it is "illinois in the war of 1812". it's a book of the of the illinois state historical society. it's about a theater of the war of 1812 that has long been neglected by historians, and i'm proud to ask gillum ferguson to lead off with his own opening thoughts. >> well, my interest in the war really turned around its importance in the development of illinois in 1812. of a territory which include not only the state of illinois but wisconsin, and about 12,000 people in it. they were scattered, you know, narrow fringe along the southern end of what is now the state of. six years later in 1880 and was able to knock wisconsin on the door again to be asked to be admitted in the union. after that they never look back to the population of illinois tripled every 10 years for the next several decades. but in intervene was the work 1812 surprising no one had given a detailed look at what happened in illinois during that were. well,. >> well, a few fundamental about illinois history. when it comes as a surprise to people is we think of america being settled east to west, but illinois was more

very sad day for the illinois house of representatives. his lawyer argued nobel should not be penalized before his legal trial. west side democrat remains on the ballot for november election. the witness who brought down governor of sao blagojevich tons to present himself a former insider in the ad blagojevich ministration convicted of fraud and money- laundering 66 years old stuart levine on the right to schemed to squeeze millions of dollars from firms that wanted business with the state pled guilty to thousand six part of plea agreement under the deal stuart levine agreed to testify to other members of blagojevich inner circle tony rezko aunt william cellini both convicted. prosecutors lauded his cooperation but still recommended a 5 1/2 year prison term chicago alderman office burglarized happened in the office 22nd ward burglar took computer laptop to television's air-conditioner units ricardo munoz office try to figure out police out there broke into ricardo munoz office. cost com ed immerse still waiting to get lights on severe stor

y en una comunidad de illinois se afrenta un convento y un club de strippers. envíe sus comentarios a facebook y twitter. volvemos de la pausa. >>> el departamento de justicia dijo que la empresa farmacéutica británica, acordó declararse culpable y pagar 3.000 millones de dólares en multas, por promover ilegalmente los anti depresivos. y además del remedio contra la diabetes, a ban día se trata del mayor pago de este tipo, hecho por una compañía farmacéutico en la historia del país. >>> investigadores canadiense encontraron después de un estudio. que el abuso físico, trae graves consecuencias de carácter mental en los menores. el estudio publicado en la revista pa día trica. esta revelación será va para que los padres desistan de kwarblt gar a sus hijos y claudia mendoza en los Ángeles nos habla de las recomendaciones específicas. que nos trae. >>> >>> pegar a un niño que se porta mal desafortunadamente es usual en muchas familias hispana señalan expertos muchos creen en el dicho polo lar una palmada bien dada siempre es buena >>> yo agarra

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from joliet, illinois. illinois. a real lady killer.... that's the picture the state is trying to paint of drew peterson during opening statements of his murder trial. the former small town cop accused of killing his third wife -- kathleen savio.... but fox news legal analyst lis wiehl says the prosecution faces an uphill battle.weihl says: "the prosecution - in their opening statement -- laid out a case, a circumstantial case, meaning there's no direct evidence." savio's death was originally ruled an accident, until peterson's áfourth wifeá -- stacey -- went missing... her pastor came forward when he heard the news.... telling authorities he was counseling stacey peterson and had information about savio's death. savio's body was exhumed and a second autopsy determined she was murdered. one of peterson's lawyers feeling confident before the trial started... insisting savio died when she hit her head and drowned in her bath tub.greenberg says: "we're ready to get started today and stop them from trying to frame drew for an accident." the

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still nothing on a possible motive >> and off-duty illinois state trooper is hospitalized and facing charges after a murder and attempted suicide early today in suburban westchester. the 31 year-old of chicago is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 29 year- old. he was taken to the medical center in critical condition. he has been relieved from his police powers. they were attending an eighth grade graduation party at the westchester home. police say he then turned the gun on himself >> police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a man in suburban franklin park early today. the victim was a 41 year-old hit by a pickup truck near minneapolis avenue. he was pronounced dead at the scene >> 11 year-old boy is in a coma in critical condition tonight after getting hit by an suv on interstate 57 in the washington park neighborhood. the boy was playing on the side of the highway with his 15 year-old brother and a friend when he tried to crossroad. the other boys tried to stop him before he ran out in from the car. police say the s

