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And I think some cases the opponents are purposely trying to make it confusing.
First on Fox, shorting through their pros and cons of the proposed East Moline hog plant and a possible final vote on the issue.
New tools available to help keep area residents safe in case a catastrophe strikes.
Plus making holiday wishes come true for 200 Quad City kids.
And now, your local Fox 18, 9 o'clock news with Kerry Phillips, meteorologist Chris Bageda and Libby Allison Wispels.
Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us tonight. First on Fox, the East Moline City Council unanimously approves the proposed hog plant.
Dozens of concerned residents showed up for final debate and tonight's vote.
Triumph Foods will build the plant near Barstow Road.
Those in favor say it would create 1,000 new jobs as well as impact the area economy by more than $400 million in its first year.
Others say it will cause flooding in the area and that hog plants create noxious odors.
Also opponents say port processing positions will not encourage young people to stay in the area.
We've written into our development agreement that Triumph will use the latest technology to minimize odor.
Of course, something that smells to me may not smell to somebody else.
Opponents urge leaders to pursue high-tech jobs instead.
Rock Island Police search for a murderer. 24-year-old Juan Duarte was found dead Saturday on the 2500 block of 8 1⁄2 Street.
An autopsy today determined he was killed by a single gunshot.
The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, please call the Rock Island Police Department or Crime Stoppers.
The temperature is dipping down low today, making it a cold day across our area.
FOX 18's Suzy Martin is in for crispiness in the weather center. Suzy?
Looks like Suzy is not available just yet. We'll get back to her in just a moment.
And in spite of the cold weather, many of you ventured out to the post office today, one of the busiest postal days of the year.
Long lines at the Davenport branch on Marquette, similar scenes at locations across the country.
Postal officials expect to process at least 900 million pieces of mail today.
So if you haven't sent out that holiday card or package just yet, you'd better do so in a hurry.
The Postal Service delivers about 20 billion packages, cards and letters between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Another Quad City area town is selected for a unified command post to prepare and protect its citizens in case of emergency.
Here's FOX 18's Andy Cunningham with more.
Preparing Illinois for a possible terrorist attack is no easy job, but placing 13 regional command centers across the state could be the best defense.
In those regions, nine of them decided that they had a real need for mobile command centers.
Galesburg is the latest city in Illinois to receive a mobile command center to help build response capabilities throughout the state.
If you put the right people around the same table and give them the most up-to-date information,
you enhance your chance of making good decisions during a time of catastrophe or crisis.
This gives them mobile capability to do that in this entire region and throughout the state.
In 2004, the Illinois Task Force selected 13 of 19 homeland security regions for such centers.
They will give us a capability when there's an incident, whether it's a flood, a tornado, a chemical spill from a railroad or from a truck on the highway,
or God forbid, a terrorist attack, to bring the decision makers near the scene to let them have all the best available information.
While a terrorism attack is highly unlikely in Galesburg, this $230,000 command center on wheels will respond to a variety of situations.
Large crowd events could be anything from railroad days in Galesburg to storm impacts as far as natural disasters.
Then we've got transportation emergencies that might take place again throughout this region.
Now of the 13 regions selected for a mobile command center, Galesburg is number seven.
In 2004, Milan was one of the first places selected for a unified command post.
In the newsroom, Andy Cunningham, Fox 18 News.
The mobile command posts are 40 feet long and can hold up to 15 people.
And good evening everybody. I'm meteorologist Suzy Martin and we're looking at some nice sunny skies here.
We take a look at our local satellite and radar. Not much in the way of any cloud cover really,
so we enjoy some nice sunny weather. And then as we look at our temperatures though, wind chills keeping stuff very cold here.
Negative 13 in Dubuque, negative six in Clinton, negative three in the Quad Cities.
Looking very cold here and that's going to continue on through tomorrow.
Taking a look at tomorrow, our temperatures hitting two degrees at 8 a.m.
So still stuff going to be very, very chilly for tomorrow. Then heading 12 degrees at noon.
