the feds say branko and lela bogdanov and their daughter julia targeted toy stores, bookstores and coffee shops across the country... then fenced stolen merchandise worth more than 7 million dollars. the suspended president of the fraternal order of police in chicago has been removed from office. the lodge's board of directors voted 15 to 11 to oust michael shields. he was suspended three months ago after arguing publicly about contract negotiations. shields called his suspension a political stunt and accuses past and current union rivals of striking fraudulent backroom deals. governor quinn announced 45 million dollars in state aid to downstate communities hit hard by november's tornadoes. the federal government granted disaster relief for business and individual losses -- but not *municipal expenses from the storm. the federal government said that the state and local governments were perfectly capable of paying those costs. debating for the second night in a row, the republican candidates for illinois governor mixed the issues facing the state with personal attacks on each other's chara

branko and lela bogdanov, and their daughter julia, are the judge agreed to detain thee parents because they're here illegally and are flight risks. the judge is still trying to find a suitable guardian for their daughter. an african-american family in mount prospect has filed a racial harassment lawsuit against a white neighbor. iris howe and her family say the woman started using the "n" word, the day they moved in, four years ago. and she has repeatedly followed howe's children in her car, cursing and shouting racial slurs at them. the suit claims, the neighbor also threatened to run over the family dog... all part of a campaign to drive the family out of the neighborhood. >> these a good and decent people who live and toward what i find to be suffering without retaliating. they never retaliated. the never lashed back. they just want to live in the neighborhood of their choice which is their right to do. >> the lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction barring the neighbor from contact with the howe family... plus damages for emotional distress and loss of civil rights. a brutal winter is