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what are we trying to do to resolve the situation in illinois? we have been working with the county to see if there isn't some solution. i won't sugar coat it. i don't think that approach is going to work. in full, we're going to need the help of others. we have been exploring, as the secretary has said, our options under federal law with the department of justice, and we will see where that goes. then with regard to the annual request by cook county to be reimbursed for the cost of detaining individuals who are here unlawfully and have committed crimes, obviously i find that position to be completely inconsistent with them not allowing us access to and removing those very same individuals and will be taking a very hard look at their s.c.a.b. requests. that's the part of the law that allows the federal government to reimburse for those costs this year. my own position is that if we do not have access to those individuals, we will not be able to verify their request for the year. >> well, i can't tell you how delighted i am to hear you make that v

signed into law this afternoon the next phase of illinois jobs a capital plan $1.6 billion on to the projects set for chicago nearly 100 main streets resurfaced wells street bridge over chicago river overhauled at the sidewalks and accessible ramps built on portions of michigan avenue at state street. >> our jobs today and tomorrow the pad on a good transportation to maximize the vocational advantages. we have to invest in the planes and trains and automobiles also includes 15 initiatives speed up the flow of freight and passenger trains. general motors offering a warm up over programs read about summer sells what is the no haggle pricing policy customers get the same deal as employees at autoparts suppliers for example at love it or return that allows returns within 60 days of purchasing if the cars meet certain conditions went back. printing snapshots on your cell phone easier walgreen's already letting you print pictures from your iphone or android mobile apps now except in a different photo sharing apps from third-party developers direct the prints to be made at any walgreen stor

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what are we trying to do to resolve the situation in illinois? we have been working with the county to see if there isn't some solution. i won't sugar coat it. i don't think that approach is going to work. in full, we're going to need the help of others. we have been exploring, as the secretary has said, our options under federal law with the department of justice, and we will see where that goes. then with regard to the annual request by cook county to be reimbursed for the cost of detaining individuals who are here unlawfully and have committed crimes, obviously i find that position to be completely inconsistent with them not allowing us access to and removing those very same uindividuals. and we'll be taking a very hard look at their scap requests. that's the part of the law that allows the federal government to reimburse for those costs this year. my own position is that if we do not have access to those individuals, we will not be able to verify their request for the year. >> well, i can't tell you how delighted i am to hear you make that ve

much of illinois a is an extreme or severe drought conditions ... we have numbers to underscore this ... we are expecting another heat wave for next week ... we have relatively comfortable humidity with sunshine today but that will be changing ... the big story today it's number 26 of 90 degree plus temperatures the most days ever in one season up to this time of year ... we looked at some of the top producers throughout history in 1983 were since 1983 we have had additional 90 degree-days ... it will stay hot ... this season is on target for these warm spells ... out west we are taking a look at the heat wave there ... and we're looking to the gulf states for that moisture ... since may 20th may 31st we have not had more than one in gerainttime for today's trivia: we have not had more than 1 in. of rain ... we're looking at the regional temperatures ... the dome of warmth is expanding. there are warnings about wildfires out west and there is big rain down on the gulf coast ... there is a lake breeze developing but not enough to cool things down on

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of aurora, illinois... marked the hill across the street from the theater with 12 crosses, one for each shooting victim. the city's mayor arrived later... put his hand on a cross... and said a prayer with zanis. in 1999, zanis traveled to colorado to put up fifteen crosses for the columbine shooting victims... including two for the killers. days before the shootings, james holmes reportedly created profiles on at least two online dating websites. one woman tells "tmz" that she logged onto her "match dot com" account hours after the shootings ... to find the site suggesting holmes as a potential date. the photo shows holmes with dyed orange hair, and the tagline reads, "will you visit me in prison?" the woman notified the website ... and holmes' profile was deleted.the same picture and tagline appear on another adult dating website now being investigated by the fbi. that profile also was deleted but appears to have been created recently. as jury selection begins.. the judge in the drew peterson murder trial

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what is happening in freeport, illinois, that is the economy. joining me tonight is shelly griswold, the director of community development for the city of freeport, illinois, and dot turner, a worker at the plant for 43 years. i want to thank both of you for joining us tonight and telling the american people what it's like on the verge of being outsourced. dot, i want to ask you first, if you lose your job, what are you going do? >> well, i'm going to have to try to retrain myself at my age and do something different. >> what kind of impact will that -- this loss have on you and your family? >> well, i'll be losing a real good income, and i'll be going on unemployment. and it's going to really, really be really difficult for me to try to think about going back to school at my age and being retrained. >> i can imagine this is a tremendous shock to a lot of the employees there at sensata. your colleagues are training chinese workers taking your jobs. that's got to be tough. shelly, what do you expect mitt romney to do? what would you want mitt rom

