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of the damage is done for small towns. all within 40 mi. of each other. about an hour and half north west of omaha. have been telling people for many years that i have not seen a tornado all my life. i got to see something today that wish i had never seen. officials are assessing damage right now. >> do storms and possibly a tornado moves through parts of southern wisconsin overnight. a storm pack dangerously high wind and hit shortly after midnight. the national weather service says a tornado may have touched down. how
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early today looking at the damage. stansel summer class system. asking people to avoid the campus until further notice. city manager has declared a state of emergency. the body of a missing swimmer has been recovered. the victim was one of four teenagers who jumped off a pier. 18 year-old was working on a g.d. trying to get his life back on track. he went in for a swim and according to friends and relatives he was not a strong swimmer. a bin in the waters off of a hollow beach before. it proved to be too much last night. authorities say the
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teenager jumped into the lake offers a new fishing pier around 730. he never made it back in. i have hope that he will walk to the store again. >> according to the mother cannot swim. talks about this before. i do not know what he would do it. they cannot get to him. then in effect to the support beams of the pier where they were pulled to safety just before the coast guard arrived. seen struggling to stay afloat former soccer coach recalled an outgoing kid will swell like. who was well liked. >> the kid that everybody wanted to be like. he was very popular.
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>> i do not know how i'm going to do it. i don't know how i'm gonna tell him when he gets older. the incident happened just after the park had closed at 7:00. one person is dead after a car crashed into a chorus that was filled with water. it took several hours for a rescue crew to tell the car out of a 70 ft. pole. one man is dead after being pulled out of there. he has not been identified yet. the cause of the crash is now under investigation. a group of nuns has filed a lawsuit and
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they're trying to shut down a suburban strip club. this has been a very public fight for the past two years. it has now landed in a court room. there is always at least two sides to every story. the sister city strippers or too close and a half ago. an attorney for the strip club says they're not going anywhere. one of the missionary sisters of st. charles tends to the cagarden. strip club a book to read into the garden. >> they can hear the music. it is even
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worse for our neighbors. being represented by the thomas more society. >> lawsuit claims among the neighbors have had to end or noise. >> a plan the word nonsense. the lawsuit is ripe with falsehood. i hope that the thomas more society fares as well as they did as they did against same-sex marriage with a loss completely. the lawsuit also claims that the village violated a state law by granting a strip club the license to
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operate 1,000 ft. of a school. cannot operate within a mile. and that he says is unconstitutional because it would eliminate any site in the village. municipalities cannot make rules that ban strip clubs. which leaves the other elephant in the room. it is a dispute over ideology. the values of the families and the community itself. it is also about the law. an attorney says he will file a counter lawsuit. expects the case to be dismissed. >> chicago police are looking for more than a dozen people who took thousands of dollars in merchandise during a flash mom robbery.
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the entire incident was captured on surveillance video. 17 people went to the fashion superstar at 75th and stoney island last thursday. they loaded their own that the bags with clothes and tried to take off. some got away with the merchandise put some dropped the backs and ran. after a federal judge ruled that the city can police its own hiring. the decree is a 40 year-old settlement reached after a case revealed how politics determined to a planned city judge. city was ordered to have a hiring monetary and compensate victims. now the attorney says the city has done enough.
