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Colo. voters oust two pro-gun control state senators in recall 2:32 September 11, 2013

Colo. voters oust two pro-gun control state senators in recallTwo Colorado lawmakers, Democratic State Senate President John Morse and Senator Angela Giron, who voted for stricter gun aws were recalled from office.The two Democrats were targeted by gun advocates, including the NRA. CBS News' Barry Petersen reports.

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Heading out for Labor Day? This year's gas prices lowest since '10

DALLAS — The United States is heading toward the Labor Day holiday with the lowest gasoline pump prices for this time of year since 2010.

Sliding demand, the return of refinery units from Canada to Texas and the absence of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean have helped swell stockpiles to the highest seasonal level in three years and pushed prices down every day this month. Gasoline may drop another 0.5 cent per day in coming weeks, said Michael Green, a spokesman for AAA, the largest U.S. motoring group.

"There remains enough supply for the demand," Green said in a phone interview from Washington. "Summer trips are ending, and many people are headed back to school. You will get a little spurt around Labor Day but not enough to change things."

Gasoline is down about 9 cents this month, compared with a 33-cent jump last August, when the largest refinery in Venezuela was shut after a fire and Hurricane Isaac closed refineries along the Gulf Coast.

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Bourbonnais felon facing at least 3 years in prison for guns

A 24-year-old Bourbonnais man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges of weapons possession and will face a prison sentence of at least three years.

Gabriel A. Sheegog will be sentenced Jan. 3 in the U.S. District Court in Urbana.

Sheegog pleaded guilty to possession of two guns by a convicted felon. On Feb. 16, he was arrested in the 700 block of North Fifth Avenue in Kankakee by Project Safe Neighborhood Task Force members. When arrested, he was in possession of a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol; when task force members searched his residence, they also found a .38-caliber revolver.

Sheegog's previous conviction was for attempted armed robbery.

He remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service.

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Kankakee teen, 19, gets 59 years for murder of Manteno man

Michael Wilson, 19, the teen convicted of killing an unarmed Manteno man during a botched robbery attempt in December 2008 was sentenced Thursday to 59 years in prison.

"You are a very dangerous person," said Kankakee County Circuit Court Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott, before handing down the sentence. "You don't care who you hurt. You don't care what the rules are. You don't care who makes the rules.

"Because you won't abide by the rules."

Wilson was 14 when he and another Kankakee teen, Byron Moore, lured Ryan Graefnitz, 23, into the vestibule of an apartment building promising that they could score him crack cocaine.

Moore, who was 17 at the time and facing similar charges, agreed to a 29-year sentence if he testified against Wilson. He told a jury that Wilson pulled the trigger. However, the gun — most likely a .22 caliber revolver — was never found.

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