>>it's hard to sleep and we don't know who is out there >>this woman has barely slept in the last two weeks since an apparent serial arsonist target at the house next door >>police are investigating five deliberately set fires since christmas day all sensein a lockand unlocked vehicles in parking garages at these homes in this subdivision ... >>the investigation is progressing rapidly >>as flames engulfed much of this home police were called along with the firefighters to other subdivision fires ... for now residents can only wonder who is behind the damage or why >>who knows why people do what they do it and why >>in the meantime residents are being urged to keep the declinedoors closed in their homes and their parking garage high school students could be heading back to class tomorrow and the zion benton district 126 the teachers district there went on strike last thursday but a tentative agreement was reached early today that teachers are scheduled to vote on that at 2:00 this afternoon if it is approved class's and extracurricular activities would resume tomorrow and exams would be rescheduled for january 18th through 20th the strike has affected 2800 students and several far north suburban communities the city of chicago was pushing owners of high-rise buildings to speed up fire safety improvements following a deadly fire at a building on lake shore drive 32 year-old shantel mc coy was killed early sunday when her elevator door opened and she was hit with a blast of 1500 degree heat from a fire on the 12th floor off fire investigators say that that fire began in an apartment and spread when the couple living there popped open their door across the high-rise was built before 1975 it did not have to have automatic fire alarms sprinklers or sensors to shut down the elevators high-rise owners were supposed to make those upgrades this year but a month ago the city council voted unanimously to delay enforcement until 2015. the father who is accused of binding and gagging his daughter and posting a picture of that on facebook is indicted andre curry was formally charged yesterday with aggravated demanded domestic battery and unlawful restraint he told police that he was just playing with his 22 month old daughter when he used the painters tape to tie her up and snapped a photograph he remains held on $100,000 bond and is barred from contact with the little girl if convicted he faces up to seven years in prison >>the logan square community is responding to a sexual assault that took place on new year's eve dozens of people gathered outside of the congress there last night for a rally to speak out against rape the side is where an 18 year-old woman was denied entry to a concert. that same evening she was raped and left unconscious on a lawn near milwaukee and rockwell official local leaders and residents yesterday urged the witnesses to come forward and for others to become active in stopping sexual assaults no charges have been filed police are waiting for dna results in reviewing areas surveillance video ana faris a man rescued from the icy waters of diversey harbor at the chance this morning to thank the person who saved him in chicago firefighter frank holland has more on their first meeting since that scary or deal >>he's a grateful grandfather lucky to be alive a warm embrace between chicago firefighter billy miller and chuck wahtola it's a sharp contrast to those icy waters where chuck wood hollow fell last week >>i think chuck wahtola is the best catch ever made in diversy harbor! >>billy miller who was also fishing heard the screams for help from chuck wahtola the 340 year-old gre grandfather was grateful he was able to swim back to the dock but he could not pull himself up billy miller called for backup from his engine company ... >>time was of the essence the rescue had to be delicate because chuck wahtola had artificial hips and knees and a shoulder >>chuck wahtola gave billy miller a certificate of appreciation and shared a cup of coffee with some donuts these two new friends say that they plan to go fishing in the near future ... chuck wahtola has a grandson on the way and he is pushing for the name billy who can blame him ... >>we are in the middle of a rare january warmup in temperatures ... julian crews is live and michigan avenue with a big fake for all of the flowers for spring ... >>ordinarily we're looking at subzero wind chill factors when we do our live shot here on the street a lot of people are happy but there is one person disappointed with the freakish chaletwarm temperatures >>it has been a delight for this family of the lincoln park zoo but the warm temperatures create confusion when it comes to those famous spring flowers and shrubs who are fooled by the temperatures thinking it is spring ... the cold wind is blowing along michigan avenue soon there will be a layer of ice on the marilyn monroe statue but the downtown office workers are enjoying this warm weather while it lasts >>every day that goes by is a blessing when it comes to the winters here in chicago when you have this warm temperature >>on michigan avenue i'm julian crews >>coming up next at noon: voting is underway in new hampshire we will speak with our political analyst about the gop candidate's chances in the nation's first primary >>accusations of a lavish party at the white house during the height of the recession with the obama administration has to say about the alice-in-wonderland- >>and is i ran finding new allies in latin america its president traveled to south america as u s iranian tensions increase [ toilet flushes ] i come in peace... i come in peace. ttvwkun+og#wvs#q'ppu;v?2v.ac=u1l4(p/wlñkñ0k9%"@nkgg@ $$,@ but you go in pieces. 