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>> the decree is no longer ness of the innenecessary. >> public employment 21 people filed objections to lifting the decree. eight of them testified in court. >> the crisis intensifies president obama deploys troops to secure the u.s. embassy. >> goes before congress to talk about weight loss scams. >> what doctors are now saying about tracy morgan's now saying about tracy morgan's health. fow
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suspect in the attack to be apprehended. now being held in a location outside of libya. >> less service of members are now and i iraq. >> hundred and 70 soldiers and marines are at the u.s. embassy. aircraft carrier and five other warships are not the persian gulf. >> fighting for control of the city just 40 mi. north of baghdad. and gaining weapons. >> should be a part of any option wade on the table in conjunction with
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pushing forward iraqi troops into this fight. >> will remain >> there until the security situation improved. with the new conflict in direct prices at the pump may climb even higher than we expect. >> guess prices were not supposed to take too much of their rise this summer. pretty much on part of last summer's range. if} the increase in violence could push prices higher. obviously if in fact they were able to contain control over major output significant refineries that could be a source of concern. but oil markets were counting to increase stability. produces
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3.3 million bar. of oil a day. oil prices are influenced by what might happen in the future even fears of losing the supply could force oil prices higher. >> for people at the pumps is a bad scene. there are no real reason for oil to drop. iraq is only one of several political issues that are out there. in fact we're going to see higher prices. not the highest prices. many analysts do not expect to see you as cash prices happened. >> and no one really knows what the full story hills surrounding the disappearance and capture. there is
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already moving in the works. screenwriter and director of the developing a script. there were behind the oscar-winning movie her locker and zero dirk 30. they're still many unanswered questions about his ordeal there is no ending to his story as of yet. >> doctors have upgraded tracy morgan is conditioned from critical to fair. rep say his personality is beginning to come back as well. former 30 rock star was critically injured in a sixth vehicle crash earlier this month in new jersey. several other passengers were injured in the crash. the comedian was killed. the driver of the semi truck accused of slamming into the back of the limousine has pleaded not guilty. >> testified on capitol hill trying
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to clear his name after the company claimed that he endorsed the coffee diet plan. part of a senate committee hearing. a lawsuit against pure green coffee alleges. >> these advertisements take money from trusting viewers. many believe that i'm actually selling the items. i have never sold supplements. i encourage a nation searching for answers to their health woes. it affects about two- thirds of the population. the only message i gave was to eat less and move more. >> accusing the company of trying to capitalize on the coffee bean diet fed.ad >> this subcommittee had subpoenaed the irs commissioner as
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part of the investigation. the agency is accused of improperly reviewing applications from tea party and other conservative groups. lawmakers want to find out why the irs cannot find the males that belonged to lois. she headed the division that processed the application. the irs says they cannot find many of the males prior to 2011. the computer crashed during the summer of that year. the committee chairmen says that this is another example of the irs failing to comply with oversight. >> the heiress commissioner will appear at a hearing on june 23rd. >>
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>>, to prison for posting on line rants about the estranged wife and about mass shootings. the defense argues it was all free speech. no criminal intent. to lower federal courts said a reasonable person would have felt threatened. that standard cannot be used because of the eight audience could misinterpret his words. >> were you doing 20 years ago today? >> and 5 million people were glued to their television sets for the white bronco chase. of the simpson was in the back seat and his friend was at the wheel. more than a half-dozen helicopters were tracking the the bronco. dozens of squad cars pursuing it. o.j. simpson was supposedly fleeing from police after the murders of the ex-wife. >> a look at the
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more than 10 years after the mayor ordered the destruction the transformation is nearly complete and northerly island. nearly 50 a.. >> looks great. there really is a very impressive sight. when you're looking a major urban areas it is said to be the largest cotton ecosystem restoration project in the entire country. the
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expectation is that it will give chicago school kids excited about science and the environment. there will be no museum campus still take the study of the stars the study of water and natural history and put it together with what we have here in making sure that these 50 a. are part of that museum. know of any major city in the country with nearly 50 a. of restored waterfront habitat. bill takes some time for the native illinois grass and bushes and trees to develop. it will be the crown jewel of the city's lakefront. a little over a decade ago.
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aviation enthusiast fought the move in court. a controversial move was funded by daily and had the vision of creating a nature preserve on the lakefront. delayed major restoration work for years. one of several ecosystem projects under way in chicago. we currently have six projects underway. this is more than any other urban area in the country. >> marriage tour the site with the administrator for the environmental protection agency. if you look at more and then 2000 restoration projects across the great lakes to says
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the obama administration has set aside more than a billion dollars in federal funds for ecosystem restoration. $7 million northerly island project most of that money came from federal grants. $2 million came from first american bank. >> bids are in. 12 sites will compete to become the home of the obama presidential library. inside of the old hospital. cities of new york and ally it also pitched sites as well. several months before they know who led advances to the second round of the competition. another roller coaster day for the market.
