police in gurnee are questioning a woman in connection with the vandalism of several churches and at least one mosque. earlier this month, someone spray-painted obscene messages or drawings near the entrances. authorities released images from surveillance video. an officer was in traffic court and saw someone who looked like the person in the video. no charges have been filed. police in oak lawn are revealing new details in the murder-suicide of four people. investigators say 36-year-old john conta junior used his father's shotgun to shoot his parents and his nephew, matthew meier, just hours after they celebrated the boy's fifth birthday tuesday night. police say conta junior then poured gasoline in the home's basement ... and set the home on fire. a firefighter responding to the fire saw conta shoot and kill himself inside a car in the garage. family friends say conta, a former math teacher, moved in with his parents last fall after working in russia as a potato farmer. com-ed customers will be receiving "smart meters" sooner than expected. the "smart meters" will eliminate the nee

tried to lift himself off the table by arching his back and pushing his head and wrist against the gurnee. >> this went on for a very difficult 10 minutes, as he was gasping for breath, making these gutterral sounds, straining against the restraints holding him done at his chest, legion and arms. he couldn't get up, but appeared to be trying to get up or at least raise up in some fashion. >> he made a noise that sounded like he was fighting for air and grunting at the same time. it was extremely loud. while this was happening, the warden and the guard in the white shirt had horrified looks on their faces and appeared that they were in shock at the way that it was happening. >> now mcguire's people family is filing a lawsuit to stop ohio from using the drug combination that killed him, arguing that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. >> when you strap somebody to a board, dedrive them of oxygen for 25 minutes as they slowly die in front of their family, it would take a good imagination to come up with a more brutal form of execution than that. >> aljazeera. >> later on "america ton