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gary ward is offered for information leading to that the person who shot and killed a high-school student in front of a church. we welcome our viewers were watching us around country. >> more on the search for the suspect in the murder of the 16 male student. tough day for both students and teachers. the school does have counselors on hand to help everyone. dealing with this tragic loss of such a law like student. >> this monday morning was tougher of the most. he is a positive kid. he is real smart. and is killed saturday night after an argument of some people in a car.
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someone in the car shot the teenager and the head outside of the church. >> played football and wrestled for the school. >> worked really hard and was really focused on just doing better and doing well. >> a good kid who is working on his athletics just as hard as his academics. for a short time last year he tutored in english. >> you love to play sports as everybody knows. >> a boy with some of the dreams. he was loved by so many people. a good kid. he did not do drugs. he did not gangbang. he is loved. he is gone. >> yesterday family and friends gathered at the spot he was gunned down. his mother were tears and her sons letterman jacket.
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>> the community activist had a warning for the shooter. do yourself a favor and turned himself in. we do not want street justice on you. >> police do have an idea of who they are looking for. so far no arrests. >> your school is really hurting right no our school is really hurting right now. >> sadly this is not the first time that the family has had to deal with such a violent death. . there's a $1,000 reward for any information. >> a preliminary report shows the blue line train that derailed was going too fast for emergency brakes to work. injuring more
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than 30 people. the conductor told investigators that she dozed off. investigators now say the distance between any device and the tracks designed to stop the train was too short to stop the train due to the speed. the train was traveling about 26 mi. per hour. damage to the equipment is estimated at more than $9 million. >> search officials have their most promising lead yet. >> peace searcresearch detected signals emitted by black boxes. an australian official announced in the development.a new development. officials have expressed some hope of being cautious until they can verify the source. time is running out as the batteries inside the flight are only designed to
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last for 30 days. today marks the 31. might be that of a missing doctor from michigan. fast in december. a fisherman saw a body floating in lake charles next to the harbor exit. it is the same area where an unsuccessful search for patrick was conducted. the body showed signs of decomposition. >> police found the body of a man in the north branch of the chicago river. discover just after 8:00 last night. marine units had been searching for a man whose clothes and shoes were found in the area two hours before that. the man appears to be in his 30's. has not yet been identified. >> autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the identity of another body. police believe it is this woman who
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was reported missing back in february. the 61 year-old was last seen in evanston on february 22nd. her car and perce were found near elliot park. police are holding a 63 year- old woman after a series of car crashes. it started on sunday when her car hit several vehicles as well as a man on a bike. the man was critically injured. the driver kept going for 3 mi. before police stopped her. so far there is no evidence that she had been drinking or taking drugs. >> an ambulance that was stolen was found in the southwest suburbs. police say they believe they found the person who is responsible. the private ambulance was taken after paramedics dropped off a patient. police found that about 9 mi. away. >> has changed prisons. was moved friday from north
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carolina to another minimum security prison in alabama. jackson hankered security guards and north carolina by advocating prisoner rights. began serving a 30 month sentence last october for legal use of campaign funds. the alabama prison was the first choice. due to be released at the end of next year. >> >> happened on our gun 400 block. three men were wounded in what appears to be a drive-by shooting. >>
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>> prison officials said this happened because they're short staffed. obama predicted about the collegiate model of athletics. >> something that strikes most people as a grossly inappropriate solution. you cannot put that one. >> either a student at university playing your sports or an employee. >> will likely go to the national board and then to the court. that process
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it all seems like they're working on them. i always seem to keep hitting them. sounds like they're not going anywhere anytime soon. the city is spending another $15 million to repair the damage done. >> to the beginning of january the administration has made one announcement after another. an online pothole tracker map. the number of complaints. a number of car damage claims keeps rising. nothing you can do about it. >> it is inconvenient for everybody. it is a lose lose situation.
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>> with the weather starting to warm up a lot of drivers tell us that they hoped the city crews can finally catch up and get a handle on the situation. >> to give you a figure. the city received about 2000 claims for damage done to people's vehicles. that number is climbing. last year's total 743 claims. >> registration for this year chicago marathon is officially closed. the deadline was today at noon. runners who are fundraising for charity are guaranteed spots in the marathon. the remaining applicants will be placed in a lottery system. registration will be capped at 45,000. this year's marathon as october 12th.