By 4 p.m. hitting 20 degrees. So still going to be looking like a very cold day, but it's going to be nice and sunny.
Carrie?
Alright thanks Suzy. In spite of losing nearly 2,000 jobs in two years, unemployment in Galesburg is lower than expected.
Some feared it would hit 20 percent, but it's less than 7 percent. That's due in part to 300 new jobs that came to town.
Also many displaced workers found jobs at Quad City and Peoria based plans.
And more jobs on the way to Sterling. The Aztec plant will expand adding 50 new positions.
Officials broke ground on the three million dollar project today. Aztec hopes to complete construction by June 1st of next year.
And it hopes to fill the new positions by 2007.
President Bush makes a sweeping speech about national security issues today.
From the war in Iraq to wiretaps to the Patriot Act.
The President says he's protecting America from further attacks while Democrats say he's not doing enough to protect civil liberties.
Fox's Caroline Shively reports.
Thank you.
Welcome. Please be seated. Thanks.
For the third time in three days, President Bush took his critics head on in national addresses.
Defending his authorization to spy on terror suspects without court orders.
It enables us to move faster and quicker. And that's important.
We've got to be fast on our feet. Quick to detect and prevent.
President Bush said every 45 days he reviews a program that allows the National Security Agency to monitor international phone calls and emails
of Americans who are believed to be plotting with terrorists.
But now some members of Congress are calling for an investigation.
Where does he find in the Constitution the authority to tap the wires and the phones of American citizens without any court oversight?
The President also spoke about Iraq. He acknowledged that mistakes were made in pre-war intelligence.
But noted the progress made since the invasion.
I know with all the TV stations and stuff in America two and a half years is seems like an eternity.
But in the march of history, it's not all that long. They have gone from tyranny to an amazing election.
Democrats and the President also sparred over the renewal of the Patriot Act.
Democrats won a three month extension while they work out the details of the changes they want made.
The President, meanwhile, wants the full renewal. One Senate Democrat called it a game of political chicken.
Time is running out, however. The law expires December 31st.
In Washington, Caroline Shively, Fox News.
For the third year in a row, three local businesses team up to help area children receive their Christmas wish, a bicycle.
That wish came true today for 200 Quad City kids as they received their early Christmas gifts courtesy of Bikes for Brains,
a campaign to bring joy to area children during the holidays.
Each child received a bike and a helmet, two things many parents just can't afford.
Then they called me with this and I was like, well, that's really great. I hope, you know, we get a chance to get one.
So it, I mean, it really came in handy. So, I mean, it's great.
So a wish come true. Yeah, it did. It really did. Yep.
Sponsors include Head Start, Bike and Hike, Queen's Parlor and the regional superintendent of schools.
Organizers say kids need bikes to build self-esteem, trust and balance.
Has your mood sunk as low as the mercury in your thermometer? You could be just one of many people feeling that way more after the break.
Plus, rescue efforts are underway after a Florida plane crash and a disgruntled employee takes out his frustration at work.
All the news you need to know continues on the Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News.
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Welcome back. A disgruntled former Home Depot employee in Arizona goes over the edge, driving his car into the store he worked at where he worked and it's all caught on tape.
Surveillance video shows 24 year old Olly Warriott barreling into a Home Depot in Chandler yesterday, barely missing an employee.
He drove his vehicle through several aisles before coming to a stop in the paint department where he tried to set his car on fire.
An employee? Oh my gosh. Oh that's incredible.
I was called by Home Depot yesterday, one of my bathroom cabinets that I was waiting on has come in and arrived and I was coming this morning to pick it up and obviously now I can't.
Police later arrested Warriott without incident. No one was injured.
A charter plane crashes off Miami Beach. At least 19 people are dead, including three babies.
The propeller seam plane headed for the Bahamas dove into the water around 3pm.
Witnesses reported seeing an explosion before the plane went down.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA were called in to investigate.
We know a few things. 19 passengers that were on the plane. We have been able to recover 19 bodies. No survivors at this point.
The scene is being secured. Obviously the federal agencies will come in and do their investigation.
