by the decision to rename this building. the is to be the jesse
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owens academy, as you can see the name gompers self. how the name change is a complicated story. the has to do with the closure is a founder luc lass of underutild school. >> what he did in a lifetime means a lot to lot of people. >> the three sisters understandably proud of the achievements of their father. there are photographs throughout her apartment. photographs of jesse owens when he returned from berlin. albans one of the most famous sports figures of the 21st century. he won four medals in his record-breaking performance at the 1936 berlin games. his triumph transcended sports given that hitler was frustrated in
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hopes that german athletes would dominate and competition. >> owens became an international hero spending much of his post up with career working with kids. >> the bore the name of jesse owens from the very first day. >> what he did in his lifetime means a lot to a lot of people. >> to they're still waiting for response. a spokesperson sons the hands are tied. >> >> popular upscale grocer store announces big changes to their products.
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>> live in new york with your on the money report. when asked to grade their college savings progress parents give themselves say ba b-. >> more are taking action to save and plan ahead. it is a passing grade but fidelity suggests that parents take steps to boost their score. >> stocks are a rebound today. we're
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seeing gains across the board this midday. the next time you go to the bank you might have to park the car and walked in. bank of america says they are ending teller service in some locations. the reason, apparently too few people are using those convenient drive up planes. >> we have all heard the saying. the stars trying to shed that the elite image. the wall street journal says they will start offering lower- priced items. they're also using facebook and twitter to promote flash sales.
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>> you've heard that expression not in my backyard. some condo owners are angry about what they see in front of their homes. >> they're morthan asking a jude to have the station removed. >> to walk out and have it be so intimately close to our front door is not acceptable. >> an alderman says many people in his war do not own cars and can get good use out of the black sharing program. he will be happy to have a station in front of his own home. >> find a week's pay for
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some breaking news to tell you about. a
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grand jury has indicted nine in patriots wide receiver in the death of his friend odin lloyd. we'll have more information >> bears are preparing for their third preseason game. the talk of practice. the bears moved indoors after thayesterday. julia's peppers might play tomorrow. as for that had the nfl fined him nearly a week salary. a similar fun ffine. >> it is kind of a bang bang play. when we target the ball carrier, make sure you're not on the backside or he can run to the tackle. keep your feet running. >> could have
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allowed the receiver to run him over. i do not know you have to play football. >> the bases loaded in the fourth. he hits the second grand slam of his career to make it 5- 0. it becomes the first brazilian to win a game in the majors. the white sox win their fifth game in a row. >> castro moved from eighth to first. >> that is still tied at 6 in the seventh. former cub it's a run home run. the cubs get 14 hits but still lose. the series finale as this afternoon.
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some big rain and flood advisories. the lighting displays have been amazing. >> this was this morning out in
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alberta. 630 this morning. send us the spectacular shot from sycamore as well. another one from ryan felton. >> this is out in the island lake. thunderstorms last night. what a beautiful shot that is. sends us a gorgeous sunset. the have been some beautiful sunsets. you see the orange color of their. i will tell you what else is moving eastward. our thunderstorms. places with some lightning. here is a radar review of the storms. they have
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produced a lot of lightning and some real downpour's up to the west of us. i have tamed a little bit as this coming to the chicago area. here is the latest radar satellite view. more conventional on top of you.view. we go to the last five hours and how the lightning has subsided a little bit. still around but not as vigorously or widespread a fashion as earlier. this is what is coming our way. a canadian high pressure which will clear the skies tonight. to the final week of meteorological summer should be a hot affair around here. see how the heavy rain has focused on the western suburbs. they're getting some good rain from the
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city. less dallas wisconsin up to our north to 20. there is ottawa and juliet. some impressive rainfall in the month that certainly needs of rainfall. note the time on these. here are some of the wind gusts from schaumburg. a little bit of wind with the system. also the rain has cooled things down. here are some weather but the camera views. uc the
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downpours blowing through that area. some big grain fall out there as well. there's a flood warning is in effect. flood advisory until about 6:00 tonight. all the way from kane and candle. " west their word about wildfires. >out west they are word of all wild fires.worried about wild fires. about 90 percent humidity and the dew point is still high. we'd and ragweed is moderate.
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these are the last six days of ma temperatures. 70 percent of the area even more will get in on rain before this event is over. these will not be drought busters. here is the 2:00 layout. as north is to win the locks and later this evening the rain settles south word. we go into a beautiful day tomorrow. here's a look at some of the rainfall. over the next seven days just half an inch of rain. we stay dry and in august that as have about one-third the normal amount of rain. here is the air mass coming in. the canadian high pressure bringing the wharf into the area. it is 90 at st. louis right now. as a fly north you
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can see gone as the warm temperatures. we have gone into a more normal weather regime. the have a dome of sheep or some substance developing. >> warmth and humidity will approve additional clusters of showers and storms. high temperatures are not going to hit 85. we have obliterated that prospect. i do not know why we're
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showing you california there. it is such a nice place. >> it looks like tomorrow is sunny and cooler. sunny and mid-80s on saturday. ladies on the beaches on saturday. >> time for today's tragedy of. trivia. on which type of surface as the mona lisa ♪
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going to start with the batter itself. a little bit of baking powder. sugar and salt. for the wet we have melted butter and milk. o range juice and grand marnier. >>you were talking about what to stir with. chopsticks are a great thing to stir with. you do not want to activate too much gluten. a fork or a spoon. chopsticks are usually the best way
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to do it. we are going to add a cups worth of chopped peaches. fold that into the batter. before you fr >>we are going to use eggs, 6 eggs right here. a cups worth of maple syrup. we are going to take that and whisk that together.
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t. mostly sunny. much less humid. saturday mostly sunny. warmer 85. our 7 day forecast brings a 91 in on sunday. nine days wednesday and thursda'90s wednesday and thursday next
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week. >> it is a warm spell like we've not seen for a little while. >> thank you so much for joining us today. we're leaving you with more music.
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>> tonight at 5:00, nearly half of all workers don't negotiate when it comes to salary. we'll show you how. wgn news at 5:00. len: well, we nearly got out of town with a near perfect weather but will start under a
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rain delay this afternoon. final game of the series and the home stand, nationals and cubs coming up. it's the hyundai "leadoff man" great to have you with us i'm len kasper. we have a great pitching matchup for you when we do get under way. stephen strasburg with a sub 1.00 e.r.a. the cubs will have their left-hander travis wood on the mound. they were able to tie the game at 6-6 but scott hairston with a big three-run homer off the bench and the nationals would pull away late with an is 11-6 win. it's been a struggle for james russell for the cubs leaving nine on base and you see on this homestand they have only won two games. hit nine home runs but only good enough for within win and a couple of losses. coming up after this game today the cubs will head to southern california.

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