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the deadline to sign up for insurance under the new health care law is quickly approaching. we welcome our viewers who were watching us around the country. live at a health center on the near west side with more information on where you can get out signing up. they're all about this this morning. the deadline to enroll and what is commonly called obama care. a couple of days monday march 31st. there is some time to get you need done. here is what is going on. >> here at the community center they're encouraging people to do just that. it is a last-
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minute sell-off and our push. has been around for 60 years serving the lower middle class patience primarily of the chicago suburbs. the cheap chief operating officer says obama cares what some of those people need for regular checkups. the deadline is coming up. what that means is we have until march 31st to enroll in the marketplace for any individual interested in purchasing an insurance. we highly encouraging. especially being a community health center receive many patients to a gun without insurance for many years. sometimes their entire life. we've seen the negative impact that that can have. seeing disease take on a much more
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aggressive manner. >> it has been widely reported that not everybody is on the same page in terms of being a fan of the obama care program. >> a developing story. general motors has ordered dealers around the country to stop sales of the best- selling car. no word why they're halting the sale of the chevrolet cruise with a 1.4 l turbo engine. that is the most popular version of the car. no recall on cars already sold.
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federal investigators are trying to find out why it took a decade to recall those cars. >> and best to get is in australia are looking at pictures. >> search plane from new zealand have spotted what maybe debris and the indian ocean. 1,000 mi. west of the australian coast. five of the 10 aircraft found multiple objects of various colors. an analysis of her dead in the speed and fuel and. >> fled a higher speed than previously thought. which in terms means more fuel and cannot travel as far. locked up of a
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briefing with malaysian authorities in protest. they said they wanted to demonstrate that their united and they accused authorities of trying to conceal what happened to the missing plane. the wreckage from monday mornings blue line train crash has been hauled away. >> and the final phase of getting determine are ready to reopen. people have been walking by asking when the station will reopen. the goal is to do that sometime this weekend. some of them say it is still a bit unnerving days after the >> some writers to admit feeling apprehensive. it is not enough to stop them from getting on board. i thought i was crazy. i was not nervous. traffic is
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so horrible. it is not a big deal to me. >> crews cut the lead car removing the train piece by piece. more than 30 people including the train's operator were injured. investigators say the operator told them that there were extremely tired and those tough. the discipline the same operator for nodding off and overshooting a station. as a precaution they plan to lower the speed of arriving trains from 25-50 mi. per hour. will also move trip switches they're supposed to stop trains from growing faster than that farther back. >> shuttle buses continue running between rosemont and the airport with few complaints. as long as i'm not late for work i am fine. >> and is less than
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10 minutes. the cta already faces. >> i accuse the agency of negligence for failing to keep brighter safe. >> has increased the estimate of how much oil was spilled into lake michigan. after analyzing how much oil was collected >> this bill likely poses no long-term risks to the lake while life for a human health. >> looking for a man and woman in connection with a pair of over nine armed robbers. >> the man implied he would use what appeared to be an explosive device. police say the pair got away with $1,200. authorities
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say those robbers fit the description of two people used a shotgun. police described them as a white male and female and therefore it is. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> services are being held today. the 73 year-old passed away on monday. >> >> blind and suffers from diabetes. passed a bill that would pay for buses for students of the walker on safe neighborhoods. markets have to do that because of last year school closing. opponents say that could cost one $61 million with just one hour you and
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your part to help save the planplanet. it is the largest environmental event on the planet. the city of chicago partnership with the world wildlife fund to celebrate earth hour at the chicago cultural center. your our party starts and 630. >> coming up next it has been nearly a week since the deadly landslide in washington state. rescue efforts continued as they look for victims. after public outcry russian pups arrive in the united states and are available for states and are available for
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expected to announce a rise in the death toll from the huge landslide in washington state. earlier this morning emergency leaders said the official count was still at 17. at least 90 people are still missing. rescue teams are worried some of them will never be found. many residents are angry a local officials for refusing to allow volunteers to
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join the search effort. first responders were worried that the conditions are too dangerous. >> he died yesterday of injuries suffered at the march 13th crash. he is outside a nightclub in austin and a driver who is trying to flee from police crashed through a barricade and into a crowd. more than 20 people were hurt. if the driver was charged with capital murder and aggravated assault. more charges are likely. the defense will have an extra 10 days to prepare their case following the postponement. left the court soon after arriving. the trial was put on hold because one of two court assessors was hospitalized. in south africa helped a judge decide the verdict since there are no juries. if the trial resumed on april 7th. he is expected to testify in his own defense. is charged with murdering his girlfriend last
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year. he says he shot her by accident because he thought she was a burglar. >> a newlywed bride gets a 30 year prison sentence for killing her husband. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in december. at that time she told a judge if it'll push was a reckless act. in exchange for her guilty plea prosecutors dropped a first-degree murder charge and an obstruction of justice charge. a congressional hearing will be held today. the 24 road is accused of killing a tsa officer and wounding two other officers nearly five months ago. he has pleaded not guilty. just last week the airport operator released a report that showed failures and communication. her response times and finding the gun ban and helping the victims. the air force jets fired nine commanders and the wake of a cheating scandal. in addition the head of
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the airforce 341st missile wing has given up his command. 100 nuclear missile officers were found to have cheated on proficiency exams or covered up for others who cheated on the air force base. commanders were fired for failing to provide adequate oversight. >> president obama landed in saudi arabia to meet with the king. they were expected to talk about security. at a time in relations between the united states and saudi arabia are strained. white house officials say the royal family's main concern is the nuclear program. ralph family has become increasingly nervous. nfl players offering a reward after some include razor blades to playground equipment in western illinois. it's year- old boy was cut by the blaze.blades. >> an offensive
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lineman for the philadelphia eagles lives in nearby davenport iowa. he has a 15 month old son. he is not offering of $1,000 reward. >> with a psychopath roaming around. >> have seen a sharp increase. >> the center for disease control says raccoons and cattle can pass along the disease.