The Chalks Ocean Airways planes take off in the water.
Overseas a blast of winter weather covers Japan and dozens of huge animals get the royal treatment in India.
The Fox's Shepard Smith takes us around the world in 80 seconds.
Japan, folks shoveling record amounts of snow. Some areas getting more than six feet of the stuff.
A layer of white covering cars and shutting down some roads.
Emergency crews say a handful of people have died, including one man who was buried in five feet of snow near his home.
Written an early 80th birthday present for the Queen.
An artist unveiling an unconventional portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
He says he wanted to avoid the formal state portrait and capture the lady as she is.
Critics calling it blurred and unflattering.
India, a spa for elephants.
The rejuvenation camp giving dozens of the country's hardest workers a vacation.
The Jumbos roaming around the forest, splashing in cool streams and gulping down fresh water.
Workers feeding the beasts dietary supplements the size of their own heads.
Portugal. Santa Claus is big here.
A shopping mall near Lisbon setting up an inflatable Saint Nick in the parking lot.
Six hundred fifty square feet of Father Christmas dwarfing the mall.
It's an attempt at a new world record.
The kids there just hoping it translates to some big presents under the tree.
And that's a wrap on this Fox trip around the world in 80 seconds.
Meteorologist Susie Martin joins us now. It looks like Christmas there and here.
It definitely feels like it.
We had very, very cold temperatures today.
I mean, we hit a high of only 14 degrees, well below average.
Let's see if we have a chance of warming up.
We'll have more on your weather coming up after the break.
When you hang up, for all intents and purposes, Jack Bauer's dead.
Last season, he staged his own death to stay alive.
Now, what could possibly bring America's most dangerous counter-terrorist agent out of hiding?
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Twenty-four. Returns January 15th to Fox 18.
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And now, your exclusive AccuWeather forecast.
And good evening everybody.
Welcome back. I'm meteorologist Suzy Martin and we really did have a very cold day today.
Let's take a look at what's going to be happening for the next couple of days.
We're looking at some nice sunny weather, but that doesn't mean that we're going to be seeing some very cold,
some very warm temperatures actually.
We're going to be pretty cold at least through the middle of the week.
Then we're going to actually be warming up just a tad bit going back up into the 30s.
So there's some good news.
We're going to be kicking on out of the teens and the 20s.
And then unfortunately, though, we're going to be having a chance of seeing a wet weekend
with a chance of some rain and snow coming in on Saturday.
Take a look at local satellite and radar here.
Very clear. In fact, not much going on.
Very good, nice sunny weather today, even though it was very, very cold.
But that's going to be the case for the next couple of days.
Temperatures right now staying very cold here, mainly in single digits, except for Burlington, 13 right now.
One in Muscatine, also one in Clinton and negative one in Dubuque.
Right now, Molina International, we're looking at three degrees, dew point of negative one degrees.
Yeah, it's very, very cold out there.
Now satellite and radar nationally, we can see that we have a big storm coming in to the West Coast.
That's not really going to be affecting us yet.
For right now, we have been enjoying nice sunny weather here, not much in the way of cloud cover.
And that's going to be the case throughout the next couple of days.
So we are going to be enjoying nice sunny skies.
And the good news is temperatures are going to start warming up a little bit.
High pressure is dominating right now.
Winds are coming from the West.
And then throughout the middle of the week, they're going to start shifting a little bit to the West, Southwest.
And that's southerly, southerly flow there starts warming up temperatures pretty significantly.
So we're going to start seeing our highs creeping back into the 30s instead of staying in the 20s and in the teens,
like it has been for the past couple of days.
Now, AccuCast shows that we're going to be enjoying nice clear skies through Wednesday and then also heading into Thursday.
Just a couple of cloud cover off of Des Moines.
But as for us, QCA looking pretty clear for the next couple of days.
Tonight, we're going to be seeing clear skies and temperatures are going to be very cold here.
Negative five in Dubuque and Mococco to zero degrees in the Quad Cities and three in Galesburg.
As for tomorrow, looking very chilly here.
