next week croatia is set to become the 28th member state of the european union. there are other countries hoping to get on that list. one of them being serbia. eu heads of state and government have given the go- ahead for official accession talks in belgrade. serbia is the largest former yugoslav country. the eu s decision comes after serbia s move to normalize relations with kosovo. if all goes as planned, talks will begin by next january. are european affairs correspondent is standing by for us in brussels. how much support was there for the start of these membership talks with serbia? these are the kinds of decision that the eu can only make unanimously. that means that all eu countries have to agree. they did. they decided to open accession talks at the latest in january 2014. there is still one political condition to fell. the you will be monitoring very closely fulfill. the eu will be monitoring very closely how serbia and kosovo will improve their relations.
identified himself and opened fire when the suspect threatened him with a sharp object. neighbors say that break-ins have been a problem in recent weeks with criminals targeting air-conditioning units for their valuable copper parts. those who heard the commotion distorting said the officer reacted properly. i i heard the police officer yelled a stop in and fired three shots. . the identity of the man shot and killed as not yet been released. said to be in his 40 s. the off-duty officer was not hurt. live on the far south side back to you. the latest on the developing story 11 people have been hard into seriously when the shooting ends with a car crashing into a bus. witnesses told police that two men jumped out of a red truck and started shooting apparently aiming at a black car. that car veered into a bus and push the bus into a light pole before a stop at a big glob. witnesses said it is not here any one was wounded by gunfire but injured in the accident or by flying
and on wgn america. year is the breakdown of the attack site build the personal income tax rate will jump from 3% to 5 percent for businesses to 4.8% corporate rate will rise 7% the estimated revenue from the increases is six and a half billion dollars over the next year. here is what it means for you the census bureau that it s that household income in 2008 was about $56,000 currently the household pays 1680 in income tax the new rate would raise the bill up to $2,800 that is an increase in your tax bill of $1,120. donovan live in springfield with the latest. the governor steve just wrapped up talking about this not 10 minutes ago facing the media and his office near the state capital for the third first time in a while talking openly about the revenue stream that the state lawmakers had it last night. telling us all a little bit about what he will do with that money. is wearing a new general assembly facing a lot of flak in both the house and senate over plans for s