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today the first day of the federal reserve's big meeting. investors anticipated the latest inflation data. >> the dallas slightly up as a currency. another recall announcement from general motors. 3 million vehicles will have to be inspected. >> started with an earlier ignition switch flaw that was blamed for 13 deaths. this one involves cars with a slotted keys. if a key ring is too heavy economic the ignition switch out of position. they'll start replacing the keys and a few weeks. the recall involves midsize and large cars mostly out of production. adding another vehicle to the lineup. for the last two years the electric car company only offer the model sedan. customers
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paid $40 million in deposits when the design was revealed two years ago. the company has been taking reservations ever since. the price of indycar has not yet been released. the amazon smart phone has yet to be revealed. the company is expected to announce at&t will exclusively carry the smart phone service. the phone will feature a 3d interface which uses for a built-in camera. >> soccer fans celebrate after team usa beat, and the first match in the usa beat, and the first match in the
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cortex tornadoes but nothing like that. that particular storm produced 474 of severe weather reports. at last check it also produced 43n33 turned in a report. >> you actually see some afternoon sunshine. it is going to destabilize the atmosphere. 82 is our current temperature. look ahead 90 down in st. louis. we're in route to a temperature and the low 90s across the chicago area. up to the west they're enjoying temperatures in the 40's and '50's. 51 percent of the humidity. the do 0.62. certainly in the uncomfortable range. wind out of the west and 40 mi. per hour. we're watching very closely. notice the clearing land rapidly invading the chicago area. confident of seeing
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some bright sun. but get the system. a fascinating story that is going to affect the chicago area thursday. it looks like we'll see a day to day chance of showers and thunderstorms. these are wind and have our reports in the early morning hours as the storm brushed but some of our northern suburbs. nothing too severe. noticed the storm prediction center keeps us in a slight risk category for severe storms later on today. for tamara it is a little more expansive. noticed a slight risk area expanding. it is going to be worthwhile to keep very up-to-date with weather forecast to the next four-five days until this very unusual band of storms and high and humid air depart. now the star computer models bringing some stuff in. overnight tonight it looks like we stand another good chance of seeing the sky light up with
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lightning. cosely several of our proposition. here is our forecast. for this afternoon we are expecting clearing conditions with a very hot humid air up there. storms late. heavy downpours of possibility. 88-93 the expected high temperatures. for tonight partly cloudy storms again possible. temperatures by morning 70-74. wednesday looks like a stormy day as well. we will have a little bit of a lake influence. it is possible you'll see temperatures mostly in the '70s. everybody else is going to sweat just a little bit. >> i slept enough for both of us will
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in world cup history. >> some nice passing lead to that equalizer. his father is from jakarta and brooks is not a first american substitute to score a world cup goal. >> and as they explained portugal on sunday. there be an four-zero. but veteran center on the return to the black hawks next season. the team
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in short and youanalyzed data fm 11 different studies involving more than $600 in people. the report men with the lace of 43 in. or larger head above a three year lower life expectancy. for women having a list of 37 in. are greater translated to a five-year lower life expectancy. the findings were observed even among people with normal bmi levels. if people spend long hours in front of a computer screen may have changes to their tear fluid.
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similar to those with the disease known as drug. that is according to a new study done by japanese doctors. the protein secreted by cells in the upper eyelid makeup the tear film to keep in the eye to keep them moist. participants with the most screen time have those protein levels near those diagnosed with drive. it may be chronic for some period may be managed with over the counter prescription eyedrops. >> people can quit smoking cold turkey others cannot kick the habit. researchers discovered why. all by studying brain activity. researchers recruited 44 smokers and examined brain responses when offered rewards. those who exhibited the weakest response to reward were also the least willing to stop smoking even when offered money to do so.
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>> combination of a british irish gross sri and imported goodies.grocery >> people who visited your old location, what can they expect from the ? >> bit more sophisticated. all of that british and irish overhaul. i feel like a sophisticated just hearing you talk. let's start with a couple ofcup of afternoon tea. >> out of the ones we carry. the second
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main secret is boiling water. we will pull that and to our teapot. people say it releases more flavor. i say stick with what you like. if you find something that works for you then that is great. a little more elegant. >> how you strain out? >> we're going to make two of the three sandwiches. we will come back and pour the tee at the end. moving on from the tea for now. >> is a very simple. it is from ireland.
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basicalli did not know anything was wrong with my catch up until that. there's nothing wrong with ketchup. it does not go well with that sandwich. going to chop off the crust. >> this one now is ready. >> we're going to do a second sandwich. this one we will do over here. >> [music] >> we're doing english cucumber which really means seed list. you can get these at and hit
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sweetsop but the top. but at the top. >> the him that we made the salmon that we made. this other one is really simple. it makes a nice matured cheddar cheese. >> we strained efforto strain it through. >> what a great summer entertaining idea. fantastic. >> the british way. thank you so much. for joining us. tea, milk, sandwiches with the cross cut off. sounds like a plan. >> fabulous new
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in the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. "oh, morris, how much trouble can one little dog be?" did she ever walk you once? when, june? it's got to be 20 below. what's the matter? your pipes frozen? come on. another dog did it, you can do it too.
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