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the illinois department of health reports that over the years, 34 people in illinois have contracted the virus, and three have died. peterson's lawsuit claims oak brook's former police chief and police commission chairman conspired to get him fired from his job as an oak brook police officer. peterson said thomas sheahan threatened to ruin him financially, spread rumors and tried to get him arrested after testifying that he hid three of drew peterson's guns during his father's murder investigation. he is seeking two-million dollars in damages. illinois is checking its unemployment records to find people who may be ineligible because they're in jail. the state says more than four- hundred inmates have been collecting unemployment. but it's unclear how many of them were only briefly locked up, and still eligible for payments. the investigation started after a state representative heard about fraud in his district. inmates were apparently calling the department of unemployment, telling them they were out of work and couldn't find jobs. the taste of chicago kicked off this morning... whi

tammy duckworth is the democratic nominee for illinois's eighth congressional district. i'm so pleased to welcome her into "the war room." welcome, tammy. >> thank you governor. how are you? >> i'm great. it is an honor to have a war hero inside "the war room." our war room is more of a metaphor but it is an honor to have you join us. i'm wondering how do you do it? how do you run against somebody who will say or do anything to keep his job? you must be pulling your hair out all the time. >> i think he's a distraction. he's irresponsible in his words and he's irresponsible in his actions, i just focus on the district. the people in the district want to talk about jobs and you know, senator stabenow is absolutely right. we need a tax credit for businesses who keep jobs in the district. that's what i focus on. i just have to ignore mr. walsh. you know, all of this discussion about what is a real -- who is a real hero really distracted from the fact that he voted against a highway bill. only member of the entire illinois delegation to vote against bringing more jobs to the

. >> haigh workplace shooting puts an illinois community on high alert to the gunman is still on the loose tonight. we begin with randy bellows selmarandy. >> once the gunmen opened fire an employee pulled the fire alarm so others could run for cover but one man was shot at least three times. it was just before 2:00 this afternoon in this warehouse when a gunman opened fire shooting another man several times before getting away. the ambulance drivers were flying out of here. >> the county sheriff's department reports that the shooter and the victim appeared to be employees of the facility but the incident is not work- related. authorities are now questioning witnesses who worked at the warehouse and which mars chocolate north america occupies the police have released the following statement: it's what makes you wonder where is this guy at. >> many residents are unsettled in disturbed tonight that such violence happened here in the middle of the work day. >> i thought the worst, i thought is this like it columbine or even what happened at the theater. >> these events are unpredictable

people around the world can now get an education at the university of illinois... for free. this fall, the university will offer seven free online courses to an unlimited number of students. courses include organic chemistry... microeconomics... and programming for smartphones. the urbana-champaign campus is just one of many universities that have offered courses on the web; however, these courses won't count toward a degree. coming up next: the search for two young girls from iowa who disappeared friday. plus: a deadly shooting in canada after a house party turned violent. and: a relative of george zimmerman makes serious allegations against the accused neighborhood watchman. i'm on break sweetheart. [ woman ] you know you don't have to put up with this. those annoying period symptoms. general pain relievers like advil, only treat cramps, but midol has three active ingredients to take care of that... and fatigue and bloating. because you deserve better. families of two missing iowa girls are hoping for the best but bracing for the worst. the young cousins.. 8 year-old eliza

schafer fisheries in thompson, illinois is addressing both those problems. ever since the fish first turned up, the company has been looking for innovative ways to process and market asian carp. >> on the fresh side, it would be the asian community here in the u.s. and on the frozen side it would be ethnic communities around the world. the u.s. is the only country that does not eat a carp. >> americans have this mtality that they don't want to eat a bony product, they don't want to fight with it. >> reporter: schafer says that once all the bones are removed an asian carp filet yields a relatively small and expensive four to five ounce portion that can't compete with more economical alternatives, which is why they have turned to alternative methods of extracting the meat. >> basically we run it through a mincing machine which is soft meat separator. >> reporter: the meat is then ground up much like beef and nothing is wasted. so this removes all the bones and anything you don't want in the meat. >> yep. so here are your tendons you can see and all your bones

