the metra board signed off on a settlement for clifford worth up to 871 thousand dollars.. supposedly to avoid a court fight. acting metra chairman alex partelow tells the chicago tribune, the insurance policy was "a huge deal" and they need to know more about it. indiana may soon pass an expanded "stand your ground" law. under the current statute: a person is allowed to use deadly force to protect themselves, if they believe their life or safety is threatened. now, a state representative from hartford city is considering a bill to expand the law, to cover "stand your ground" situations in schools. indiana lawmakers are generally opposed to putting armed guards in every school. a committee came up with the "stand your ground" alternative over the summer. the hotel and just ahead. the u.s. postal service is yet again raising the cost of stamps. we'll learn by how much. also coming up imagine being able to wipe the web clean of your mistakes. the new plan helping some teens to clear up their online image. and iran's new president says he's ready to talk to the united states a

a northwest suburban man killed after being hit by a metra train just before nine this morning. the victim is 95-years-old. police say the elderly man lived in mount prospect and was crossing the tracks near northwest highway when he was hit. they say the man rode bike everywhere and are treating his death as a horrible accident. the long list of chicago politicians sentenced to prison for corruption gets another name. this time, it's former cook county commissioner and chicago alderman william beavers. as a hero in my community. why is that people love the because i fight the government, one on one. beavers was sentenced today to six months in prison for taking thousands of dollars from his campaign fund, and then spending it on gambling and other personal expenses, without paying taxes on the withdrawals. he was also hit with one year supervision and a ten-thousand dollar fine. prosecutors wanted him to get a 21-month prison sentence. so when he fraudulently took the money and concealed it and did not pay taxes on that, in our view that is a trail of the public trust. that is