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the rest is dumped from international outcry over the plight of stray dogs in the city. >> the dog will be housed in d.c. until medically evaluated. >> warning about a severe allergy season. facebook might start using drugs. might start using drugs.
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a positive sign for stocks as the end of the first quarter draws near. the dow up about 82 points. wal-mart taking
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credit card companies use it to court. the lawsuit is asking visa for $5 billion. the world's largest retailer. those are the processing fees that banks charge retailers every time a customer pays for the credit or debit card. visa has not commented. the lawsuit comes two years after visa mastercard reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with several retailers in a similar case. drums might be the future of the internet and facebook. in a connectivity lav will test experimental technology. >> satellites will be tested as a way to beam connections to people on the ground. two-thirds of the world currently with the internet access. global retailer gap to join forces to launch a pilot program with a
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company's worth sharwill share seasonal workers. it will allow workers to be employed year-round. the jobs will pay between 10-$12 an hour. >> chicago is relaxing its longstanding ban on allowing convicted criminals to live in public housing. the move is part of a pilot program. >> the mayor along with congressmen met with a lot of sex offenders. it talked about programs like the one you just talked about and other educational tools and job placement tools that they can get involved and to help them not real friend. things that they were able to take advantage of. the mayor and elected officials heard their stories and how things helped them stay on the right track so to speak. the mayor also announced that program that you talked about. basically what the
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pilot program will do this if and x offender is involved in some sort of job program or educational program for at least a year they would be able to live with family members in the chicago housing authority. the mayor says that taking care of this problem is something that really needs to be a citywide effort. it is not something that they can just rely on four different programs. it has to be a citywide effort. he also says that his job as mayor is to try and break down barriers for people really do want to turn their lives around. >> if you think about how the issue is affecting our community and not our city >> training programs helped nearly 2200 people over the last few months. that is more than double what they were able to help the few
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years ago. some of them a lift off of the tax rule for years for not paying taxes.who are now paying taxes >> busted with more surprises in the n.c.a.a. tournament. >> country weekly named them as one of the top tax to watchacts to watch
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the blackhawks return to fond memories of the stanley cup in boston. there were unable to make some new ones. struggles in his second game. the blackhawks down 1-0. they fail to clear the puck. >> just 13 seconds later couric crawford makes a bad pass. he scores a
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second goal of the night. even though the net was lifte d. >> have some chance of later in the third. we were not very good tonight. a little bit better effort by everyone. >> it was a good game but not good enough. we're going to forget about that one. the chicago cubs and stocks in their final cactus league game. gave up three runs over four innings. the white sox were down 4-0 until the hit back- to-back home runs. the rally falls short in the cubs won the finale for best play. the race will season starts monday.the baseball season starts monday. >> the badgers up by
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16 in the second. he cuts and said for the basket and the fall. he scores a game-high 19 points. he scored 14. wisconsin when 69- 52. florida and day and also advanced to the elite eight. >> coming up your the elite eight. >> coming up your fi grew up with three brothers,
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we were just talking about the strange storms last night. there were some strong winds. the temperatures did some real gyrating. it went up into the low-mid-50s. they
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have crashed. another storm is winding up. there will be four different storm systems impacting us in one way or another. we had one goal by already.go buy alreadyb >> look at this. here's a comparison. that record-breaking 80 degree st. nine days were in the '80s. seven of the eight days or in the '80s. we had an upper 71 day. this is the result of that. the trees were in full bloom. compare that to this year. the shots from the photographer. it is a very different spring. no vegetation, little snow on the ground. >> this is what happened up north of us. in michigan's upper peninsula. comes this flow from karen miller. reports 17 in. of
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snowfall. >> there is the shot right there. shows us the sand covered but melting ice as you look back on michigan. nicole walker sends us this fella. the problem he is: to melt as we warm up. that is quite a sculpture. >> as this next arm spends up south of
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us. demand effect will be to give as a chilly start to the upcoming weekend. by sunday we will go to 61 inland. it will be cooler at the lake. 65 all areas during the day on monday. that is amazing. that is the warmest temperature in over four months. you can see the cloud lingering over us right now. the rain and snow have produced are departing. these clouds on the north friends might affect the area. later tonight we will start under cloudy skies and seas some sunshine emerge during the day and a lot of son expected on thursday. look at the wind gust that occurred here in chicago at the british school.