schafer fisheries in thompson, illinois is addressing both those problems. ever since the fish first turned up, the company has been looking for innovative ways to process and market asian carp. >> on the fresh side, it would be the asian community here in the u.s. and on the frozen side it would be ethnic communities around the world. the u.s. is the only country that does not eat a carp. >> americans have this mentality that they don't want to eat a bony product, they don't want to fight with it. >> reporter: schafer says that once all the bones are removed an asian carp filet yields a relatively small and expensive four to five ounce portion that can't compete with more economical alternatives, which is why they have turned to alternative methods of extracting the meat. >> basically we run it through a mincing machine which is soft meat separator. >> reporter: the meat is then ground up much like beef and nothing is wasted. so this removes all the bones and anything you don't want in the meat. >> yep. so here are your tendons you can see and all your bone

state of illinois. it's the firm's first overseas production facility. illinois governor pat quinn and over 400 other people attended the plant's opening ceremony in rochelle. >> investing in rail, in passenger rail, commuter rail, is a very good investment for jobs in illinois. >> the 140,000-square-meter factory cost about $53 million to build. it has the capacity to make 120 passenger railcars a year. nippon sharyo will make double-decker cars for a railway network in illinois. in the future, the company hopes to produce railcars for export. calls for job creation and the development of local manufacturing plants are increasing in the u.s. in the countdown to the presidential election this autumn. many japanese railcar makers are considering setting up production facilities in the u.s. as they face intense competition for overseas contracts. >>> officials at japan's space agency are getting ready for a special launch. the h-iib rocket is set to lift off just after 11:00 a.m. japan time on saturday. the rocket has already reached the launch pad at the

. >> my homeboy from illinois and an outstanding republican endorsee. there you go. now unless you've managed to hide your television somewhere for the last year, you may be aware that it is now campaign season and here in iowa it seems like it's always campaign season. you guys can't get away from it, and i know that it is not always pretty to watch. there is more money flooding the system than ever before, there's more negative ads and more cynici cynicism. most of what you hear on the news is who's up and who's down in the polls instead of how any of this relates to your lives and the country that you live. so i know that sometimes it can be tempting to lose interest and to lose heart and to get a little cynical, and frankly, that's what a lot of people are betting that you do, but i'm betting that you won't. i'm betting that you are going to be as fired up as you were in 2008 because you understand the stakes for america. most of you are here because you know that even though sometimes our politics seems really small and petty, the stakes in this election could n

the future of wal-mart and shawn mohler using the internet to draw the biggest fans to small town, illinois. our reporters, wired. that's this week on "press: here." well, good morning, everyone. the word wal-mart conjures up any number of images. it can mean low prices or a certain socioeconomic position. what wal-mart is behind the scenes anyway is one of the most innovative companies in america. it's this man who's doing the innovating. the head of wal-mart labs. now, his office in silicon valley look nothing like a wal-mart. in fact, the closest wal-mart retail store is 17 miles away, across the san francisco bay in oakland. but it's here where roger rahman thinks of the future of retailing, particularly online. now, he has his work cut out for him. wal-mart may be the biggest retailer in the real world, but amazon is the biggest retailer online. amazon's success thanks in large part to roger hman. he's a former amazon executive. his ideas are behind much of that company's success. rahman sold his latest company to wal-mart which is how he finds himself in the latest position. he's one

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janet shamlian in arkansas tonight, before that john yang in illinois. thanks to you both. >>> now from the forces of nature to the fight over taxes, today president obama reopened the debate over those so-called bush era tax cuts. he wants to extend them but not forever and not for everyone. nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd is at the white house. >> reporter: president obama laid down his marker on taxes today, trying to create a wedge between middle class tax cuts and tax breaks for the rich. >> i believe it's time to let the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, folks like myself, to expire. >> reporter: the president called for a temporary, one-year extension of the bush era tax cut but only on households making less than $250,000 a year, saving the debate on what to do about tax cuts for the wealthy until after the election. >> let's not hold the vast majority of americans and our entire economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the wealthy. my opponent will fight to keep them in place.

carol from springfield, illinois.