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defending their decision to take their family on a trip around the world. the u.s. navy released photos of the rescue that took place sunday. couple of weeks ago in the latest leg of the trip from the world. it sent out a distress signal last week after their boat lost power. the one-year-old became seriously ill. family members said they're all safe and heading to san diego. >> they're doing well. the baby has no fever. she is happy keeping them very busy. they are tired of their resting but everything is really looking good. >> this is our family has lived for seven years. we were
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then and remains today confident we prepared as a love as any sailing crew couldwell as any sailing crew could. >> the olympic sprinter is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend in their home last year. the defense said he thought he was shooting at an intruder when he fired bullets through the door of a bathroom. says he is just trying to protecwas just trying to protect his girlfriend. >> he said he was raised by a mother and constant fear of
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intruders and kept a loaded pistol by her bed. >> >> customers are still trying to determine a cause disorder to open fire last week killing three people and wounding 16 others. lopez and on a facebook red just before his rampage talking about the sandy hook school shooting. also posted a message saying he lost his spiritual peace. investigators say lopez attempted to file paperwork. came back a short time later and shot dead officer four times. the president and first lady plan to attend a memorial. president obama plan to bypass. plans to
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sign two executive orders tomorrow. >> a second order will direct the labor department to adopt rules to require federal contractors to require data. republicans say president obama is pushing his executive powers to far and should do more to work with congress. >> couple nearly escaped tragedy right after saying their cause. a huge fire broke out at this wedding than him. everyone got out safely but the 100 year-old building was destroyed. >> they proceeded to go down the aisle one more time. all this suddenly noticed there was some smoke. investigators blamed a careless smokers for starting the fire. >> legendary actor
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mickey rooney and popular stand-up comic both died of natural causes. looks back on their careers. >> over 100 films to his credit. family classics >> national velvet with elizabeth ferrell. breakfast at tiffany's and many more. including the night at the museum. he received four oscar nominees. winning two of them. he starred in four television series and was a golden globe winner for his roles in black stallion. he scored a tony nomination for his role in sugar babies. also toward with eartha kitt and the wonderful wizard of oz. offscreen he is
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famous for his eight marriages including his first screen legend dave gardner. he is married to his wife for 35 years. in 2011 he appeared before congress to testify about the abuse of the elderly. >> visited with us several times. the most recent in 2009. he was 93 years old. >> another friend of wgn the comedian john and that was found dead. the fifth year-old comedian died of natural causes. the official cause of death as pulmonary embolism. blood clots that traveled and blocked the lungs. >> the problem with some car seats that prompted a big recall. a simple blood test that helps doctors detect cancer.
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leads a two-one. that is his 33rd goal. the hawks won their third straight 4-2. looking for a sweep in his first trip to tripoli. no score in the first. it's a long drive off the right-center field wall. he was 2-3. the cubs up three in the fourth with runners on the corner. it's a grounder off with a pitcher and the run scores. he is hitting 500 in the first week of the season. they're now 2-4. pitched eight shutout innings and kansas city. that some help in the health field. he was shaken but stayed in the game. the sox broke it open in the ninth. he was 2-4. sox win 5-1. back with the chicago
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bulls after signing a free agent contract. the 29 year-old played two seasons with the bulls in 2010-2012. puts the bulls roster at 13 players. >> the irish are up by two in the first. leads the fast break and keeps it for a self. she led all scorers with 28. pull away in the second. gravity hairball and hits the turnaround jumper. notre dame wins a 87-61.
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it is funny we were talking about that during the break. the midwest patrick holland, consist primarily of hope. >> makes an interesting observation. the spring an elegy, and the midwest as high and out. isn't that something? >> >> he came across this photo. he thinks a blue when from washington. he lives in sure what 100 mi. away. he asked that i showed in say if any one owns this if this belongs to anyone out in washington
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get in contact with me. i'll be sure that capt. is able to relay this picture to you. that storm pick up debris and carried hundreds of miles away. people have pictures and letters falling into their yard. this is one of them right here. was not discovered until yesterday. that was nice of you to send that along. >> sends us the shot. brian baker who watches us on wgn america says hang on chicago here's what is happening here in tennessee. >> is a particularly
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have an active season ahead. the storms are occurring in heart- shaped lines. that is a sign there gushing up strong winds. this weather system the storm of show showers close to us. will be light and very spotty. look at these amounts. they will not amount to very much. it is interesting there is our storm. dammar turns the wind northerly. it will be cool one so this gets by the wind turned southwest.
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field forecast by wednesday evening. it will be glad that time propeling temperatures and to the '60s on wednesday. a couple of school days. 50s today and ford is tomorrow. here's the jet stream that is: a soft. look at the weekend. it turned southwest. that is going to push the warmer air into the chicago area. here's a shot of warmth that comes in wednesday. as our forecast and clubs. >> high-temperature 47. tonight a lot of
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cloudiness. showers mainly southeast of the area. sprinkles maybe brief light shower are 44. wednesday spring level temperature is a beautiful mostly sunny skies. how was that for a treis that for a treat? >> time for today's trivia. the president took the first up towards ending prohibition. which american berea was the first to package their beer was the first to packceistheir beer
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lung cancer. researchers are able to detect markers and half the cases for those with stage one lung cancer. for those with stage 2 or higher the blood test detected cancer in every patient. many cancers without the need for expensive imaging. bonding with newborns is critical. researchers those children could be more likely to act out or engage in risky behavior. many factors contribute to the problem including poverty and ignorance and stress. >> and alternative to smoking cigarettes. reports say the number of people poisoned by electronic cigarettes on the rise. number of calls to poison
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we are cooking with beer. thank you so much for being here. this is a chili with some kick. you have different kind of peppers. we take chili. >>we put them on a nice hot pan and start to smoke them. put them in a pepper grinder. very strong at first. we grind it. >>it is funny it is like a coffee grinder. a smoky
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covering the country saturday when we could be up and will '70s. sunday looks mild. it will cool off after that. >> 66 thursday did that could include showers and thunderstorms. said it it looks like the warmest day of all. instead of heavy totals it should say years warmest. there might be a thunderstorm sunday. there could be heavy totals. the people are represed
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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. so we go into this place, you know, this sro. it's up on 113th street. and we hear this guy muffled-like, going, "help! help!" but inside someplace. we search. we can't find this guy. i mean, this room is maybe 12x12. there's not a lot of space to hide. can't find him, until handler looks up and sees this guy-- jaybird naked-- gaffer-taped to the ceiling. ( woman screams ) hey! hey! my dog-- he just found something down there. i think it's a guy or something. i don't know. he's dead or hurt. oh, my god. somebody... right down there.
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