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these are the winds that dino was referring to. other wind gusts in crystal lake. >> there were pretty strong across the area. almost half an inch of rain for all.rainfall. the biggest rainfall we have had an almost 15 days. our models suggest clouds will begin to break up during the afternoon. the clouds are back tonight. that is midnight. here's the situation which greets us as we get up tomorrow. if you are well south you might have a little snow fall to start the day. the clouds will be breaking up a little bit. it will not be totally sunny day. >> these temperatures are going to take a hit along the lakefront as the wind locks
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and this afternoon. at the moment you can see the wind blowing kind of like this. as the day goes on they will be orienting themselves in a northeasterly directo direction. >> and means a chilly start to the weekend. warmer days to follow. temperatures down by almost double digits out to the west of us. as this chilly air moves into the area. the looks like tomorrow's high temperatures of 44 and will be well below the normal high. the wind is north northwest. see later today how thirties come into the shoreline. >> we will warm up into the 50s during the day is not mere 60 on sunday. watched this thing span up. if this
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were to come a little farther north we would have more snow on the way. in combination with this high temperature to the north agreed and or the pressure change between the two system sets up a strong northeast wind. as levels off the next door to take shape of here in the plains. the storm number three. southerly winds on sunday afternoon will be going with gusto.blwoinowing with gusto. some wind gusts of anywhere from 19-26 mi. per hour. fordham uproar + cuss. we'll have some cuss the approaching 30. the southerly wind locks and. a little bit of an easterly component. we expect
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the wind to go southerly and to warm up. that will be the first time we've been in the '60s around here. the was the day those terrible tornadoes came across the area. by the way our toward the seminar will address that tornado. both from a national weather service in chicago. there will be on the show a week from tomorrow ahead of our fermi lab. a week from tomorrow. we will be talking about severe weather. we also have the director of the national weather service coming in. that is our annual 34 theory of thomas. year we have done this. >> get there early.
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a wind shift to the northeast fringe chilly air off of north michigan. temperatures might get up to the '50s and land. we will fall back to the '30's as the wind comes in off of the lake. >> tonight clouds over breezy and chilly. low temperature 29. >> tomorrow opens cloudy deterrence partly cloudy as the day goes on. sunday as the day we are all waiting for. will be mostly sunny breezy and mild. shoreline areas might stay in the '40's. will not go very far inland. the southerly breeze is going to warm a good part of the area. >> lots of sunshine. we had rain falling on the graphic. it will not be raining on sunday. >> the rain chances
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for the white sox game look to be diminishing. >> it is getting better all the time.
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>> we're making a mediterranean sea bass. >> i think it is so fabulous. you take us on a culinary tour around the world. >>i love that. you borrought a couple dishes. i will show you the fish dish on the menu this month. it is an all greek menu. it starts out with our take on a gyro. start with a leg of lamb. >>you eat that with a fork because i am thinking we are not
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picking that up. >> aliltta little bit of whipped feta. >>a little bit of rosemary. >>how did you come up with this concept? >>the idea of a grand tour is an educational right of passage. >>music and sports is a big part of what we do as well. >>what i did is i put the fish in a little bit of flour. >>it is gluten free
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as well. >>what i did is i am sauteeing. will finish with some capers and some fresh garlic. a little bit of lemon zest. >>do you get to make requests? >>everything he has cooked has been fantastic. >>you are the creative genius we just get to enjoy. >>it is a simple dish. a little bit of lemon. a little bit of white wine. a little more olive
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oil. since the season is here, i used some beans for this one. >>i took some potatoes and fried them up to put on top of the dish. >>i threw some fresh oregano in here as well. >>cinco de mayo. we are going to go to mexico. >>this would be part of the second course of the tour. >>you can order it separately.
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>>i want to get a quick shot of this dessert. when you order the tour the dessert comes with it. it is wonderful. >>the grand tour is at west montrose. >>we will have a link to grand tour. wgntv.com/midday >>thanks for coming wgntv.com/midday >>thanks for coming
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does trivia. here's our weather picture. at least it is going to turn that way. the wind does come down after blowing fiercely overnight. you can see a storm developing in the southern midwest. that turns the wind off the lake and opens the weekend
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and a very chilly know. we have a dramatic turnaround. it is going to get nice and mild around here. warm temperatures and almost four months. there you can see the wind tomorrow. as we proceed through time you concede strong southerly wind start taking shape on sunday. a little bit of an easterly component to them. >> probably some of thunderstorms. might even be mixed with some freezing rain or ice on the front end. here he is the
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forecast over the next seven days. 44 tomorrow. a day which could start with some snow in the far southern suburbs. whitney and chilly unseasonably so. normal high temperatures are on the low 50s. 52 partly sunny tuesday. the rain moves in. some chance there could be winter a mix. epresented
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by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. ( indistinct police radio transmissions ) i want the cadi. i'm happy with the velour, and not even leather. i'm happy. what do i end up with? a damn asian ant box. ( overlapping messages over radio ) must have forgot their keys. hold it; we got a vic. ( siren wailing )

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