Row in the 90s for murder before he turned around his sentence now 61 yearold Steven Mandel charged extortion attempt can make your skin crawl the details of unveiled today in court are graphic alleging that him and a former Police Officer also 61, set up a killing chabert in an empty office of chicagos Northwest Side a place they nicknamed club med outfitted with a shower, heavy countertops and a sink where they planned to torture kale and cut up a Real Estate Investor they referred to as soupy sales investigators found it loaded firearms ammunition, a butcher knife and saws suitable for the dismemberment of victim one. Also searched last night was mandelas home in this quiet Buffalo GroveApartment Building where residents would have no reason to suspect what their neighbor was planning he was allegedly caught on tape saying my god knows what hes doing he knows how to water board due interrogations the plant investigators say was to kidnap the victim while posing as police complete with a fake warrant for his arrest to rob them of half a Million Dollars and another recording was made inside club med two days ago first, mandel and his partner allegedly planned what they would be asking for quoting again, pretty chilling stuff they were wrested the next day yesterday allegedly as they prepare to grab the men still known only as a victim one investigator said they had investigatorsfake hand guns and police ideas on them. Another former chicago Police Officer sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison after being convicted of extortion. During a sentencing hearings today he was following the order of a superior officer and ordered to be granted time off to visit his children in ohio, 300 birds rescued in the western suburbs of chicago pulled out of town home that had been declared a health hazard. Its one of the more unusual situations that the city of aurora has ever had to deal with almost 400 birds dead and alive or removed from home the cleanup is far from over. Contractors hired by the city of aurora worked for seven hours today catching the birds and putting them into cages. By 2 00 p. M. They had rescued about 150 birds and by 5 00 p. M. , all 325 birds were out workers say there were about 60 dead birds inside the home. This is a grave situation to find ourselves in the owner of the home david was here at the start today but then chose to leave well workers removed his birds the first and second floors were cleared first the biggest challenge was the lowest level of a home you mentioned that the basin was the most difficult area, why was that . Just because its an unfinished basements, its open. The birds were in the holes in dry walls. A spokesperson says that she is optimistic they will be able to find homes for many of the birds. They look remarkably well, i just came from the shelter in villa park, we currently have approximately 60 birds there that have been based, fed watered and assessed but she says there will have to be examined thoroughly before they are put up for adoption. The birds have been in an environment with very poor air quality they certainly are susceptible to it just as much as we humans are. There will be at least a 30 day quarantine period because we certainly dont want to opt out any birds that may have an issue later on down the road. Anyone interested in adopting these birds should contact the greater chicago bird club. Another inspection is scheduled for november 2nd. Fire ravages an old church in the englewood neighborhood on the south side. Fire crews battled the fire from outside hearing that the roof was going to collapse no one was hurt but the pastor is devastated. I am just devastated, i dont know what to do. No cause yet for the fire the Landmark Church built in the 1800s its known for its stainedglass windows recently renovated and given a new roof was the safe haven for kids in the neighborhood, mourners lined up of around the block to attend the week for seven meadows please continue to investigate a joy riding crash that took the teenagers life. Charges are expected against the teenage driver in this fatal crash while Aurora Police continued to piece together exactly what happened, a large crowd turned out tonight for the 15 yearold devon. To lose a life at that young of the nature is very sad i am very sorry for his family and we are here to support him the line at the funeral home in naperville stretched out the door and spilled onto the sidewalk the crowds mostly teenagers are grappling with grief after losing their friend and classmate, devon metals was a sophomore at mantilla Valley High School in oro and a standout wide receiver on the School Football team. What started out as a joy ride early Tuesday Morning ended in tragedy police say the driver who didnt have a license took his fathers car, lost control and slammed into a garage devon was the only one not wearing a seatbelt he was ejected from the back seat the other 315 yearold suffered minor Injuries Police are looking at a diagram of the crash and a toxicology report, talking to witnesses and recovering evidence there was no initial indication that drugs or alcohol was involved but speed was likely a factor devons classmates have pulled together since learning the news leaning on each other to soften the blow of such a devastating loss. Its hard to believe that every day you go to school your note is not going to be there again. Its really hard to go through that. The funeral for Devon Meadows is tomorrow morning at st. Lutheran church at 10 00 a. M. 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Shopping now today tomorrow to be ready for the event is absolutely critical to be sure that you have what you need and of course we urge everybody to have at least one Battery Powered radio said you could have constant information about the track of the storm if you lose power. Damage in the caribbean has been much more significant than what was expected at least on the east coast sandy killed at least 41 as it moved over haiti jamaica and cuba. A new york city nanny is in Critical Condition after she killed two young kids and attempted to take her own life, the childrens mother came home to find her six yearold daughter and two year old son in a pool of blood in the bathtub the nanny was near the childrens bodies and then used the knife on herself initial reports say that he was the familys nanny for about two years. She managed a big smile for a mother and father shot in the head by the taliban reunited with her family in the hospital in england the 15 yearold became a target because she promotes education for women and girls, she is making very good progress, no more infections she just need to recover physically and psychologically. They plan to go back to pakistan even though there is a bounty on her head. Going the distance the length one woman went to in order to fight off disease microsofts new tablets will it take a bite out of apple . In tonights medical watch going the distance to find a cure it local patient and list the community to help pick a disease. When i get and the water there are no symptoms whatsoever. Its her place of refuge a competitive swimmer in college she comes here to wash away the physical reminder of her disease. Something was very apparent to me in february of 2005 my pinky was shaking and whenever i would sit down my leg would start shaking and i didnt think anything of it but in time her symptoms got worse. In early 2006 she made an appointment with a movement specialist. Within five minutes of seeing this doctor she said right away youve got parkinsons disease. I said no way could that be made, no way and at that point i just turned 39 and my boys just turned 3 it took me awhile to swallow the word parkinsons. She was among the 10 percent of patients diagnosed before age 50 its called early onset parkinsons for years she struggled to except the news even keeping it from her kids. When my daughter was in fourth grade teachers told me that i had to tell her what was going on one side thought know this isnt going to kill me its just the shaking she had just a sigh of relief i realized i have to make a part of my everyday life i cannot hide it and im not ashamed. In 2009 another turning point she made michael j. Foxs memoir lucky man it helped to start a new chapter in her own life. I picked something out of it that made me feel like i knew what he was talking about and he has done a lot of work for all of us with parkinsons and i dont know that we would be where we are without his foundation right now. So she dove and to help the cause and asked friends and family to jump as well and supports the michael j. Fox foundation for parkinsons research. Being in the aquatic area here at midtown the first year every 600,000. The second year it was over 45,000 i dont want to be a victim of anything i just want to go out and help and raise money. The Fourth Annual kicking parkin says one laugh at a time fund raiser will take place this sunday at october 28th on october 28th. How long will the chill stick around . Some big parties this saturday, its definitely a warm weather costume. Someone has losit looked pretty a big storm turns off the east coast, Hurricane Sandy continues to spin which some people are comparing to the perfect storm which occurred in 1991 so this will be a larger and perhaps more dangerous storm then the perfect storm back in 1993. Today was the big cool down temperatures running anywhere from 2030 degrees cooler than yesterday at times. A cool surge of canadian air continues to push south for chicago. That is what is going to be headed our way. Brain to the east but that is not going to affect us and here is sandy spinning off the florida coast as it continues to slowly move north. It will actually start to strengthen as it moves off the coast. There is no modern october did tropical system. De tropical system. We have wind gust forecasts numbers to show you and its pretty amazing. It really isnt going to weaken much. Here are a couple of locations. 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