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last week and jon huntsman is trending upward we assume that this is the momentum that will have huntsman coming in second the question as how strong will this be in terms of the second place to mitt romney ... >>neither romney ignore huntsman are projected to win south carolina but mitt romney is apparently polling well there for now ... >>if he has a commanding lead after south carolina will he just go to florida and take it all? >>one can assume ... but gingrich's putting $5 million through a pack of anti mitt romney advertising out there >>actually ... >>mitt romney has set a couple of things that he just cannot escape >> >>we don't have the clip available right now but in speaking about his background with bain capital and unemployment >>a one individuals to have their own insurance that means the insurance company will have the incentive to keep people healthy and that means if you like what they're doing you could fire them i like being able to file a fire people who are not providing service ... >>out etchch. not the best phrase it will always be taken out of context and it can cost him dearly. before the new hampshire primary back in 2008 hillary clinton had a turnaround moment >>i've had some many opportunities in this country i just don't want to see us fall backwards ... >>now that was an example of a great phrase that turned it around and had her when the new hampshire primary >>these sound bites carried a lot more weight than these candidates realize ... i'm sure mitt romney will live to regret that one >>the results of a new poll by public policy polling have romney ron paul and jon huntsman the three leaders in new hampshire thus far >>bill daley is expected to remain as chief of staff to president obama until the end of this month. the president announced yesterday that he is stepping down he is resigning to spend more time with his family the top aides at the white house say that bill daley will stick around for the state of the union address high-level advisers within the president's reelection campaign also say that bill daley will serve as co-chair he served as chief of staff for about one year to president obama >>a new book out today called the obamas tells some unflattering stories about the white house including a lavish halloween party during the height of the recession in the fall of 2009 the obamas hosted an alice-in-wonderland party which was designed by director tim burton the book says that the party was downplayed due to fears of public backlash over excessive spending when many americans are struggling to make ends meet white house officials say that the party was for local children and military families the press corps covering the event and the pictures were posted hey kev, how about a bike ride? huh? you're not my dad ahhhhh!!! hey honey, back feels better little dancing tonight, you and me? hey boy, you wanna go for a walk? dr. scholl's pro inserts with shock guard technology relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so you're a whole new you. where is everybody? that's not your dad. go pro with dr. scholl's. chicago with fewer business with today's business headlines ... investors are realizing that the global economy is not as weak as first thought so the better economic outlook is boosting world prices they're up to $103 a barrel today there are also growing concerns that tension in the middle east will disrupt oil supply the european union is pushing up meetings to decide on an oil embargo against iran after learning that the run and announced they were in a ragingenriching uranium ... tiffanies half sales forecasts are dropping when it comes to electronics consumers can not have enough all of the leaders unveiled it television sets that allows you to use voice activation to search for programming and internet services ... television prices will be dropping 16% this year ... cores lightors light is now the no. 2 beer in america knocking budweiser down a notch they have seen steady growth at coresoors but light still has the top position a former army soldier is charged with trying to join a terrorist group in somalia ... officials say 24 year-old craig benedict baxam try to get into somalia through kenya but the authorities there arrested him on suspicion of terrorism fbi agents in question to twice and he reportedly said he wanted to join the terror organization of shebat he also apparently said that he wanted to die with a gun in his hand and would be guaranteed a place in paradise venezuelan president hugo chavez has promised to keep working with mahmoud ahmadinejad against the united states the iranian president met with hugo chavez yesterday during an official visit in venezuela he said that the two presidents must work together against the " " imperial insanity " of the united states the obama administration fears that a coach of us will weekend the international diplomatic front against iran the ceo of apple receives what may be the most lucrative compensation package of 2011 usa today reports that tim cook is nearly $380 million in his contract when he ran the company tim cook took over for steve jobs when jobs resigned last year before passing away the video of the brave little girl and a lion has gone viral on the internet 3 year-old sophia and her family were at the zoo in new zealand while checking out those lions a large male lion jumped out the glass she barely flinches her father posted the video on you tube it has gotten more than 62,000 of views ... a new side effect is being linked to cholesterol lowering drugs 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