Twenty in the Quad Cities and 19 in Mococco to tonight, zero degrees.
Clear and cold wind chills really keeping us cold there.
Negative three to negative eight.
Then for tomorrow, a high of only 20 degrees.
Sunny but cool.
And then for the rest of the week, we're going to be enjoying nice sunny weather up through Thursday.
Then getting a little bit more rainy starting on Friday and a chance of some rain and snow on Saturday.
Carrie.
All right, thanks, Susie.
If you've been feeling down since the temperatures plummeted, you're not alone.
The condition known as seasonal affective disorder affects more than 10 million Americans.
That's depression that kicks in when the days are shorter and sunlight is scarce.
Symptoms include irritability, fatigue, increased need for sleep and weight gain.
Health experts say eating a proper diet and getting plenty of exercise can help relieve those symptoms.
Libby Allison, joining us now with sports and the Bears, trying something new last night.
Yes, they did. And it definitely worked for them.
Rex Grossman stepped in and took the job for at least last night of rookie quarterback Kyle Orton.
And we'll hear from Chicago's offensive coordinator Ron Turner.
That's coming up next in sports.
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As Rex Grossman jogged onto the field to direct the Chicago Bears' first drive of the second half last night,
the Soldier Field crowd erupted.
Taking his first regular season snaps of 2005,
Grossman showed no effects from the broken left ankle that had kept him out all season.
He directed scoring drives on two of his first three possessions
and finished 9-16 for 93 yards in a victory over Atlanta that came with serious playoff implications.
I think everybody got fired up and got excited.
He's our starter.
And to have your starter back, who's been out all year,
I think it was a real plus for everybody.
And I don't mean that as a knock to Kyle.
I mean, Kyle, to come in as a rookie,
I've got so much respect for what he's done, to come in as a rookie
and be the starting quarterback for 10 wins,
it's tough to do.
With Minnesota having lost, the Bears can clinch their first division title since 2001
with a victory on Christmas in Green Bay.
It's been rumored that Coach Lovey Smith has declared Grossman the starter for that game.
The Bears could be a force to be reckoned with if their stellar defense is mixed with a productive passing game.
The Minnesota Vikings' six-game winning streak was built on a steady dose of losing teams.
Then the Pittsburgh Steelers came to town.
The Steelers forced three turnovers in our safety, and the Vikings saw their NFC wild card hopes diminish.
We haven't scored a touchdown in three games.
It's not getting the job done.
We just got to do a better job across the board, coaches and players, to find a way to make enough plays.
You know, there's other teams that find ways to make enough plays to win.
We got to find ways, too.
The Vikings sealed their demise at the end of an embarrassing week.
Four players, including injured quarterback Dante Culpepper,
were charged with three misdemeanors apiece for lewd behavior in the infamous bi-week boat party.
And in a game that has so much potential for exciting Monday night football at the beginning of the year,
the Packers are taking on the Ravens tonight in a matchup that now serves as a reminder that the nightmare is almost over.
And with just over four minutes left in the first half, the Ravens lead the Packers 14-3.
It'll be a happy new year for Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood.
He gets to start throwing.
The doctor who performed the arthroscopic surgery on the pitcher's right shoulder now says he's pleased with Wood's progress
and expects the right-hander to begin throwing sometime after January 1st.
Wood is not expected to be ready to return to the rotation by opening day, but he won't have to rush.
The Cubs have five starters in right-handers Carlos Imbrano, Mark Pryor, Greg Maddox, and Jerome Williams, and left-hander Glendon Rush.
Moving to a different kind of football than we see here, at least 17 fans of Argentine soccer team Boca Juniors
were arrested today after disturbances broke out during celebrations of the team's second consecutive South American Cup title.
Thousands of fans sang and weighed banners in central Buenos Aires to celebrate beating Mexico's Pumas 4-3 in a penalty shootout.
But celebrations soon turned violent as fans began to throw stones at local businesses and destroy cars parked on city streets.
Police intervened and a number of arrests were made, and I guess two police officers were injured too.
And I felt so bad for that guy just looking at his destroyed car.