i believe in the separation of church and state. >> the plan to file a complaint with the illinois department of human rights citing religious discrimination. chicago police looking for the driver of a car that had a woman on the city's west side last night leaving her critically injured this this surveillance video the car drives off near the intersection, the 52 year-old victim remains in critical condition at a nearby hospital. anyone with information, please contact police. crime stoppers and kankakee county offering a $1,000 reward for the man police say opened fire at a warehouse yesterday, floras should be considered armed and dangerous he ran away from shooting an employee at a business in manteno he was taken to hospital in critical condition placing 911 call if you have any information about where he could be. prosecutors say a girl was in courage to change her story in relation to john wayne gacy is nephew sexually assaulting her. killed in a hit and run right outside her job how family and friends honor. talked about the dangerous stretch of road. heavy hearts to the united baptis

rocking the justice system in illinois. ryan granted clemency to all death row inmates, saying the system was broken. ryan commuted 167 death sentences, reducing nearly all to life without parole. until 1998 executions were carried out at stateville correctional center, outside chicago. today nearly half its prisoners are in for murder. stateville had a long reputation as a place where inmates challenged guards for control. how that all changed is the big story behind the walls of stateville. >> it's another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, we're talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. it's really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. we're looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> it's 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the 7:00 to 3:00 shift are preparing for the

i believe his interpretations are completely in line with the a lot in the state of illinois >> when it comes to the bathtub and jurors would still get a chance to see this judge permits state to be installed the top kathleen savio home leading to trial jury can find themselves struggling to the bathroom to see the reconstructed seen the >> judges left the door open if the top is be installed to potential for the jury overall very pleased with what happened in court today >> drew peterson on trial for allegedly murdering kathleen savio but still considered to be the prime suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife stacey prosecutors hoping to introduce comments stacy peterson reportedly made to others hope will incriminate drew peterson. >> pair of downstate county clerks in court today defended the state ban on same-sex marriage the move direct response to gay rights lawsuit filed two months ago against cook county clerk clement to violate the equal protection clause state constitution. counter lawsuit plaintiffs in the of original lawsuit trying to exploit county of

carol from springfield, illinois. >> good morning to you. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. it is wednesday july the 18th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> middle of the week. it is now 5:00. time for your 5 at 5:00. the top five stories making news at this hour. two missing cousins from iowa might have been abducted. fbi dogs detected the girl's scent. family members say they are fearing the worst. >>> my daughter swims. it's not a river. there's no current. i don't think they are in the lake. not at all. it is just like a dead end as far as we know so far. i wouldn't be able to function if i think about what could be going on or what happened. >>> 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lira cook were last seen leaving their grandmother's house on friday. >>> a pilot for sky west airlines scaling a barbed wire fence and boarding one of the company's planes as he tried to steal it. brian hedge land was on the run after being accused of killing his former girlfriend. at the plane's controls he clipped the st

>> judge jeanine: he was a police sergeant from illinois. tonight, drew petersen is nothing more than a murder suspect. eight years after her death, petersen is set to stand trial next month in the murder of thinks -- murder of his third wife. his fourth wife stacey peterson disappeared in october of 2007. hello, welcome to this special edition of justice. tonight we the case against due peterson, the murder of kathleen and the mystery of stacey's disappearance. >> did you kill your wife? >> no, i did not. neither of 'em. i'm showing what it is like to be drew peterson. >> judge jeanine: it began october 28th, 2007. when a 23-year-old mother of two from bolling brook illinois vanishes. stacey peterson, young, energy woman partied for four years to police sergeant drew peterson. she is his fourth wife. by many accounts their marriage has been on the rocks. her family says he was controlling and abusive. stacey wanted out and she tells multiple people, if she ends up dead, drew is the killer. an investigation and search is launched. quickly, a

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carol from springfield, illinois. from washington. >> you know, you are doing the right thing by reading, abby. you will be far ahead of the other kids if you keep it up. plus interesting books are fun. thank you. melissa from ramonea, california. >> sure we will order some coast guard mugs, melissa. those were big sellers this summer. please remember all the money i get from billoreilly.com goes to charity. some of the military charities so that's why we are putting these out. we will try to get the coast guard up there. and finally the tip of the day, tattoo regret. it may not be fair but many people judge us by our appearance, and if you have piercing and tattoos visible that sends a message a new survey says about 33% of people in great britain regret the inc. and a study puts the number in the usa at 25%. here's the tip. if you want to do emblaze on something on the skin do it in a place not visible with clothing. now you might want to be a biker but five years from now a job you are looking at may be pretty good