He did look pretty disturbed. Pretty disturbing. Why can't we just all get along?
Still to come, a major market finally opens to American Cattle Ranchers.
We'll take a look in tonight's business report.
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And I'd like to wish you and your family a happy holiday season.
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Weeknights at 11.05. This is the story of four fabulous women.
Here's dust. But before hundreds of shopping sprees.
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In business tonight, American Beef is back in Japan.
Today, barbecue restaurants are serving the imported meat after a two-year ban over mad cow fears.
The move marks the return of American Beef to what once was its most lucrative overseas market.
U.S. producers sold some $1.4 billion in beef to Japan in 2003.
And supporters are eager to woo Japanese palates once again.
And in other business news, the markets are off despite Pfizer's big courtroom win.
And two executives are charged with insider trading on Howard Stern's move.
Fox's Terry Keenan has these stories and more in your Nightly Busy report.
A big court win for one of America's biggest companies not doing much to jump start stocks.
Let's get right to the numbers.
The Dow was down 39.
The NASDAQ off nearly 30.
The S&P was down 7.
Shows a Pfizer rallying over 7% of news of a legal win for the drug giant in its patent dispute over its top-selling cholesterol fighter Lipitor.
The ruling protects the company from generic competition through 2011.
Other drug stocks getting a shot in the arm from the Pfizer victory as well.
And a big deal for two electric companies.
FPL Group buying rival Constellation Energy for more than $11 billion in stock.
The deal would create one of the nation's biggest electricity conglomerates.
And two executives with the inside track on Howard Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio have been charged with insider trading.
Accountant David Hurwitz and former Sirius executive Tracy Stannier are accused of profiting from advanced knowledge of Stern's $500 million deal with Sirius.
Both men settled with the SEC agreeing to pay fines and return their ill-gotten gains.
And finally Hershey is suing book publisher Simon & Schuster.
It's all over this book cover that features a giant Hershey bar.
Hershey says it has no problem with the content or use of the word Hershey but is concerned with the picture on the jacket saying consumers may think the company authorized the book.
And that is a look at business. I'm Cheri Keenan.
Well the final look at your forecast when we get back and a special reunion after Katrina and a special birthday right here in town. Stay with us.
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He's back with a final look at our forecast.
It's cold and it's not even winter.
It's cold and it's going to be cold for the next couple of days.
But then the good news is going to start warming up as we head into Thursday there.
You could see your highs are starting to get back into the 30s in the high 30s above freezing mark.
That's always a good thing.
But then we're going to be seeing a chance of some showers coming in through the weekend.
So there's the downfall.
We're going to have to start seeing some warmer temperatures but a chance of seeing some snow into Saturday.
Looks like we could be having a white Christmas.
Yeah.
Yes. Snow showers on Saturday.
Thanks Susie.
She began her life in Pennsylvania moved to Indiana and finally made her way here to the cold quad cities.
And Fox 18 would like to wish Margaret Orstad or Peg O of Davenport a happy 100th birthday.
Born a century ago today.
Peg O has lived through two world wars the Great Depression and childbirth twice.
And she says she's very proud of her two beautiful daughters.
One lucky Katrina evacuee gets a very special gift for the holidays.
Brutus the dog was separated from his owner during Hurricane Katrina.
The two were stranded on a rooftop for days until a Coast Guard helicopter rescued the pooch's owner.
Brutus was forced to stay behind and his owner figured he had drowned.
And they refused to take the dog.
They said we cannot take animals.
So I had to leave them.
Technically I could have been taken off a couple days before that but I was shused to go because they wouldn't take the animals.
But after four days it was getting kind of hard on me.
Brutus was later rescued as well and taken to the San Diego area.
The two were reunited over the weekend.
And that would be so hard to leave your dog behind.
I cannot imagine that.
It's like leaving one of your children on a rooftop and saying hope you make it.
I know. See you later.
And there they go. What a great reunion.
Thanks so much for sharing your night with us.
Join us tomorrow night for more Fox News.
Make it a great one.
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